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	<title>Adrift at Sea</title>
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	<description>Dan’s Blog about Sailing on a Telstar 28 named Pretty Gee, Friends, Family, Photography, Security, Technology, and other things.</description>
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		<title>Bilge pumps</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/03/06/bilge-pumps-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine was asking about installing bilge pumps on his boat.  So, I thought I’d write about that today.
My recommendation for a full bilge pump setup has a small “maintenance” bilge pump down in the lowest part of the bilge.  The float switch for this pump can be integrated or separate, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-deploying Government</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/02/22/re-deploying-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who thinks that Congress should be totally revamped?
When this country was formed, having Congress meet in Washington, DC made sense. The travel times for the congressmen, especially those in remote western states, and the lack of anything resembling high-speed communication made it necessary.  However, those same restrictions are no longer an issue today.  Almost all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cored Laminates in GRP Boats</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/01/15/grp-materials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a caveat, I am not a laminate engineer, but a just an amateur boat builder.  As such, the information contained within this post is written to be a basic primer. 
Modern GRP boats often use a cored laminate construction for several reasons.  A cored laminate can be much stiffer, stronger and lighter than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>s/v Felix—Delivery leg Norfolk, VA to Belhaven, NC</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/01/05/sv-felix%e2%80%94delivery-leg-norfolk-va-to-belhaven-nc/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/01/05/sv-felix%e2%80%94delivery-leg-norfolk-va-to-belhaven-nc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[







Earlier this year I was asked by John and Lorie if I could help them with moving their boat, s/v Felix, south for the winter.  Since the sailing season here in New England was over, and they are good friends, I volunteered to help with the leg from Norfolk, VA to Belhaven, NC. After discussing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/01/01/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to wish all my readers, my friends and my family a very Happy New Year.  I hope that 2010 brings good fortune, fair winds and following seas to all my friends, both personally and professionally.
I particularly want to wish Jen and Adam Thomson a happy new year, since it is their first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailing and the Simple Life</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/15/sailing-and-the-simple-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Teresa is a fellow sailor.  She and her Norsea 27, s/v Daphne are headed south, with the eventual destination of the Virgin Islands.  She’s been in the press a before, like this A Landlubber’s Guide to Sailing in the Martha Vineyard Times, but this article in The Leader and Kalaskian is about her and her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To all those who have served&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/11/veteran/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/11/veteran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To honor all those who served our country, I&#8217;d like to repost this.  It was posted on a sailing forum I participate in.
*******************************************
It was the Veteran who inspired these stories:
JFK&#8217;S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60&#8217;s when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An s/v Felix update</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/06/an-sv-felix-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[s/v Felix has made it to Norfolk, which is their first major stopover point on their winter cruise south.  I understand that John, Lorie and Chris will be staying in Norfolk for a few weeks, outfitting the boat and getting her ready for the next leg of their trip south.
They’re actually only a few minutes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things are broken</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/03/things-are-broken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote a post on E. Coli outbreaks.  One thing I did not mention in that story is how the federal government, in the form of the Food and Drug Administration, really isn’t suited to dealing with businesses other than large scale agricorps.
For instance, there is a regulation requiring that all meat processing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Cause of E. Coli outbreaks</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/03/e-coli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Again, E. Coli is in the news.  There was an article in the New York Times about the most recent E. Coli outbreak, which has been traced back to ground beef from Fairbank Farms.  When I was growing up, there weren’t E. Coli outbreaks of the lethal nature found today.  Certainly, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And They’re Off&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/10/30/and-they%e2%80%99re-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/10/30/and-they%e2%80%99re-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m happy to report that s/v Felix is headed south for the winter.
John, Lorie, and Chris have headed for Norfolk, VA, as their first major destination, with plans of heading south to Florida’s Gulf Coast eventually.  Norm, my friend who captained a section of the delivery from Annapolis to Marion back in May, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pancreatic Cancer</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/09/16/pancreatic-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Swayze recently died of pancreatic cancer.  This is the same disease that Gee had fought the last fourteen months of her life.  It is a very poorly understood cancer and one that is very difficult to diagnose.  This is mostly due to a lack of specific symptoms in many cases.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WiFi Networking for Cruising Sailboats</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/07/28/wifi-cruising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was over on s/v Itinerant, helping Joe with his WiFi setup, and decided to write what I did.  Joe had bought a NanoStation2 based on my recommendation and was having some trouble with it.
The equipment I’ve been recommending for cruising sailboats are either the NanoStation2 or the Loco2 for monohulls and the Bullet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth of July 2009</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/07/08/fourth-july-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friends Charles and Hilary were going down to Cuttyhunk for the Fourth of July and asked if I was going down. I told them I would see them there. We had invited my friends John and Lorie as well, as we thought this would be a good introduction to cruising for them.
John, being relatively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailing and Surprises</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/06/21/sailing-and-surprise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is dedicated to my friend, Margee, who was stuck at work on the day we were sailing.  I promised her this post and wrote it so she could sail vicariously through me.  I’d like all my readers to wish her congratulations as she recently graduated from veterinary school and is now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Days and Three Sailboats</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/06/16/three-days-sailboats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, this past weekend, had me working on three different boats on three different days. Three days and three different boats—Saturday: an O’Day Javelin; Sunday: an O’Day 302; Monday: a Gemini 105Mc Catamaran.
It started out on Saturday, when I was helping my friend&#8217;s son and a friend with the O’Day Javelin that they bought a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Way to the Mooring</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/06/05/the-long-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Johnnie Jr. and I went down to the marina to setup the mooring I’m using for the Pretty Gee this season.  We got out the inflatable dinghy and rowed out to the mooring and attached the mooring pennant.  I’m using a fairly heavy mooring pennant, 3/4&#8243; x 15&#8242;.  It’s attached to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SPOT Messenger</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/27/the-spot-messenger/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/27/the-spot-messenger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[globalstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messenger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satellite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sv Felix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transponder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Christmas, I received a SPOT Messenger. I didn’t activate it until just recently, when I was helping deliver a sailboat from Annapolis to Marion, Mass. The reason I decided to activate the SPOT service was so that several of the families and friends of two of my fellow delivery crew would be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annapolis to Marion, MA—Delivering s/v Felix</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/26/sv-felix/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/26/sv-felix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catamaran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[night watches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offshore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[provisioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watch schedule]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, I took the Acela train down to BWI.  I went down to help my friends deliver s/v Felix, a Gemini 105Mc Catamaran from Annapolis, MD, to her new home port of Marion, MA.  I stayed with my friends Mary and Chuck, who also own a Gemini catamaran.  Mary would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cruising Sailor’s Toolkit</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/06/the-cruising-sailor%e2%80%99s-toolkit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/06/the-cruising-sailor%e2%80%99s-toolkit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 17:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a sailing forum, the question of what tools should a boat have aboard came up.  While the tool kit would vary, depending on what boat you have and what area you’re sailing in, as well as what kind of sailing you’ll be doing. If you’re just day-sailing or weekending, or sail on a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Controlling Lines—Cleats, Clutches, and Jammers</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/27/controlling-lines%e2%80%94cleats-clutches-and-jammers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/27/controlling-lines%e2%80%94cleats-clutches-and-jammers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cam cleat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clam cleat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clutch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jam cleat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jammer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lewmar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[powercleat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinlock]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a sailor asking me about his mainsheet setup on an on-line forum, and was thinking of using line clutches or line jammers for his mainsheet.  I tried to explain that this was both unwise and dangerous.  A line clutch or line jammer can take too long to release—and in the case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Fender Board</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/26/a-simple-fender-board/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/26/a-simple-fender-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fender board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fenderboard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On one of the sailing forums I frequent, a poster asked about fender boards. For the cruising sailor, especially one that has to deal with slips that have rough pilings, concrete or stone seawalls or locks, fender boards can prevent a lot of damage to the boat and fenders.
The simplest fender board to make would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marine Sealants in a Nutshell</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/24/marine-sealants/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/24/marine-sealants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butyl rubber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polysulfide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polyurethane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sealants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silicone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing you have to do on boats is bed hardware. This has to be done on a regular basis, especially with hardware that is under heavy cycling loads, like cleats. However, using the right sealant can make this task much simpler.
Most people are familiar with silicone caulk, since it is the most commonly used [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don Jordan and the Jordan Series Drogue</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/19/don-jordan-and-the-jordan-series-drogue/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/19/don-jordan-and-the-jordan-series-drogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1979]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fastnet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jordan series drogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[series drogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my opinion, the greatest storm safety device ever created is the Jordan Series Drogue.
The JSD was the brainchild of Don Jordan, a retired aeronautical engineer, in response to the fatalities that were the result of the 1979 Fastnet disaster. I believe that the Jordan Series Drogue is a piece of gear that every sea-going [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Multihulls In A Nutshell</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/08/multihulls-in-a-nutshell/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/08/multihulls-in-a-nutshell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advantages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catamaran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disadvantages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multihull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pros]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trimaran]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Multihulls have some advantages and disadvantages compared to monohulls, and a lot of how severe those advantages/disadvantages are depends on the exact design you’re looking at. Whether one will be suitable for your purposes depends a lot on what you’re trying to do.
For instance, a lot of the charter market catamarans have trouble sailing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Sailing Forum Online</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/03/02/new-sailing-forum-online/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/03/02/new-sailing-forum-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anything-sailing.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forum]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a brand new sailing forum online now called Anything Sailing.
It was founded by three sailors that were tired of seeing threads about faulty products censored.  One of the sailors is a good friend of mine and sails a custom 42&#8242; racing sailboat with a 10&#8242; draft.  The other two I know from other on-line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine’s Day 2009</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/02/14/happy-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/02/14/happy-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life with Gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valentine's day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As usual, I’d like to wish all my readers a Happy Valentine’s Day.
I’d also like to wish Gee a happy birthday, and remember the very special woman I married on this day.  I still think that Woo, Gee’s best friend, said it best:
Yet we get to know her and love her and be loved by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Power on Boats</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/02/02/solar-power-on-boats/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/02/02/solar-power-on-boats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amorphous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charge controller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electrical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mono-crystalline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mppt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passive]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I wrote a post on a sailing forum about the 25 Watt solar panel I added to the s/v Pretty Gee to act as a maintenance charger for the boat, while it is stored on the hard for the winter.  On one of the forums, I was asked if a charge controller was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Storage and Solar Panels</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/01/31/winter-storage-and-solar-panels/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/01/31/winter-storage-and-solar-panels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[28]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[battery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pretty gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upgrades]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This winter, I decided to store the s/v Pretty Gee outdoors.
Since my marina doesn’t allow you to keep a boat plugged in, I decided to add a small solar panel to keep the batteries topped off, so I ordered a small 25-Watt panel from Harbor Freight.  While I have two large solar panels, I felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Omnivore’s Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/01/20/omnivore%e2%80%99s-dilemma/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/01/20/omnivore%e2%80%99s-dilemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cafos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael pollan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[omnivore's dilemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently, I am reading Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma. I am about halfway through the book.  Thus far, this is a fascinating book that takes a look at America’s modern food supply chain and how it has been corrupted by the oil, chemical, pharmaceutical industries and government intervention because of political, corporate and military reasons. 
The [...]]]></description>
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