We woke up early this morning in Friday Harbor (with the help of that extra hour, thanks Daylight Savings Time). We decided to have a quick breakfast and head out early while it was still nice and calm. Well, that didn't last long at all: Originally we thought we'd take…
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Yesterday morning before leaving Patos Island we took the dinghy out and decided to do a lap around the outside. It took us one hour, exactly, and the sun was out for a bit of it. That's the edge of Sucia Island on the right (and Mount Baker in the…
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We added a trio of Weems & Plath instruments overhead in the helm: a tide and time clock, a barometer, and a comfortmeter (which shows temperature and humidity, but mostly just looks cool and rounds out the trio nicely). Love 'em! Related articles We're at Sucia Island More Boat…
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This morning (while it was still raining) we decided to head out for Patos Island, northwest of Sucia. The forecast said it was to be improving for the weekend. It looked like a cruise of about 3.5 hours from Anacortes to Patos Island, and our plan was to grab one…
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In honor of the upcoming spooky holiday (and due to the fact that the weather cleared up substantially) we decided we'd head to Skull Island for the night. Skull Island is a small island in Massacre Bay (I know!!) in the west sound of Orcas Island. It's a state park…no…
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Today we've just been hanging out on the boat working while the solar panel install is happening. It's super windy (last night was 30mph gusting to 50mph, woohoo!) and there's been some rain, but this afternoon the sun happened to come out right when it was a good time for…
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All weekend it's been super stormy up here in Anacortes. It's been fine, since we had projects to work on and no plans to go out on the boat. (Plus, one of the solar panels is not yet attached to the roof of the pilot house.) Stormy view out the…
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Some improvements we've made to the boat this weekend: 1. An adjustable laptop stand from Twelve South called the HiRise turns the aft galley counter into a perfect standing desk for me. (This might also work in the Airstream on top of the cutting board in the kitchen.) Kevin can put his…
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We spent the weekend up at the boat in Anacortes. We left Portland late on Friday and got to the marina around 9pm, and then stayed up late (3am!) doing boat stuff. Fun! The wind was really whipping when we arrived and there were gale warnings and tons of rain…
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Some of you have asked us about our boat-buying decision, and specifically about how we ended up choosing a tug. (Note that these tugs are tugs in style only…they don't actually tug stuff.) We might have written about bits of this before, but here it is, all together! You may…
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