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Personal Information
Pictures I Took While Growing Up (3 pages)
Résumé Page
Washington Anti-War March (9 pages)
New York City Protest March (9 pages)
Contact Information
Home Page (Hobbies and Interests)
Sailboat Cruising
Sailing To The British Virgin Islands In The Caribbean 1500
Before Leaving
Caribbean 1500
2007 Caribbean 1500 Boat List
Meeting List and Caribbean 1500 Schedule
The Crew
The Boat (2 pages)
Portsmouth and Tidewater Marina (9 pages)
Preparing For The Voyage (4 pages)
Caribbean 1500 Required Equipment List
Big List of Gear and Supplies
Things I Brought With Me
Crew Training Procedures
Night Heron
's Emergency Procedures
To-Do List Before A Voyage
En Route
Starting Out (7 pages)
Navigation (3 pages)
How To Make A Track Map For Google Earth
Communications
Weather (4 pages)
Surface Analysis Weather Maps
Satellite Weather Images
Wind/Wave Analysis Charts
Sea State Analysis Charts
Tropical Weather Discussions
Hurricane Noel Forecast Maps
Safety Equipment and Procedures (2 pages)
Watchstanding Procedures (2 pages)
Passage Notes (7 pages)
Arriving At Tortola (2 pages)
Passage Summary
Problems (3 pages)
After Arriving
Visiting Tortola (7 pages)
Visiting Road Town
Village Cay Marina (5 pages)
Around Town (9 pages)
Tourist Area (3 pages)
Waterfront (5 pages)
Old Government House (3 pages)
Botanic Garden (7 pages)
Hotel Castle Maria
Visiting The Baths
Ferry To Virgin Gorda
Trails To Beaches (3 pages)
Stoney Bay (2 pages)
Devil's Bay
The Baths (3 pages)
Ferry To Tortola
Heading Home
Ferry To St. Thomas (2 pages)
Visiting Charlotte Amalie (3 pages)
Flying Home
Sailing From Annapolis To New York City
First Shakedown Cruise (Severn River, Chesapeake Bay, Rhode River, West River)
Background Material
Preparing For The First Shakedown Cruise (2 pages)
Jerome's Sailboat
Pilgrim
(3 pages)
Cruising To The Rhode River (2 pages)
Cruising To The West River (2 pages)
Cruising Back To Annapolis (3 pages)
Second Shakedown Cruise (Severn River, Chesapeake Bay, West River)
Preparing For The Second Shakedown Cruise (2 pages)
Cruising To The West River
Working On The Boat
Cruising To Whitehall Bay
Cruising Back To Annapolis
Sailing To New York City
Planning A Voyage To New York City
Preparing For The Trip (3 pages)
Leaving Annapolis (2 pages)
Sailing To The Head Of Chesapeake Bay (4 pages)
Transiting The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (5 pages)
Sailing To The Mouth Of Delaware Bay (11 pages)
Sailing Up The Coast Of New Jersey (3 pages)
An Unexpected Detour To Atlantic City (2 pages)
At Anchor In Atlantic City (2 pages)
Sailing To Sandy Hook (4 pages)
Motoring Through New York Harbor (8 pages)
Visiting Liberty Landing Marina In Jersey City (4 pages)
Returning To Annapolis (By Train and Bus)
Riding Amtrak To New Carrollton Station (3 pages)
Home At Last
Sailing to the Galápagos Archipelago and Easter Island
Introduction
Getting to Ecuador
Getting Into "Adventure Mode"
Planning A Trip To South America
Preparing For My Trip
Packing And Last-Minute Details
The "John Please Bring" List
A Flurry Of Intercontinental Emails
Flying To Miami
Flying To Ecuador
Meeting Marcie And David
Traveling To The Marina
Internet Links For This Section
Visiting Ecuador
Puerto Lucia Yacht Club And Marina (4 pages)
La Libertád Commercial Area
Miscellaneous Local Details (3 pages)
Background Information About Ecuador
The Good Ship
Nine of Cups
Boat Chores For One And All (2 pages)
A Day Trip To Ballenita And Farallón Dillon (6 pages)
Launching Day And Final Preparations (4 pages)
Internet Links For This Section
Sailing to the Galápagos Archipelago
Leaving The Mainland
Heading Out To Sea
Night Watch
On Passage (2 pages)
Night Watch Redux
Landfall In The Galápagos (2 pages)
Emergency Boat Repairs
Galápagos Passage Summary
Internet Links For This Section
Visiting the Galápagos Archipelago
Galápagos Background Information
Visiting Isla Santa Cruz
Arrival Formalities and First Impressions
A Glorious Sunrise (3 pages)
Fixing the Fouled Prop
Puerto Ayora (5 pages)
Charles Darwin Research Station (8 pages)
Inland Tour (5 pages)
Bahia Tortuga (Turtle Bay) (4 pages)
Las Grietas (The Crevices) (5 pages)
Galápagos Observations (2 pages)
Cruising Lifestyle (6 pages)
Sailing To Isla Isabela
Departing Isla Santa Cruz
More Boat Problems
Crossing the Line—Changing From a Polliwog to a Shellback
Arriving at Isla Isabela
Visiting Isla Isabela
First Impressions (3 pages)
Boobies, Penguins, and Sea-Lions (6 pages)
Beach Walk (3 pages)
Tortoise Breeding Center (3 pages)
Volcano Trip On Horseback (8 pages)
Reef Shark Trail (3 pages)
The Wall of Tears (6 pages)
The Serendipity Of History
Cruising Lifestyle (6 pages)
Sailing To Isla Floreana
Departing Isla Isabela
¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Juanito!
(Happy Birthday, John!)
Cruising Lifestyle
Arriving at Isla Floreana (2 pages)
Happy Birthday (continued)
Visiting Isla Floreana
Isla Floreana Sunrise
Exploring Puerto Velasco Ibarra (2 pages)
Caution, Engineers at Work
Isla Floreana Sunset
Leaving The Galápagos Archipelago
Internet Links For This Section
Sailing to Easter Island
Sailing Through the Doldrums
Passage Notes (2 pages)
Sailing Through the Trade Winds
Passage Notes (2 pages)
Interlude
Night Watch
Passage Notes (6 pages)
The Trade Winds Falter (3 pages)
Nine of Cups
, a Portrait In Details (7 pages)
Sailing Through the Variable Winds
Passage Notes (3 pages)
Water, Water, Everywhere (2 pages)
Passage Notes (2 pages)
Arriving at Easter Island (4 pages)
Passage Summary
Internet Links For This Section
Visiting Easter Island (Boat-Based)
Easter Island Background Information (2 pages)
Visiting Hanga Roa (4 pages)
Hanga Roa Sunrise (2 pages)
Sailing To Anakena (2 pages)
Visiting Anakena (6 pages)
Anakena Walkabout (11 pages)
Cruising Lifestyle (4 pages)
Water, Water, Everywhere (3 pages)
Sailing To Hanga Roa
Hanga Roa Stopover (2 pages)
Sailing To Hotu Iti (2 pages)
Visiting Hotu Iti (2 pages)
A Perilous Getaway To Hanga Roa (4 pages)
An Unexpected Visitor (2 pages)
Hanga Roa Ashore (3 pages)
Visiting the
Simpson
(3 pages)
Island Regatta (4 pages)
Cruising Lifestyle (2 pages)
Leaving Easter Island
Easter Island Observations
Internet Links For This Section
The Voyage to Nowhere
Leaving Easter Island (2 pages)
Passage Notes (2 pages)
Night Watch
Passage Notes
Heavy Weather and Boat Problems (4 pages)
More Boat Problems (2 pages)
Turning Around
Passage Notes (2 pages)
Arriving at Easter Island
Passage Summary
Juan Fernández Archipelago Background Information
Summary of Boat Problems
Internet Links For This Section
Visiting Easter Island (Land-Based)
Getting Settled Ashore (3 pages)
Southeast Coast Road Scenery (3 pages)
Moai Quarry at Rano Raraku (7 pages)
Hotu Iti Cove and Ahu Tongariki (4 pages)
West Coast Scenery (2 pages)
North Coast Road Scenery (2 pages)
Ovahe Beach
Anakena Beach
Topknot Quarry at Puna Pau (2 pages)
Ahu Akivi (The Seven Moai) (2 pages)
Caves of Ana Te Pahu (4 pages)
West Coast Road Scenery (2 pages)
Volcano Rano Kau and Orongo Village (7 pages)
Walking Back From Orongo (5 pages)
Hanga Roa Waterfront Park (5 pages)
Caves at Ana Kai Tangata (4 pages)
Ahu at Vinapu (2 pages)
Town of Hanga Roa (6 pages)
Internet Links For This Section
Returning to Baltimore
Flying to Miami (2 pages)
Flying to Baltimore
Returning Home
Summary of the Trip
Favorite Pictures (8 pages)
Internet Links
Cruising on the Sea of Cortez (2 pages)
Cruising in the Caribbean (St. Lucia and Martinique) (5 pages)
Intracoastal Waterway Notes
Intracoastal Waterway Trip Summaries
Intracoastal Waterway Anchorages and Marinas
Summer 1999 Email
Spring 2000 Email
Summer 2000 Email
Winter 2000 - 2001 Email
Winter 2001 - 2002 Email
Summer 2002 Email
Sailing Off Into the Sunset (2 pages)
Let There Be Light
Sailing Résumé
Photography
Behind The Redwood Curtain
Redwoods
Fern Canyon (2 pages)
Orleans Homesite
Klamath River
Salmon River
South Jetty Sunset
Moonstone Beach
Clam Beach Sunset
Patricks Point
Flowers and Plants (2 pages)
Miscellaneous Pictures (2 pages)
Antelope Canyon (2 pages)
Galápagos and Easter Island (8 pages)
Monitor Test Images
Paddling
My Klepper Folding Kayak
Klepper Assembly (3 pages)
Paddling Gear List - Day Trips
Paddling Gear List - Longer Trips
Keeping a Paddle Log
Practical Paddling Details
Green River Kayak Camping Trip
Getting to Moab (3 pages)
Starting the Paddling Trip (2 pages)
Paddling Through the Desert (5 pages)
Ending the Paddling Trip (1 page)
Highlights of the Desert Southwest
Mesa Verde
Four Corners
Monument Valley (2 pages)
Lee's Ferry
Glen Canyon Dam
Antelope Canyon (2 pages)
Computers
Measuring DSP MIPS
Watchdog Timer Techniques
Writing Efficient State Machines in C
Using Typdef's For Source Code Portability in C
TSR Logs Assembler and Compiler Errors In File
Program Converts Hex to Floating Point
C Function Converts Hex to Binary
Airplanes
Joint Service Open House
F-117A Nighthawk
C-5 Galaxy (2 pages)
B-1B Lancer (2 pages)
B-52 Stratofortress (2 pages)
C-130 Hercules
Miscellaneous Modern Aircraft (2 pages)
P-51 Mustang (2 pages)
Spitfire
P-40E Kittyhawk
F4U Corsair
B-17 Flying Fortress (2 pages)
B-24 Liberator
B-25 Mitchell
A-26 Invader
PBY-5A Catalina
Replica Japanese "Kate" Torpedo Bomber
C-45 Expeditor
BT-13 Valiant
C-54 Skymaster
C-47 Skytrain (now DC-3) (4 pages)
Miscellaneous Historic Aircraft
Mass Parachute Jump
Canadian Snowbirds
F-86 Super Sabre + MiG-17
USAF Heritage Flight
Miscellaneous Flying Demonstrations (2 pages)
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum (9 pages)
Miscellaneous Airplane Pictures (3 pages)
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
Flight Simulator Screen Shots (5 pages)
Interesting Places To Visit In Flight Simulator (7 pages)
Flight Simulator Notes and Comments (4 pages)
Maps
Quiet Waters Park Virtual Explorer
How To Make A Trail Map Using Google Earth (4 pages)
How To Make A Track Map Using Google Earth
Home Page (Places I Have Lived)
Solomons, MD
Solomons Fire Pictures
Solomons Christmas Walk (8 pages)
Annapolis, MD
Quiet Waters Park Virtual Explorer
Helen Avalynne Tawes Garden (6 pages)
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Walk (9 pages)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Open House (8 pages)
Disc Dog Contest (4 pages)
Frederick, MD
Bailey's Crossroads, VA
New York, NY
Washington Square Park In Winter
Washington Square Park In Spring
Brooklyn Bridge In Winter
George Washington Bridge In Winter
Staten Island Ferry In Spring
Elevated Subway
Home Page (What I Have Lived In)
A Tractor-Trailer Truck
Truck Driving Journal
Section 1 - Truck Driving School
Section 2 - On-The-Job Training
Section 3 - Solo Driving
My Sailboat
Sunspot's Layout
Sunspot Photo Tour
Exterior overall views of the boat
Exterior detailed views from the dock
Exterior detailed views from on deck
Interior detailed views, nav station
Interior detailed views, aft cabin
Interior detailed views, head and galley
Interior detailed views, saloon
Interior detailed views, forward cabin
Sunspot Specifications and Inventory
Sunspot Completed Boatwork
Boat Requirements
My House
My Apartment
My College Dormitory
Home Page