Gyrfalcon returns to Ketchikan! We arrived yesterday (to follow our travels and receive mini-blog updates, go to: Forecast.PredictWind.com/tracking/display/Gyrfalcon). As the US Coast Survey vessel Patton, our boat traveled to Alaska each year from 1941 to 1967 from April to October, surveying the coastline. Her home base was Seattle, but she stored her smaller launch at…
The time has finally come. The Gyrfalcon is returning to Alaska. As the Patton, our vessel went to Alaska every summer from 1941 to 1967, conducting survey work for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Now under the ownership of Peter and Nancy, she is returning as a commercial passenger vessel available for charter…
We had a nice fall season on the Gyrfalcon. We went to the Center for Wooden Boats for their annual gala. Later in the fall, we took several fellow Classic Yacht Association members on a cruise to Tacoma for the Change of Watch event. Seven fellow members cruised on the Gyr to Tacoma, and five…
We decided to do something different for our August trip to Victoria—we added a few days in Vancouver BC at the Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival. Peter and I left Seattle and headed north on a blustery August day. 21 August 2019 Ewing Street Moorings to Drayton Harbor We left our dock by 0600, as we…
2019 San Juan Islands Trip – continued Day 6 (24 July 2019) Echo Bay to Double Island, West Sound, Orcas Island After Echo Bay, we went around the east side of Orcas Island to Double Island on the southwestern side of Orcas. It was a fun trip to Double Island. Lots of relaxing. Katie…
This year, our first trip of the season was to the San Juan Islands. Our goal was to go to a few of our favorite locations, but also to explore some new anchorages as well. Our guests were the Freemans and the Wisdoms, all of whom have sailed with us several times before, as well…
Our long trip during the summer of 2018 was up to the Gulf Islands and to Victoria for the Wooden Boat Festival. We don’t seem to have lots of photos, but we will at least include the route images. 24 August 2018: Ewing St Moorings to Port Townsend Anchorage Our friends Peggy and Randy had…
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) Our friend Ricardo flew in from the East Coast and his daughter Marcia arrived after…
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 supplement mine–I apparently was not…
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 day before so we could…
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