Regional stonewall.org.uk – Aiming to let all lesbian, gay, bi and trans people, in the UK and abroad, know they’re not alone. uklgig.org.uk – UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group, promotes equality and dignity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex + (LGBTQI+) people who seek asylum in the UK. refugeewomen.co.uk – Women for …
Here’s an image from a guardian post showing boats used by refugees to cross the channel from france to england: Most boats are inflatable mono hulls. AFAIK, the safest* boat design is actually a multi-hull, like the handful of catamarans in the picture. Hard to fail thinking that perhaps making safe DIY boats could be …
I have been checking things to do with Mono and Multi hull boat structures for a while. The initial curiosity came from noticing somewhere on the web that Multihull boats, like catamaran, are actually less likely to capsize as mono-hull boats. This information came curious because I noticed that many refugee boats are actually, one …
I am learning. so when possible, i go in the sea. To go in and out of the marina, using an engine is mandatory – unless the engine breaks. Theoretically, if the wind blows in the right direction and speed, in case the engine breaks, I should be able to not just sail into the …
As an aside to the post about navigation language. A post riddled with personal feeling based speculations. Perhaps have a look at the following video about how china’s current president Xi attempts to take the language of human rights and make it both his own version of china* and universal. A universality that comes from …
I keep finding that boating life and it’s language, exposes certain european oriented mentalities that can come as examples of european traditionalism rather than modernity that questions accepted ways and can offer a hopeful future that can be for all humans. Perhaps for a hopeful future we also require a hopeless present that’s fueled by …
I suspect “boat frustrations” could become a bit of a feature here.. Let’s begin from an arbitrary start. I got this particular boat for a few reasons, one was that it seemed to require much less work than other options. It’s hard to tell how the other options would have turned out.. However, some things …
It turns out that in terms of steering technologies, advanced electric oriented technologies – ones used for marine Autopilots – are actually inferior to mechanical oriented navigation technologies. I am told that using Windvane for steering the boat without me having to bother about it, is generally more reliable than autopilot. Here are a few …
This project has been a bit of a learning for me. One of the things to learn is how to sail the boat. I know how to windsurf, sail a dingy, but sailing a 10 meter boat isn’t the same. Driving a car doesn’t mean driving a truck will come easy. Also, to make things …
A few reflections about the connection between art, refugees and migration. * From a recent conference focusing on art as a migratory process: “..Since the first manifestations of its genre, art historical texts try to understand the artistic processes of creativity as a process of migration; inventions are understood as mobile processes.” * From the …
