Yes indeedy! We will actually be able to communicate with the away party...

We're so grateful to BenQ Solar. They have given us a veritable farm of six solar panels, 240 watts each, for almost a total peak of 1.5kW in free energy from the sun! We are going to weld up a steel pipe frame above the flybridge…

I was listening to the New Man podcast today on an interview of an ex-pro surfer on how he found his life calling.  He ended up traveling to Indonesia right at the time of a tsunami and founded a non-profit saving lives by distributing potable water filter.  I was really inspired by his story and will definitely explore working with them to help deliver the filters to coastal communities in needs.  Here is his web site, Waves for Water:…

Click here to see the article, which is on SAIL Magazine's online site now and is a possibility for the September print edition!…

Thursday, 17 May 2012: BYM Product and Industry News

Not only does it make great products, Seattle-based SmartPlug Systems is doing good work, too.

Three Sheets Northwest magazine, 17-May-2012.

MANILA,  - Thirty fishermen were missing and hundreds of travellers were stranded Saturday after tropical storm Mawar dumped heavy rains across the Philippines, forcing flight and ship cancellations. The storm blanketed large parts of the main southern island of Luzon and central Visayas province with up to 25 millimetres (an inch) of rain an hour overnight, the state weather bureau said. At least two domestic flights were cancelled while more than 500 people were stranded in ports after the…