Dave got the bright idea that it would be fun to do the Baja Ha-Ha with Rob, Rose and Ken on their new to them Hunter 460 - RoRo Listo. So he flew up to San Diego from Puerto Vallarta late October.
The Ha-Ha has been going on for 30 years under the Grand Poobah's (Richard) leadership. The Poobah …
We hung out at the Lodge doing a little cat-sitting and waiting for the mechanics to come fix the boat.
The mechanics indeed find that the impeller that was not changed by Ocean Pacific was toast. Further, the new one had already begun to fail even though Dave only ran it when docking. The f…
August was kind of a rainy month up near Campbell River. Dave found a YouTube video of a fireplace and decided it would warm the boat up while it poured outside.
All in all we spent nearly a month at Browns Bay. We did try a jaunt back to the Octopus Islands only to turn around after the por…
We made a jaunt from Browns Bay Marina to Waiatt Bay in the Octopus Islands. There is a cabin here that people decorate with their boat signs. Jim made a fabulous one out of some driftwood he found in La Conner. Melissa would not let it leave the boat so Dave had to make another one. Notice the year…
We left Page's Resort in less than desirable conditions. It was blowing about 20 knots and were pounding into the seas during the first half of the crossing. At times, we were throttled back only making 5 knots progress. At one point the fridge flew open and half a left-over pie flew across the kitc…
Yesterday we headed to Silverdale. We needed supplies and an Amazon locker order. Plus I was still on the hunt for replacement medications from the rental car break in last week (911 call #1) while we were at the memorial dinner for Dave’s Uncle. We departed Poulsbo after crazy dude in a dingy th…
We headed out of Everett to Poulsbo. We anchored there only to have a guy come flying past us in his dingy – clearly intentionally rocking us in his wake. We suspect what set him off was that he thought we anchored too close to him. Dave measured and it was 360 feet – so we were plenty far away, …
Got up early to catch a flight from Paine Field in Everett down to San Francisco to attend Dave’s Uncle’s funeral service. We didn’t make the cutoff for checked bags – but they give 5 minutes grace – for which we had one minute left. We don’t normally cut it that close, but a Starbucks fiasco gett…
The boat wanted a fair amount of TLC this season. The generator died the previous season - probably weakened by the overspeed event we had. Living on the hook is practically impossible without a generator. We did buy a portable gas generator but it is noisy, takes gasoline and barely provides enough…