There is always work to be done on a boat.
Today's project was to replace all of our 20W halogen lights with these 48 LEDs 3W bulbs, hoping to lower our electricity consumption. We also replaced our 1500W vertical heater with a 600W horizontal one.
We want to spend as many days as we can on the hook (at anchor) and these changes are necessary to assu...
2016-03-09 23:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post
We began working on a series of minimalist lifestyle recipes that make our time on the boat easier, you can read the first of this series of articles on Grimgrains.
2016-03-02 00:15:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy the second episode of our monthly video series,
made possible by our patrons.
2016-02-22 06:18:17 +0000 UTC View Post
We're settling into our new home, getting to know our neighbourhood which consists of a few other liveaboards, weekend sailors as well as seals. Living in a place surrounded by nature is wonderful, so many new sounds and smells.
It rains more often than not, luckily the nearest town, Sidney, is just a 20-minute bike ride away. We've made many trips there already, to get essentials for the boat. We're getting organized and can't wait to share our new space with you.
Our next video...
2016-02-19 02:46:44 +0000 UTC View Post
We are maintaining a list of frequently asked questions here. You can add questions to the list by adding a comment below. This thread is public, for both patrons and guests.
2016-02-15 19:55:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, we moved the remaining of our things, our bikes and all, onto the boat.
The previous owner of the boat gave us a rundown of the various buttons, cables, switches of our new home.
We rode our bikes to Sidney to stock up on dried and fresh goods. We are presently moored in North Saanich, in ...
2016-02-15 03:21:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Last night was our first sleep-over. To celebrate, we finally opened that bottle of Whisky, given to us by ex co-workers.
We acquired a few things that we were missing, sleeping bags, a pressure cooker, a bit of food, wine. We walked around Sidney, found some good coffee and bulk food stores. We still have a few things left at our AirBnB to move onto the boat, our bikes, some clothes, and a bit of food.
At night, we played Samurai Gunn to old jazz music coming from the local radi...
2016-02-08 04:41:15 +0000 UTC View Post
We spend a lot of time thinking about how we will optimize our lives as live-aboards. One important thing to consider is trash, we aim to produce as little of it as possible.
This week we made our first zero-waste purchases, such as compostable bamboo toothbrushes and a durable pot scrubber&n...
2016-01-31 22:45:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Today was quite a special one. Before this beautiful sailboat is entirely ours we had it hauled out, inspected and taken for a sea trial.
It passed with flying colours.
The hull is in great shape, no bubbles, not dents, new zincs.
The inspection revealed just a few minor projects, such as the ladder not being conform to the current security recommendations.
We took it out for a quick ride around the islands - the motor started hastily, the sails are in gre...
2016-01-28 17:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The vessel that was seen at the end of Episode I is now ours.
It's a beautiful Japanese 33' Sloop built in 1982, from Yamaha.
It's currently docked in Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island, it will be surveyed this week and readied for our arrival, around mid-febuary. Things are moving a lot quicker than we thought. We pas...
2016-01-24 17:27:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy the first episode of our monthly video series,
made possible by our patrons.
2016-01-18 02:14:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick picture of Rekka at the airport, with our bikes.
We're visit the sailboat on saturday, stay tuned!
2016-01-14 02:09:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We're all packed, and we took care of our paperwork. Three more days of sleeping on hard wooden floors and we're off!
Similarly to the days leading to our departure for Tokyo, it has been an expectedly insane week . Between saying our farewells to our friends and families, we were on craigslist finding new owners for our furniture and toys. We spent some time making origami for our top backers and corresponding with our hosts as well as our navigation course teacher.
We spent the...
2016-01-11 01:35:23 +0000 UTC View Post
It's snowing in Montreal, we're cocooning and packing for our move still. 2015 was a good year for us, in short, we traveled a lot and we went on our first sailing trip. This 10 day trip along the st-lawrence river was a godsend, it made us feel confident about our decision to move on a boat.
Devine wrote an overview of the year, it explains 2015 in greater depth.
We're moving to Vancouver in just 13 days, it feels very real now. ...
2015-12-31 20:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Our friends over at Robotcut made this amazing plaque to put into our boat and told us about Particle's Photon micro-controller!
This week, we began looking into ways with which we could log some boat statistics for the 100r.co website and log. Playing with the controller, we managed to get some interesting results and connect it to our API.
We wish you an en...
2015-12-26 20:33:38 +0000 UTC View Post
We finally released our first video, it sets the tone for what is to come.
Thank you for your support!
Rekka & Devine
2015-12-20 21:54:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We're cycling around, gathering footage for our first video, coming out next weekend.
2015-12-14 19:13:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Two mornings per week, we find ourselves at a local coffee shop to try and learn as much as we can, for in 30 days, we leave for Vancouver to find our boat. From documentaries to french sailing books, we try to gather the pieces...
2015-12-13 20:20:26 +0000 UTC View Post
We've had a few request from backers on how to make the origami rabbit.
This is the guide that we used to learn to make it.
Enjoy!
2015-12-07 17:04:21 +0000 UTC View Post
We present you the newest member of the hundred rabbits team: a goPRO session 4 camera! We can now start producing our monthly videos, the first one will be released on the 20th of december. This goPRO was our first milestone, the next one is a VR camera that will enable us to produce 360/Occulus videos.
In other news, the hundred rabbit website 100r.co launched this week. The timeline features our current sailing route and will ...
2015-12-06 17:52:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We worked extra hours this week, to complete the Apple TV release of Oquonie. This new version include fixes that will also be reflected on iOS and OS X. It should become available on the App Store internationally during the next few days.
In the Grim Kitchen, we have a 2015-11-30 02:02:19 +0000 UTC View Post
We have made a bunch of 100R stickers for backers! We will start sending them next week to the Playtests Patrons. Just make sure you have given us your address. Send us some pictures of where you put them!
2015-11-24 19:39:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Every weekend we get together at a coffeeshop to discuss our plans for next year. As it is with all big changes, some problems arise. We just learnt that Vancouver is not so keen on liveaboards, we may not be able to have a long-term stay at a marina. But luckily, we found other areas that are more open to it.
We also talked about making VR videos of our spaceship, this means that you would be able spend time with us on the Rabbit (sort of, but you get it). We're thinking ...
2015-11-22 18:55:49 +0000 UTC View Post
First of all, thank you so much for backing our project. It means a lot for us to see this enthusiasm. We will be sharing Patrons Only updates each week, hopefully on the same day of the week, although we haven't decided which day it's going be.
This week, we would like to share with you our tentative roadmap.
December 6th: Release of Oquonie for AppleTV
December 14th: La...
2015-11-15 15:25:10 +0000 UTC View Post