Yesterday afternoon we went out on a sea trial of the new Nordic Tug 40, and this morning we went to the factory to check out another new Nordic Tug 44. We'll blog about this separately I think, but both new boats look fantastic. This afternoon we decided to pop…
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We spent a few days in Anacortes working on some projects, and then took Airship out for some island time. We spent Saturday night at Spencer Spit State Park on Lopez Island. We left Cap Sante late and arrived at Spencer Spit by about 6:30pm. Saturday all day it was…
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The view from our deck last night, post boat show. There are a bunch of neat boats up here at the annual Anacortes Boat Show. If you're nearby, come check it out! As you can see, the weather is perfect boat show weather! 🙂
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We had a beautiful calm, silvery cruise from Turn Island out around the bottom of Lopez Island and over to Watmough Bay. View from our new moorage: Once we were settled (takes about 2 minutes) Kevin decided to take the dinghy and the Torqeedo out for some exploring, while I…
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Yesterday we met up with Andy Cross and his two sons, Porter and Magus, aboard Yahtzee. You may know Andy from his Three Sheets NW website.) We've corresponded a bit via email and it was great to finally meet in person. We're moored just around the corner from here…you can just see…
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Yesterday we spent most of the day working and going through the cabinets and bins in the boat and getting rid of stuff we don't use or want on the boat (thinking about the additional stuff we'll be bringing for the next Alaska trip). Feels good to streamline things even…
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It's pretty cool when you go back to a place you've been a whole bunch of times before and you learn new stuff about it! We left Blind Bay yesterday around noon and made a quick stop in Deer Harbor to grab some TP (we forgot to put it on…
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Earlier this week we headed over to LaConner to have our electronics upgraded. Here's what we got: Garmin 7616xsv chart plotter, GHP Reactor autopilot with GHC20 control, GXM52 Sirius XM weather receiver, GMI20 marine instrument, Garmin gWind wind and weather sensor, and downview/sideview CHIRP sonar transducers, GST43 speed/temperature transducer. Out…
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When we bought our (second) Airstream trailer back in 2010 we had a solar system installed by AM Solar in Springfield, Oregon. We knew (1) we’d be using the trailer off the grid often, (2) we needed electricity to live and work (and blog), and (3) we didn’t want a…
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On Thursday we left Port Townsend and headed north toward Deception Pass, where we planned to meet our friends Sam & Anna in Sam's Nordic Tug 37 for the night. Morning view from Point Hudson Marina at Port Townsend: The day was pretty gray, but the water was nice and calm.…
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