Waterlines: On Writing and Sailing

Re:Waterlines: On Writing and Sailing by dzhiurgis on Monday February 10, 2020 @05:59PM (#22294350)

Are there any vagabond developers here? I’ve been dreaming about this lifestyle for over a decade. Now that I’m finally freelance and saved up a bit for a boat I’m reluctant to jump the fence. Last year we’ve chartered a boat for two weeks and i couldn’t do any work. Partly because of all the admin - anchoring, weather, moving to another spot, monitoring system status. Another reason was it was vacation for rest of the team plus it was sport hot to work down below.

What are others experience? Is there any forum where you congregate? With Starlink coming I feel this is going to be much more viable.

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Re:Waterlines: On Writing and Sailing by rhythnic on Monday February 10, 2020 @06:37PM (#22294583)

The only developer living on a boat that I know of is Dominic Tarr, creator of secure scuttlebutt. I think one of the other main contributers lives off the grid somewhere. Seems like a cool group. They could probably tell you what it's like.

I lived on someone else's boat in the marina for 2 months about 10 years ago. It gets pretty damp in the cabin, so electronics might have a short life. I would love the opportunity to sail and code at some point. I haven't looked into weather proof gear, but a raspberry pi in a plastic shell case might work well. At least the pi is easily replaced.

Scuttlebutt is a peer to peer protocol with peer discovery on the same LAN, which seems like it would be good for making friends while docked.

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Re:Waterlines: On Writing and Sailing by dzhiurgis on Monday February 10, 2020 @07:18PM (#22294838)

I haven't heard anyone loose gear due to dampness (even tho salt spray eventually gets to everything). I think it depends a bit on the size of the boat.

I've fried couple of iPhone chargers tho. Just touch the charger end with wet fingers and it gets fried instantly when on fast charge.

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Re:Waterlines: On Writing and Sailing by whtrbt on Monday February 10, 2020 @10:28PM (#22295783)

Bizarre timing... I am in the process of setting up a forum for the intersection of a few ideas: small sailboats, hacking, low-power computing, living aboard and cruising. Literally started setting up a server last night.

The bigger sailing/cruising forums are not focused on the things that are important to me. And some good resources for small boats have disappeared recently.

I can let you know when it's set up if you're interested. Still picking a name at the moment. :D

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