The Technomadic Flotilla
Steven K. Roberts
Nomadic Research Labs
June 2008 update: This page is about to become relevant
again... for the moment the old content remains, but just want to let
you know that we're back on track with a new boat and ready to start building the community. The latest news is at the Nomadness blog.
Old stuff:
This is the home page for an ad-hoc
flotilla of aquatic adventurers. The
idea here is to "share the nomadness" by welcoming a wide range of
boats
and participants, forming a community that slowly evolves as people
arrive and depart. This allows us to accommodate just about any
experience level or available timing, with some folks continuing for
months and others just joining the group for a few days. We also
get together for local kayak trips in the Puget Sound area, but this is
primarily to support the 7 Degrees of Freedom expedition as well as other adventures of similar scale down the road.
This is entirely non-commercial, so this site isn't complex or
design-heavy. If anyone in the group wants to contribute pages
or artwork, please contact
me!
In particular, the Roster of
Flotillians is just a list of
pointers to individual pages, and if my crude layouts don't do you or
your boat justice, feel free to make your own and either send it or
give me the URL.
What follows on this page is an outline of what I hope to see here,
with links activated as content is produced.
7 Degrees of Freedom Expedition
- We are planning a trip from Port Hardy (the north end of Vancouver
Island) south to Camano Island in Summer, 2005.
This page describes the general plan.
Roster of Flotillians - a list of
participating boats, pointing to a page for each
First Steps
to Aquatic Technomadics - Wondering how to make the
transition? Here's your to-do list.
Itinerary and location notes, charts, etc.
Detailed list of anchorages, camps, bail points, and
must-visit places
Schedules of participants' projected join/depart
plans
Annotated route map
Equipment
Suitable boats
Gear lists for individuals
Steve's Wordplay & Bubba Gear list (PDF)
Matt's Origami Gear list
Essentials checklist
Technical Corner
Communications tools
Navigation
Computers
Group discussion (members only)
Mailing
list archives
WIKI
Tales from Out There (after launch)
Individual logs, commentary, and photos. Here's Bubba on Strawberry Island.
PDF ($) of compiled group publications
technical documentation
adventure narratives
Telemetry and Tracking (after launch)
Tracking page
for kayak Bubba
Raw
telemetry
Historical plots and virtual console
Contact info
Emergencies, status inquiries, health & welfare
Leave a message or invitation for the group