Somewhere in Norway

Norway is eating my diesel.

The LuAZ drinks like it is still 1974, and Norwegian diesel is priced like it is 2074. Every fjord on the map costs roughly one tank, and there are a lot of fjords.

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1 aboard · 1 paying · updated 1h ago

Sign on

Sign on to the crew

Costs nothing. One email address gets you a number, a plate with your name stamped on it, and a place on the manifest below. I write when something breaks or something works, which is often enough and never daily.

Sign on to the crew

No card. Unsubscribe in one click. I never sell or share the list.

The manifest

The manifest

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Everyone who has signed on, in the order they did it. Free and paid alike — the number is the number.

  • PE-0004Anonymous
    Crew
Ranks

Ranks

Stowaway is free and always will be. The rest are for people who want the machines to keep running — monthly money is the difference between filming what breaks and filming what I actually wanted to build.

Stowaway

Free

An email address. That is the entire price.

  • Your number and your stamped plate
  • Your name on the manifest
  • The dispatch when something breaks or works
Sign on — free
Billing cycle

Deckhand

$5.99 / mo

A tank of diesel a year, spread out so neither of us notices.

  • Everything in Stowaway
  • Your rank on the manifest
  • Episodes 24 hours before they go public
  • The build log — real measurements, real mistakes, what it actually cost
  • The footage that does not survive the platforms

Captain's Circle

The one

$14.99 / mo

For people who genuinely want the machines to keep running.

  • Everything in Deckhand
  • A vote on what goes on the ramp next
  • A monthly live call from the garage
  • Your name welded into the credits, not just typed

Figurehead

$49 / mo

A figurehead goes on the front of the ship. So does your name — in paint, on the actual machine, where the weather can get at it.

  • Everything in Captain's Circle
  • Your name painted on the vehicle
  • First seat at any meet-up, wherever it lands
  • I answer your email first

Apple Pay and Google Pay appear first on the payment screen. Cancel any time, in two clicks, no email to me required — manage your support.

Accounts

Where it actually goes

  • Diesel and ferries40%

    The single biggest hole.

  • Parts and welding gas30%

    Mostly things that snapped.

  • Food and a roof when it freezes20%

    Not glamorous.

  • Camera bits and hard drives10%

    They die too.

Rough split, honestly estimated rather than accounted. Real numbers get published once there are enough of them to be worth publishing.

One-off

Or just throw fuel at it

No rank, no commitment, no follow-up. Straight into the tank. You still get a number and a plate.

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