Well, what have we here? A new post? A brief update? What the hell has happened over the past seven plus years? And wasn’t this a different domain?

Lots of things have happened. Probably not interesting. But read on if you really want.

I stopped blogging. Heck, I pretty much stopped all social media. I forgot about b29seeker.net for a long time. Somewhere in there I got the bill for the hosting and it was much, much higher than the nominal amount it used to be. So, since I wasn’t really using the site, I said “screw it” and let it expire.

Eventually I wanted to get some old info I thought I had posted there so decided to put the site back up. I’m using Bluehost which is not charging the confiscatory rates my old host decided to start charging. I didn’t like the old domain name much as you never know when I might change boats, so I picked up bowandstern.net, which I think is an awesome name and I can’t believe it wasn’t snagged by someone else. I redirected b29seeker.net to the new domain so old followers (if any) could find me. But then I couldn’t find any backup files. So, nothing further happened for a year or two.

Today I was digging through my Documents folder, cleaning things up before moving to a new laptop, and I found the backup file! Or, /a/ backup file anyhow. I’m not sure it has the most recent posts, but it’s better than nothing. So, I restored to a new WordPress instance. NOT as easy as you would think, though, since WordPress and PHP has been updated many, many times, and things aren’t quite compatible across the board with my old files. So, posts are up; but things aren’t fully working right now. I’ll probably play around and get things fixed over the next few weeks. Probably. In the meantime, old content appears to be online.

In other news, I married Lauren (prominent in the sailing trip to New England several years ago), so that is worth noting.

I’m going to have to go back and read through old posts when I get a chance to remember if I posted about some of the work I’ve done. I converted the starboard berth into a permanent double. I did fiberglass over several unused through hulls. I pulled the engine for awhile to do some maintenance. And my dodger has finally given up the ghost so I am working on a plan to try and build a hard replacement. It’s not as easy as you would think, though. I’m thinking of going LiFePO4 next year as my current batteries are not in the greatest shape. I’ve got a new high(er) output (70a) Balmar alternator and regulator I picked up on sale for when the time comes. My solar panels have become ineffective so that is coming too. Who knows what else. I never have enough time. I’ll try and post stuff when it happens.

Since the trip to Martha’s Vineyard I’ve been mostly pretty local, rarely going further than Annapolis. It’s time for a bigger trip. Hopefully the COVID-19 purgatory we all find ourselves in will get better soon. It’s been almost two years. Time for the world to start spinning again.