We’ve been silent–mostly–these past few years. I’ll endeavor to post about the projects we’ve done and the things Mahdee has had going on but must admit that the time between 2016 and now has been pretty uninspiring on the boating front. We’ve both been doing some interesting things work-wise and continue our professional endeavors. But never fear, blog readers, it’s time for Mahdee to wander again. Even little MuskOx is getting excited about the plans.

Packages are arriving daily right now — a new weather station and new DST (depth, speed, and temperature) transducer from Airmar, quarts of varnish and Dolfinite from my favorite chandlery, as well as assorted bits of kit for the sails, rigging, and engine. Today’s arrival? Oh so exciting! I went to the marina office to pick up my new 5G phone — a Samsung Galaxy S21 FE — that replaces my old iPhone 6S Plus that I’ve had since late 2015 but that’s not the exciting bit of kit, oh no. The tiny little mobile phone package was sitting on top of my biggie — a StarLink satellite antenna! yup, the 1931 Schooner Mahdee is about to be outfitted with an extremely modern system allowing us to (in theory! fingers crossed) handle zoom video calls in remote anchorages. Presently from Southeast Alaska, through Canada’s waters, the entire West Coast, and even Mexico’s Sea of Cortez have become “available” to us as easy access cruising grounds. I wonder what will be next after that?

I’ve daydreamed of the point when we might be able to both wander and work simultaneously. And it seems here we are. Baby steps, it will be fun to see how far off the 4G and 5G grid we can go.

Image source Steve Jurvetson on Flickr