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Our travels over week #1 to Desolation Sound
We realized that some of you might like to see our route as we headed north towards Desolation Sound. This post is an accompaniment to Week 1. Day 1, from Seattle, stopping at Pt Townsend (east of Pt Wilson) and heading north... ...
Week 1: Summer Cruise to Desolation Sound
Our long summer trip for 2015 was to Desolation Sound in July. We had 3 sets of guests, each for a week. Week 1 was Jacqueline, her daughter Emily, and Tom and Jessica. Week 2 was Susan and David. Week 3 was Randy and Peggy. We had never been to...
Press Release from the Gyrfalcon
TFI Charters is pleased to announce that Captain Nancy Everds has recently earned her 100 Ton license from the US Coast Guard. This means that Captain Nancy is now fully qualified to run the Gyrfalcon, and that we can now offer full charter services. Here is a photo of Captain...
Life on the Gyrfalcon: A Poop Story
Life is never dull on a boat. Our friends Andy, Joellen and Katie Hathaway have been staying on the Gyr while their boat, Twin Isles is on the hard in Port Townsend. Before they arrived, we arranged to have the holding tank for the guest head pumped. For those of...
The Year of Delignification, Part 2
Water in the forward bilges We have 14 bilge pumps on the Gyrfalcon. In each of the largest compartments, there are 2 pumps deep in the bilge and a larger emergency pump above them in case the primary pumps are overwhelmed. Last winter, we noticed that the pump in the...
The Year of Delignification, Part 1
Note: This is a long post about our extended time on the hard in Port Townsend from January to May 2015. We have divided it into two parts. If you hang around wooden boats long enough, you get to learn a lot of new terminology. This year’s major new word...
Labor Day Cruise to San Juans, Gulfs, and Victoria BC-Part 2
Note: This blog is written by Nancy, with help from Jessica’s timeline. Pictures are by Tom, Jessica, David, Susan, Peter, and Nancy. Commentary in italics is by Peter. Day 3 (Monday, Aug 25th): Mid-morning After paddling over the the Adventuress, Jessica and I returned to the Gyrfalcon. Jessica demonstrated the...
Labor Day Cruise to San Juans, Gulfs, and Victoria BC-Part 2
Note: This blog is written by Nancy, with help from Jessica’s timeline. Pictures are by Tom, Jessica, David, Susan, Peter, and Nancy. Commentary in italics is by Peter. Day 3 (Monday, Aug 25th): Mid-morning After paddling over the the Adventuress, Jessica and I returned to the Gyrfalcon. Jessica demonstrated the...
Labor Day Cruise to San Juans, Gulfs, and Victoria BC-Part 1
Note: This blog is written by Nancy, with help from Jessica's timeline. Pictures are by Tom, Jessica, David, Susan, Peter, and Nancy. Commentary in italics is by Peter. I (this is Nancy) am writing this blog to give Peter a break. Also because this trip was my first excursion as...
Maiden Voyage to the San Juan and Gulf Islands July Part 2
Day 5 (Friday, July 4th) Capt Ralph advised us that his wife could spend the entire day in the Garden, but that around an hour was enough for him. We decided that 2 or 3 hours should be enough for most of us. We docked the dinghy at the Garden...
Maiden Voyage to the San Juan and Gulf Islands July Part 1
REPOST from last night (technical difficulties) Thanks to our guests for providing many of the photos in this post. After the Bell Street Rendezvous in June, we took the Gyrfalcon back to Lake Union Boat Repair. The gang at LUBR (loo-ber) were installing new electronics (radar, chart plotter and depth...
The Bell Street Rendezvous – 2014
The Bell Street Rendezvous is the biggest show of the year put on by the Classic Yacht Association (CYA), Pacific NorthWest Fleet , our old-boat group. It occurs every year over Father’s Day Weekend at the Bell Street Marina in downtown Seattle, at the foot of the Pike Street Market....
