Insecurity at its most highest, a 'WTF?' article, and a capsized ferry

Wow, as a sailor from a different Navy, I can only imagine the resentment and lowered moral brewing here, how to hide a warship from a Leader who doesn't like its name department. 

Why, just why, Eyeball tattoos.

A tragedy in Congo, Capsized ferry.

Having trouble getting decent weather to allow me to remove more portlights so we can seal the better. Nothing goes as planned on a sail boat. 

An expensive loss, and an unusual video and a new patch

I moan and cry when I lose a tool over the side. I can't imagine this, superyacht falls off a ship. Also, one has only the need to see this once in a lifetime for a sense of fulfilment, wolverine carrying a goats head. This should be a 'must have' on serious cruising boats; easy patch!

Old laptop, some work

Old picture of 'No Gridlock" when we just bought her. Nothing to do with this post at all.

The heat has abated somewhat with severe nightly rainstorms here in Guatemala...no new leaks but my oh my the old ones are just torrents.

So we started rebedding our port-lights, (windows), starting with the two small ones because I only had a small tube of sealant handy. The starboard one came off easy with nary a hint of sealant to be seen. Smugness set in. Do another the following day.

The following day; removed bolts, glass won't budge. 3M 5200, or God Glue, was used as a sealant. An hour job stretched into over 3 hours. Got the glass off but it took major elbow grease to remove what was left of the old sealant.

Four large port-lights remain but have to wait for pensions to be deposited to buy larger tubes of sealant.

Dinghy: Motor transom clamps were seized on so I had to saw them off. Drilled out the bolt remains then found out I had no metric taps to clean the threads. (10mm). Dinghy has new leaks plus I grounded it over a fire anthill. Ask me how I found that out. Go ahead, ask me:(

Don't ever buy a RIB, (rigid Inflatable Boat), sure, they are not tippy but they are not hardy in the least. Got plans to build a hard, nesting dinghy.

Tried splicing rope but it has been so long I had a complete mind wipe. Re-reading Brian Toss' rigging book again.

Laptops are dropping like flies. Acer, Abus not reliable. Now on the old, venerable Panasonic Toughbook with Linux and Ubuntu loaded. Slow, but weather proof.