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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....
Haul Out 2014 – The Return from Port Townsend to Seattle.
After the launch on Friday, the Gyrfalcon stayed at the dock in Port Townsend through the weekend. This was for several reasons: first to make sure that the planks were tight, and there was no significant leakage (there is always a small amount of leakage when a wooden boat is...
Haul Out 2014 – The repairs
After the Gyrfalcon was hauled, and the team from Haven Boatworks had a chance to inspect her, we came up with a list of needed repairs. Many of the repairs were anticipated, some were unexpected, and since we had a hard budget, some had to be postponed to next year....
Crossing the Sound
The big moment had finally come. We were going to take the Gyr across Puget Sound for her haul out in Port Townsend. A bit of background, for those who may not know the history. When we bought the Gyrfalcon, we pulled her out of the water for a couple...
And the winner is: Logo Division
A mini-blog—several of you participated in polls for my (Nancy’s) search for a design for the smokestack on the Gyrfalcon. It was my first foray into crowdsourcing. I used a company called 99 Designs. Basically, you have an idea for a logo, website, etc, and 99 Designs runs a contest...
