Tag: #SUDDENLY

It's been a while since I've posted anything, and a lot has changed since 2023. I don't have much to report from 2024, but 2025 has been pretty eventful. I got married, we're expecting our first in March, and we're buying a house.

This year I want to get back into the habit of writing. I'm setting a loose goal of 52 blog posts, one per week, though not necessarily posted weekly. Some will be short updates, others longer deep dives into projects.

On the project side, I built an 8-node Raspberry Pi cluster that's currently running Docker Swarm and Portainer. I've also been building out anchordns.io and sitery.io. AnchorDNS is a DNS management platform that also handles front-end proxying. Sitery is a container-based managed hosting platform for WordPress, and I'm in the middle of migrating all of my legacy hosting clients over to it.

Outside of software, I have a long list of boat projects planned for Suddenly. The biggest one is moving her to Nevada for a multi-year refit up on the hard. I also have plans for both bryanhaskin.com and this site.

Over the last two years, I've listened to quite a few audiobooks. Sixty-three in 2025 and seventy-seven in 2024. I've been reading more ebooks as well, but nowhere near the same volume as audiobooks. It's been a healthy mix of science fiction and LitRPG.

I went down the checked on the boat two weeks ago. The drive down 395 is spectacular. By far my favorite stretch of road. It hugs the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains and has some of the most majestic and rugged views. I took a small detour and drove the June lake loop. It was phenomenal and recommend it if you are ever down that way. Next camping trip will be in that area.

The boat had no issues from Hurricane Hilary. Talking to my neighbor at the marina the storm was mild and lost a lot of power coming in over Baja. The rear cockpit was full of rain water. I need to flush the drain lines next time I have the boat out of the water.

I reinstalled the diesel return line from the injectors in the fuel system. Bled the fuel system. The engine still wasn't starting. My neighbor came over and helped me with troubleshooting the issue. It was interesting seeing the parallels between diesel engine troubleshooting and debugging software.

The diesel engine in Suddenly is very simple. Based on an Isuzu DL201. Manufactured in the 1960s by Starrlet; A company out of Tampa FL, which closed down in the 1980s. Parts are difficult to find. We figured out that the issue was with cylinder number 4's glow plug. Unfortunately it failed in such a way that it shorted directly to the engine block. So the wire that runs from the cockpit control panel to the glow plugs also needs to be replaced. Now I need to find a replacement glow plug, which is proving to be difficult.

The plug has some markings on it: JKC, 5G, 10.5v. So far no luck in finding a match based off that. I will likely replace all 4 once I find a proper replacement.