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 …
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 po…
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 di…
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…
We went through the States to get to Honduras because the original plan was to gather Marla in Houston so she did not have to do immigration/customs by herself. Best laid plans - she had to cancel due to health concerns.
Greg and Shev picked us up promptly at 2:25…
My original text was rewritten by Grok. Maybe a little over-done in areas but I must admit, it reads better than my original.
On a crisp morning of October 3rd, we kicked off the process of getting SeaStar7 ready for winter. Melissa took charge of driving the car t…
We followed the USS Ronald Regan out of port on 9/28. It is quite impressive to be so close to an aircraft carrier. We head across the Sound for Elliott Bay Marina only to find someone has taken our assigned slip. Luckily, they found another slip for us which was even nicer. Seattle will be our hang…
We leave Bainbridge for Bremerton 9/24. It was a super foggy morning with less than 200-feet of visibility. Once we rounded the bottom of Bainbridge Island, it cleared and became a bright blue, warm day. It was the best weather in a month after a fairly lousy late summer. We tied up in our usual …
Jim and Margaret are still on board. We head down to Tacoma and tied up at the Dock Street Marina. The gang went up to the Glass Museum while the captain stayed back and pittered on the boat.
When the crew returned, Jim and Dave decide to do a little more troubleshooting on the generator. Working…
Dave and Melissa left Everett for Poulsbo 9/12. It was a smooth crossing.
The next day, we head south to pick up the Maurer crew at Jennifer's. The red kayak gets a new home here. Once the three guests are on board, we head for Ostrich Bay.
The next day, we ran out of gas for the porta…
8/28 - We pointed the bow south for Everett. We hoped to clear using the ROAM app but had to divert to Port Angeles to clear because the app didn't work. Dave tried uninstalling/reinstalling but no luck. Because of the less than pleasant previous two clearings, we dumped the plants and soil just in …
Jennifer and Margaret show up on the 16th. They brought the new Starlink mount to move the antenna onto the railing. It worked great and now the dish is out of the way.
We spent two nights at the Thetis Island Resort. We did not want to be anchored out as a storm was predicted. Although the a…
We are heading north to Nanaimo with Chris and Virginia on board leaving Victoria on the 10th. We docked at Salt Spring Marina in Ganges after a super foggy passage up Haro Straight.
The next day a quick hop over to Montague Harbour to show another visitor the Hummingbird Pub bus scene. However,…
Heading south to Victoria to pick up Chris and Virginia who are coming up on the Clipper in a couple days.
Our trip through Seymour Narrows was painless. However, around Campbell River, we lost the stabilizers. Cycling power only made it worse so Dave had to go into the super hot engine room to…
Brown's Bay is nice as any anchorage, super convenient and half the price of other marinas. Our original plan was to stay a week but we ended up staying almost 3.
On the 17th, the guys took the rental car to Victoria to put David on the Coho back to Port Angeles. They enjoyed lunch at the Flyin…
We arrived at Brown's Bay on the 14th. Despite being opening day, David found a guide down in Campbell River that can take us out the next day.
The next day, the three of us head out in a cab to rent a car and find the charter. We were successful at both. The guys head out with their captain, a…