Starr
10 April 10, 2011,0400Z
26 22N/144 46E
We are 700nm SE of Ashiya. Yesterday at 0200JST, we pulled into Chichijima 27N/142E., 600nm from Ashiya and re topped off, loading an additional 2700 liters of fuel.
We departed Chichijima at 1500JST,…
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Passage to Hawaii
Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
5 April 2011
MV Starr is departing from Osaka this afternoon at 1230, Tuesday, April 5 in Japan
We anticipate that the passage will take us 3 weeks, so our ETA will be sometime around 27 April to 1 May.
You can fol…
Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
Sayonara Japan, Aloha Hawaii
5 April 2011
MV Starr is departing from Osaka this afternoon at 1230, Tuesday, April 5 in Japan
We anticipate that the passage will take us 3 weeks, so our ETA will be sometime around 27 April to 1 May.
You can fol…
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific, Part 2
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific Part 2: Fitting the auxiliary fuel tanks.
Guest blog entry by Viktor Grabner, crewmember
Don has already written about the challenge of making our fuel last the 3800 nm voyage across the Pacific. He disc…
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific, Part 2
Stretching the Fuel Range to Cross the Pacific Part 2: Fitting the auxiliary fuel tanks.
Guest blog entry by Viktor Grabner, crewmember
Don has already written about the challenge of making our fuel last the 3800 nm voyage across the Pacific. He disc…
GOOD NEWS!!!
GOOD NEWS!!!
On April 2, the day after April Fool’s Day, Don signed back on as Captain of STARR.
The crew is delighted.
GOOD NEWS!!!
GOOD NEWS!!!
On April 2, the day after April Fool’s Day, Don signed back on as Captain of STARR.
The crew is delighted.
Change of Watch aboard Starr
News Flash: Change of Watch aboard Starr
1 April 2011
Preparations aboard Starr for her voyage to Honolulu are in full swing. Unfortunately, we have to make bit of a startling announcement: Don decided to not take this trip with Starr, but inste…
Change of Watch aboard Starr
News Flash: Change of Watch aboard Starr
1 April 2011
Preparations aboard Starr for her voyage to Honolulu are in full swing. Unfortunately, we have to make bit of a startling announcement: Don decided to not take this trip with Starr, but inste…
What’s really going on at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
What’s really going on at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
March 17, 2011
Sent to us by a friend in Ashiya, Japan
Written by Bill Andrews and emailed by the Dean of Engineering at the University of Washington:
Here’s a little more measured and a…
