Chris from North Pacific came out to our marina in Kitsap for a maintenance day. While he couldn’t find any obvious leak, he reassembled all […]
Holiday Maintenance
We’re prepping for our big Christmas trip. We take one every year (except last year, when we were “between boats”). There’s still a long list […]
Austfjorden
I love James and Jennifer. They’ve been an inspiration for me and have taught me a lot about planning, maintenance, and redundancy. But, I’m just […]
Orcas
Some folks may be concerned we approached too close to the whales. We actually stopped a several hundred yards away (the cell phone is zoomed […]
Pilothouse Blinds
I got the blinds installed n the pilothouse. The valence here isn’t as deep, so I was able to get a drill in there to […]
Thanksgiving Updates
It’s been a busy fall. We moved to a new city and that’s been taking up most of our attention and energy. We also moved […]
Ship’s Log
I’ve been using Numbers on my iPad to collect ship’s log entries. It’s working pretty well, so far. I have a template with some of […]
October Update
Lots has happened! Briefly, we went on a two week shakedown cruise through the San Juans. Turtle handled beautifully and there were only minor issues. […]
Cast off
We’re done with commissioning. We met with Dave yesterday to go over things. The hydronic is done! We have unlimited hot water and five zone […]