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Odds and ends from 2016-2018
2016 to 2018 were busy years. In the beginning of 2017, Nancy returned full time to Seattle after working in South San Francisco for 2 years. Before her return, we managed to get in a few boat projects between round trips to/from SFO/SEA, but not as many as we wanted....
Aug/Sept 2017: San Juans, Gulfs, and Victoria Classic Boats
This was our first trip after the installation of the renovated winch was a 12-day trip to the San Juan and Gulf Islands, and to Victoria BC for the Classic Boat Festival. August 25 (Day 1: Home to Port Townsend) August 25 (Day 1): an easy...
The Year of the Winch
Note: we found some more photos after we had posted this--so if you read this when we first posted, skim through and see the additional photos of the winch project. The anchor winch on the Gyrfalcon is a major piece of work. Built in 1941, it has been lifting the...
2016 Winter Trip to the South Sound (December/January 2016/2017)
Our friends from Maryland, John and Ellyn, came out to Seattle for a leisurely weeklong trip on the Gyrfalcon. There's nothing quite as relaxing as being in a warm boat on calm seas in the winter in the PNW. Thanks to John for providing his photos of the trip to...
2016 Trip to Victoria BC (August/September 2016)
For the past several years, we have been going to the San Juan Islands, the Gulf Islands, and Vancouver Island BC during the week ending in Labor Day. Here's a high level overview of our route. We end up in Victoria for the Classic Boat Show. Our guests arrived the...
2016 Cruise to the Broughtons Part 3 (July 17-23)
We were heading into our last week aboard the Gyrfalcon. July 17 (Day 17: East of Eden to Pierre's at Echo Bay to Simoom Sound) We spent a leisurely morning in East of Eden, then headed up Fife Passage. We stopped in Deep Bay (loop in drawing above) to check...
2016 Cruise to the Broughtons Part 2 (July 9-17)
July 9 (Day 9: Day at Pierre's Echo Bay) Our guests for the first week were gone. This is was our day by ourselves at Echo Bay. We did laundry, cleaning, projects, etc. All in all a good day. One thing about our guests: they're always generous with clothing donations....
2016 Cruise to the Broughtons Part 1 (July 1-8)
This is a long (almost a year) overdue series of blogs. A lot has happened. I (Nancy) had been transferred to San Francisco in the beginning of 2016 when my employer closed up shop in Seattle. Trying to work in SF and maintain the boat in Seattle was challenging. Even...
Updates since last summer
It’s been awhile since we updated the blog. We’ve gone on a few trips, and made some more upgrades. Here are the highlights of the last half of 2015 and the first half of 2016: Lots of pictures, not much text. Big improvement in the wheelhouse: A new floor. We...
Week 3: Summer cruise to Desolation Sound
Week Three Here's an overview of Desolation Sound (screenshot of Google Maps). We started the third week anchored in the east part of Desolation Sound, anchored on a bay on the mainland of BC. Desolation Sound We also thought those of you not familiar with this...
