Author: Samuel Liles

Update 2: Hurricane Ian (2022 Sept 29, 2000)

Today we had all kinds of issues but nothing horrendous like the significant loss of life and property damage on the other coast. Our time in the beat down chamber will be tonight through tomorrow evening. We have had some…

Update 1: Hurricane Ian (2022 Sept 29, 1000)

Tropical Storm Ian is going to thankfully move off the coast but the wind field is humongous. We’re not counting our chickens before they’re hatched but the storm track looks a lot better now than it did a few days…

Response: 6 TIPS for NEW Boat Owners – By 3 Sailors

Tips? You can’t get these kind of tips past the YouTube censors. Truly when you get to #6 you’ll understand. These are things I discovered that I wish I’d known. Have you ever thought about stuff breaking in remote locations?…

Response: Top 3 OFFSHORE Sailboats UNDER 250K

Interesting choices. I think for cruising the Caribbean the idea of ventilation would be a big box to tick too. Also, the keel description is a bit archaic. As an example the Amel keel is a bolt on, but it…

Student loans. Struggling to explain the new way

I see some pretty stupid people with meme’s based on their bias complaining about POTUS Biden desire to pay off student loans or at least pay them down. I’ve through family, loans, scholarships, and plain grit paid off my AA,…

F.U.D and loyalty

Change is always difficult because the fear of the unknown, uncertainty, and doubt of outcomes is a hard wired trait of humans. If people were trusting there would be no conservative party, the republicans would not exist, and likely chaos…

The Weaponization of CISA: Examining Allegations of Collusion between a ‘Cybersecurity’ Agency, Big Tech, and Disinformation Partners in Censoring Americans

The following is a summary of the document: THE WEAPONIZATION OF CISA: HOW A “CYBERSECURITY” AGENCY COLLUDED WITH BIG TECH AND “DISINFORMATION” PARTNERS TO CENSOR AMERICANS by the: Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of…

*ARRIVED* Eoti voyage plan: Saint Augustine Florida to Brunswick Landing Marina Georgia Thursday 2 June 2022

Overall weather notes: Surface high pressure across south Georgia will build east of the local Atlantic waters through Thursday. The high will weaken into Friday as a front moves southward across Georgia and as a tropical disturbance tracks eastward across the…

When darkness becomes light

When I was in high school. I wore a leather jacket and engineer boots. Pretty normal for a pacific north west high school student. I drove a 65 mustang and knew how to use it. One night I came across…

YouTube sailing channels by the numbers

I was asked by a friend with a Sailing YouTube channel what kind of benefits they should offer their patrons. I had a ready list and could have answered but thought. I wonder what actually grows a YouTube channel? So…

On discussion of SCOTUS removing choice

The argument for me is simple. You either argue for freedom or subjugation. I try and stay consistent in my beliefs while adapting to the evidence I can ascertain. Freedom to carry a firearm is a freedom I hold dearly.…

Of Sailing Influencers and Sailing Enthusiasts

I celebrate creators. Across the board I seek out independent and especially active creators. I support YouTube creators through Patreon and directly because I believe in the art of videography and photography as modern equivalent of the story tellers art…

I lost my right to vote and other funny things in life

My politics are broader than Democrat or Republican. I’ve been a Republican for 40 years and donated every year to the GOP. As counterpoint I also donated to Biden and Buttigieg. But it is Florida voting rules that mean I…