Category Archives: Gear

Mystery of the Universe

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

File this one under: Mystery of the Universe When we opened up the camper on the docks here in Valparaiso only one thing was out of place. Our wine opener, a heavy, boxed SrewPull, was on the floor. The door …

Fuso vs. Valparaiso Dock Crew – Part 2

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

We returned to the docks on Wednesday, 16 January, 2008. We were scheduled for an inspection meeting involving three of the parties that operate on the docks: MARVAL, the overall operating company; TPS, the German company that operates the portion …

Emergency Beacon / GPS Tracker

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

I just came across this company and their product launched 1 November, 2007. Small, lightweight and portable, it combines EPIRB type emergency beacon functions with a general purpose GPS locator tracker and simple “I’m OK” message functions. It looks like …

Ready to Ship – Final BEV Buildup Photos

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

We are pulling out to put the rig on the ship to Chile in a couple of days. I am still working down the last items on the endless “to do” list. Today I discovered that the spare main circuit …

The Old Tent

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/the-old-tent.pdf