Posts

Landlubbers, For Now...

Image
Part of our winterization program is to put stabilizer in the gasoline for Roe and then run it around for a bit.   That is what I was doing when I took this photo of the PMC dock with Blue Redd tied alongside. And here I am running around in Roe. After this it was just a day of various maintenance and winterization chores. More interesting was dinner over at John & Teri's (and Meaghan & Ian too) home.   Great people, good friends, and solid conversations. Not to mention great giant ahi steaks! Back aboard Blue Redd the next morning, master woodworker, Tristan DeYoung of DeYoung Boatworks came aboard to review the long list of maintenance and projects that need to be completed over the next winter.  Here, Tristan and Karen are discussing fiddles for the dishes and glassware. When we get bounded around out there, we don't want dishes and glassware flying about and breaking. Someone asked about what kind of maintenance we do to the boat over the winter mont...
6 comments
Read more

Winding Down as we are back in Anacortes

Image
Hauling up the anchor this morning.   My right foot is operating the switch that controls the windlass to raise the anchor.   The switch on the other side of the Samson Post runs the windlass in the other direction putting out more chain (lowering the anchor).   I'm also hosing the chain down with fresh water to keep the salt, mud, and icky stuff from getting into the anchor locker and stinking up the boat.  My other foot and hand are trying to keep me upright and aboard the boat! Looking back into Hunter Bay as we departed.   Our final anchorage of our voyage. Looking forward and out through Lopez Pass, across Rosario Strait, and into Anacortes, only 10 miles away. My backsides as I take a photo of Lopez Pass.  Karen wants you all to know that I make a better wall than a window.   I am blocking Karen’s view making her driving more challenging. Looking out Lopez Pass again, you can see the Anacortes-Friday Harbor ferry off in the di...
3 comments
Read more

Indigo Moon in Hunter Bay...

Image
A foggy morning in Hunter Bay, Lopez Island. Breakfast on the Flybridge.   Karen made a garbage scramble.   Garbage, meaning whatever we had in the fridge that needs to be eaten... Excellent!   Add in fruit and coffee and I'm in seventh heaven. Our friends, Jenni & Jerry arriving on their Selene 53, Indigo Moon. Wow, she looks just like Blue Redd, but shinier!   We were the prettiest boat in the anchorage until Indigo Moon showed up.   Indigo Moon is a Selene 53, almost identical to our 57. Jerry, Jenni, & a bowl of fresh caught crab joined us for dinner aboard Blue Redd. The conversation was lively and engaged, the food delicious! Here we are at dinner.   Fresh crab, and tortellini Alfredo.  Paired with a few wines: Long Cellars 2022 Denner, BV 2020 Tapestry, & 2016 Manzone Barolo Bricat Reserve.  Of the three, the Manzone paired the best, but all were great wines. The boat in the center of the photo is I...
1 comment
Read more

Aye Maties, We be found in Hunter Bay Now, Arrrr..

Image
Wow.   Best Mate, Admiral, and deckhand on the planet!   Arrr... Friendly reminder...  Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.  You are all talking like a pirate today - right?   Arrr. Arr, my Admiral hates it when I take her picture, but hey, what am I to do - she's the only other person aboard!!! Ohh, she's so special... Just wait 'till World Octopus Day!  10/8!   Anyone know how to talk like an Octopus??? We departed Friday Harbor this morning with a little line help from Mark (thank you!).   We headed across Upright Channel around the corner at Upright Head, and down towards Thatcher Pass, but we veered to starboard and went into Lopez Sound and into Hunter Bay.   Hunter Bay is near the southern end of Lopez Island next to Rosario Strait.   You know, I don't make these place names up - right?  Anyway, this photo is of Hunter Bay this evening. And more near sunset photos from Hunter Bay. ...
Post a Comment
Read more