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 most elegant kayak exit yet–she…

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 dock in time for the…

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 finder), mounting the chest freezer…

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 of days in Seattle for…