I am getting ready for boatlife and have been paring my library down to boat size for the past few years, its tough, gotten rid of thousands of books so far, down to about 500 but still too many. Maybe later I will post some pics of the books which will absolutely go with me.
Power generation on a small sailboat (under 50' or so) is troublesome to say the least. You can't rely on solar unless you live at anchor since the panels will often be in the shadow of the sails and you are very limited on the number of panels and their location, they need to be mounted in a way that waves will not rip them off and they will not catch the wind and act like a sail or interfere with the operation of the boat. Solar generally will only provide enough power to keep the important stuff running in the tropics. Wind generation only really works if you are in the trade winds, self lock if winds get to high to prevent overheating and are also affected by the sails which can shield them from the wind resulting in no power. They also are obnoxious, the transmissions buzz at higher speeds, on a boat they require a transmission to make up for the small blade size which sailboats demand. I don't want to have to run the engine to charge the batteries just so I can read, that fuel is more important than that and can mean the difference between life and death. Running the engine is also annoying, big diesel running pretty much in your home. >but the battery lasts for weeks!
Sure if you only read for 30 minutes a day.
More importantly, consumer electronics are not really made to handle marine environments, even most of the supposed waterproof ones, salt air gets into everything. Fine if you spend most of your time at anchor or in the marina but if not the salt gets in and causes corrosion and failure. Marine electronics are two or three times the price of consumer electronics for a reason, they are designed to deal with all that salt.
Kontiki.
Sailing alone around the world.
Cruising the Coral Coast.
The Death Ship by B Traven.
The Perfect Storm.
The Plimsoll Sensation.
The Cruel Sea.
Oh no! I hate the sun, I wouldn't like this at all.
High estrogen soijak detected.
women spend all their time outside the house
? women stay at home
they used to
This was a strangely effeminate post
books about octopuses
I am getting ready for boatlife and have been paring my library down to boat size for the past few years, its tough, gotten rid of thousands of books so far, down to about 500 but still too many. Maybe later I will post some pics of the books which will absolutely go with me.
Just buy a kindle.
Power generation on a small sailboat (under 50' or so) is troublesome to say the least. You can't rely on solar unless you live at anchor since the panels will often be in the shadow of the sails and you are very limited on the number of panels and their location, they need to be mounted in a way that waves will not rip them off and they will not catch the wind and act like a sail or interfere with the operation of the boat. Solar generally will only provide enough power to keep the important stuff running in the tropics. Wind generation only really works if you are in the trade winds, self lock if winds get to high to prevent overheating and are also affected by the sails which can shield them from the wind resulting in no power. They also are obnoxious, the transmissions buzz at higher speeds, on a boat they require a transmission to make up for the small blade size which sailboats demand. I don't want to have to run the engine to charge the batteries just so I can read, that fuel is more important than that and can mean the difference between life and death. Running the engine is also annoying, big diesel running pretty much in your home.
>but the battery lasts for weeks!
Sure if you only read for 30 minutes a day.
More importantly, consumer electronics are not really made to handle marine environments, even most of the supposed waterproof ones, salt air gets into everything. Fine if you spend most of your time at anchor or in the marina but if not the salt gets in and causes corrosion and failure. Marine electronics are two or three times the price of consumer electronics for a reason, they are designed to deal with all that salt.
how to prevent melanolas 101
> Nooooooo the sun is bad for you
They've really done a number on you haven't they.
Soijak appears again.
Bronze Age Mindset, Robinson Crusoe, The Iliad, and the Bible
start your beach day with the greeeeeeeeeeeeeks
That pic in the Op is what I’d like to imagine Ogygia looked like.
The Odyssey
Is that the Spongebob island?
It was a common start screen for windows ME and XP, I believe.
I'm surprised more people don't recognize the wallpaper, it's one of the comfiest images in existence
E. Hemingway's Islands in the Stream
Id get heat stroke and die on the first day
the pool of the black one
the queen of the black coast
>wastin' away again in Hyboria
Treasure Island. Holy shit, just finished it. Easy 10/10. It is remarkably perfect.
>What would you be reading if you lived in this picture, IQfy?
e-girlta.
*bashes your pedo brains out*
The labial lines of my shipmate.
Kontiki.
Sailing alone around the world.
Cruising the Coral Coast.
The Death Ship by B Traven.
The Perfect Storm.
The Plimsoll Sensation.
The Cruel Sea.
A book on how to build a boat.
Msn messages
Living in a 2D picture? "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott
Far Tortuga
When I was younger I would take a boat out on the sea and spend the entire day reading. I wish I was still as adventurous but im getting old now
More than a cudgel of factual carpenters.
I wouldn’t. I’d be swimming.