busy doing nothing
Busy Doing Nothing is the revised and improved North Pacific Logbook. It is 218 pages long, written in English. The book has 51 new drawings, 16 new sections on a variety of topics and 19 recipes.
We are artist and sailors, and have been living, and working from our sailboat Pino since 2016. In 2020, we completed our circumnavigation of the Pacific ocean. The last passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a physical logbook of daily happenings onboard.
Upon our arrival, we transcribed the handwritten pages, so we could publish them online. Weeks later, we decided to expand on it, to release it as a digital book. We revised most of the text, expanded on specific logs, and added:
- 51 new drawings
- 16 new sections
Seasickness, Kuroshio, Sailing at night, Heaving-to, Squalls, Food, Self-steering, Food storage, Water, Birds and nature, Computers, The burden of electronics, Thrift and care, Catching rain, Coping with stress, Foul-weather gear and Pino's Japanese pantry. - 19 recipes
Busy Doing Nothing is in black and white, it is 218 pages long, written in English, and formatted for e-readers. The first version is still available to read online, but doesn't include the newer content and revised text. Buying this book is a way to support us, we put a lot of work into it, and we hope you like it!
Paperback book
Matte cover, 5.83 x 8.27 in / 148 x 210 mm. $14.76 USD|€13.60 EUR|$22.33 AUD|£11.33 GBP|$22.15 CAD
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In 2020, we completed our circumnavigation of the Pacific ocean. The last passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a physical logbook of daily happenings onboard.
Upon our arrival, we transcribed the handwritten pages, so we could publish them online.
In fall 2020, we decided to expand on it, and to release it as a digital book. We revised most of the text, added new art and expanded on specific logs.
The book was written in Markdown and formatted to PDF and EPUB using Tectonic and CSS via Pandoc. The first edition of Busy Doing Nothing was released on February 17th 2021. The book is open source, but buying it is a way of supporting our work. The North Pacific Logbook is still online, but does not include new content.
In December 2021, we finally formatted and released a paperback version of the book. We settled on using Lulu.com, since they provide a very good print-on-demand service and that we can't physically keep many copies of physical books on the boat due to space (and moisture) constraints.
As of December 10th 2024, we have sold 521 copies of the paperback book, and 1,014 copies of the digital version, for a grand total of 1535 copies. Thank you all so much. We are so grateful, especially considering it was self-published and that we chose not to distribute through big online stores like Amazon.
The book is printed on demand. Lulu.com works with printers all over the world, so that most copies are produced locally and travel relatively short distances. It can take 3 to 5 work days to print the book. Since the books are printed, packaged, and shipped by humans, mistakes may happen. If your book arrives in less-than-perfect condition, contact Lulu.com with images of shipping damage or printing errors, and they will send you another copy.
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