Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater
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The boat should be done in around a month, so we might make it to lake Havasu. Then tickfaw, the lake race at lake of the Ozarks, the MACC military show in Baltimore, then jacksonville poker run, lake lanier, skater fest in Detroit, Loto shootout, key west races.
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Some may call you OCD or rate your NERD level but IMO it's simply attention to detail.
Extra detail given to items that have absolutely NO functional benefit (like Philips screw head alignment) well we call those "Style Points" and those are worth a few mental 10ths of a second within the NASCAR garage. I say this b/c they place the competition in awe not to mention the distraction it causes them as they wonder how much time we put into the details that really count if we were willing to invest time in the non performance ones.
PS- all the external hardware on my boat is aligned as are all the outlet and switch plate screws in my home.
Extra detail given to items that have absolutely NO functional benefit (like Philips screw head alignment) well we call those "Style Points" and those are worth a few mental 10ths of a second within the NASCAR garage. I say this b/c they place the competition in awe not to mention the distraction it causes them as they wonder how much time we put into the details that really count if we were willing to invest time in the non performance ones.
PS- all the external hardware on my boat is aligned as are all the outlet and switch plate screws in my home.
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08 OPA Class 1 National Champion
08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
10 OPA Class 1 National Champion ( happy now Ed! )
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When we do an endurance run we will have a live feed on the internet. The screen will be something like this. We will probably change the top left view to full time view from the shark fin facing forward seeing the cockpit and out the front of the boat. Then the top right view will be the rotating view from the 8 other cameras. Bottom left screen will be the gps screen, it will show location, course and speed. The bottom right will show our vitals, g-shock load, and engine gauges. We have a system on the boat that will give us a wifi satellite connection for our phones. We will be able to text, have internet connection and make phone calls directly from our cell phones. When we are within cell range like doing poker runs, shootout, boat shows, ect. our internet uplink screen will switch from the satellite dish to a cellular antenna to not cost as much on satellite airtime. Nerd level 5.2
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VSAT vs Cellular uplinks, now your in my Nerd field...
When your ready to do the big trip, I can hook ya up with discounted rates on coverage across the pond and back to CA.
When your ready to do the big trip, I can hook ya up with discounted rates on coverage across the pond and back to CA.
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Tyson, Are you using the Iridium network for the satellite side? If so the data speeds are really slow for video. It will work good for text, email etc. VSAT's are far better but size of the antennas could be issue. If you are using VSAT's there are some areas that do not have coverage.
Inmarsat phones like a Fleet broadband are good for Internet access but again video feeds may be an issue.
Inmarsat phones like a Fleet broadband are good for Internet access but again video feeds may be an issue.
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Tyson, Are you using the Iridium network for the satellite side? If so the data speeds are really slow for video. It will work good for text, email etc. VSAT's are far better but size of the antennas could be issue. If you are using VSAT's there are some areas that do not have coverage.
Inmarsat phones like a Fleet broadband are good for Internet access but again video feeds may be an issue.
Inmarsat phones like a Fleet broadband are good for Internet access but again video feeds may be an issue.
We still have our vsat system and Inmarsat systems from the v-bottom that will be backups.
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