A father and son sailing trip
Recently my son and I took a 4 day sailing trip in Puget Sound (Washington State). That’s him in the photo. Sucia Island: The first day we sailed from Blaine, Washington to Sucia. It (Read More)
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On the High Seas – Part II
(continued from my last post)… Okay, so… We’d dropped our sails and were motoring into port. Close to the entrance, our outboard motor decided to get stuck in forward. Suddenly we had no neutral (Read More)
On the High Seas – Part I
Well, it sounded like a fun idea… We planned a family sail to Sucia Island last weekend. The whole gang went -my wife, my daughter, her husband, and the grandkids. The boat was stuffed (Read More)
Fumbling at Sea
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a blog. My life has been full these last few days and I haven’t taken the time to write. Well, we finally got the boat underway. My wife (Read More)
A new hobby
I’ve been struggling to get a VHF antenna mounted atop the mast on my sailboat. The mast is down so no climbing involved (which would have been impossible). I had to run the coax (Read More)
Ready to sail
Sorry my last post was such a downer. It’s just that the dizziness sometimes gets in the way of my plans. I’d better get used to it, I’m sure other “issues” will get in (Read More)
Bottom Paint
Got the bottom paint on our boat in the nick of time last night… it dried within minutes of a rain fall. Whew! Even though I painted outside, the fumes about knocked me out. (Read More)
Gin Pole
I’ve just finished building what’s call a “gin pole” that will help me raise the mast on my sailboat. We had to take down the mast when we brought the boat up from Olympia, (Read More)
Still good
Had a wonderful weekend. We finalized the purchase of our boat then sailed it over to a marina to get it out of the water and onto our trailer. Well, we actually motored it (Read More)
Bought a boat
Today I bought a boat. My son and I met in Olympia to check it out. That’s 170 miles one way – a loooong drive to look at something you might not want. But (Read More)
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