I first heard about Steve and his
bicycle adventures around 10 years ago. Intrigued, I joined his
technomads email list, and have been following the development of the
Microship since.
After moving to Seattle about 6 years ago, I began to learn how to sail
and started messing about in a variety of small boats on Puget Sound
and
the lakes and rivers surrounding the city. I currently own five
boats: two kayaks, two small rowboats, and a 26' foot sailboat on which
I live and am slowly restoring, but which hasn't done any sailing
recently. I've also sailed a number of other small boats through a
couple of sailing clubs in Seattle.
I recently purchased a
folding
kayak with a
sailing rig, which I am in the process of testing
to
see if it might be suitable for the Microship Flotilla
expedition. I'm also hoping to add some form of pedal drive, for
another alternative to paddling.
I named the kayak
Origami,
which roughly translates as "duck flavoring", from the Korean words
ori,
meaning duck, and gami, meaning flavoring or seasoning. This is
appropriate, since she gives me a small taste of life as a duck,
floating and paddling along in the water. Of course, origami is also
the
Japanese art of paper folding, which might be somewhat related to kayak
folding.
