Finally! Today we were in Anacortes with the boat, with the boat name graphics (boat name graphics we've had for over a month), AND the weather cooperated and we had a dry day, so we got out there an applied our boat name! Most people hire professionals to do their…
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We finally decided on some new chairs for the boat: the Wineglass Bay Chair from Seattle Boat Chair Company, in navy. We had a short list of requirements that included: easy to store, comfortable, marine environment-friendly, and nice-looking. The "easy to store" requirement turned out to the trickiest part. The…
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We depend completely on being connected when we are on the road and on the water. Because we run a virtual company which is an internet business, we can (and do) enjoy traveling extensively – even while working full time. While our blog posts focus on the adventure side of…
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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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