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 …
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 …
Dufourmantelle is one of a few projects, I a single human attends to. There’s a currently a fair bit of work to do on the site – hence it is a bit empty. I have written a fair bit of notes that need to be made readable. I went through learning to sail the boat …
