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 Nancy showing off her new…

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 asking for submissions.  Graphic artists…

Things are moving along.  We are almost ready for our haul out – when we will replace the cutless bearings, repair the stuffing boxes, true the shafts and replace the suspect through hulls in the engine room. We had decided to take the Gyrfalcon across the Sound to Pt Townsend, since they have a 300…

This is a continuation of the previous post of Frequently Asked Questions about the Gyrfalcon. What’s up with the roofs and the deck?  The coachhouse and pilothouse roofs have been primed and sanded.  Next is a coat of nonskid.  The mahogany railing is on around the coachhouse roof, and has also been primed and sanded. …