![cover of busy doing nothing featuring a sailboat sailing over rabbit-shaped waves](../media/content/busydoingnothing_main.jpg)
Busy Doing Nothing is a 218-page book, chronicling daily happenings on the 51-day passage of HundredRabbits from Japan to Canada.
The original logbook was transcribed, and released online in August 2020. On February 17th 2021, Hundredrabbits released a formatted revised edition for e-readers with extra content. On December 3rd 2021, we released a paperback version.
It was my dream to make this long, non-stop sail, following in the footsteps of my heroine Lin Pardey. She wrote a book chronicling their trip from Japan to Victoria, mixed with stories of past learnings from her many years of experience as a cook on sailboats.
![a view of an open book featuring doodles of a bored peanut with the text: no wind](../media/content/busydoingnothing_paperback2.jpg)
I do not have Lin's experience, but I liked the idea of journaling every day. I thought a trip that long was worth documenting. Sailing isn't just about pleasure, it's also about boredom, very high highs, very low lows, and on finding ways to keep sane while in a small, small space surrounded by a wild, wild, and wet universe.
I kept a handwritten log, and drew little cartoons in the margins when I felt down, or scared. Many drawings are from the original log, but I drew many new ones to decorate the pages (I didn't have enough for all 51 days). To keep the same general style and feel, I drew them in the same notebook with the same pens.
![a photo of the original paper notebook housing all of the original text, complete with doodles of albatrosses in the margins](../media/content/busydoingnothing_04.jpg)
The original, unedited online logbook is still up, for those who can't afford to buy the book. If you can pay, I'd appreciate it if you could buy a copy. It helps fuel the writings of future stories and illustrations. I also wrote a small tutorial on how to use Pandoc to publish e-books. If you would like my assistance in publishing a book, let me know and I'll help as best I can.
Buy the paperback version of the book.
![a view of the physical paperback book busy doing nothing](../media/content/busydoingnothing_paperback.jpg)
...or buy the e-book version!
Artwork
![angry rabbit waves threatening a sailboat](../media/content/busydoingnothing_01_tn.jpg)
![a sailor aboard their boat with a sei whale surface near it, the sailor is screaming: whale!](../media/content/busydoingnothing_02_tn.jpg)
![an angry sailor fell and bruised their ribs, legs coiled in a mess of ropes.](../media/content/busydoingnothing_03_tn.jpg)