After working yesterday morning at Starbucks (and running into our friend Mark Bunzel there!) we left the Port of Sidney and over to nearby Sidney Spit on Sidney Island. We wanted to give this whole crabbing thing a shot, and we heard there was good crabbing out there. I got…
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This morning we got up early to get some work done, since we were planning to head over into B.C. today (~5 hour cruise). We stopped in at the Department of Homeland Security/Customs office at Cap Sante Marina and asked about (and got the form for) getting a new 2015…
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Update 5/24/17: We’ve begun offering our own flotillas! The Slowboat 2017 Flotilla to Alaska goes all the way to Sitka and is limited to six boats. The Slowboat 2018 Flotilla to Alaska will go from the San Juan Islands in Washington all the way to Juneau, Alaska. Additionally, we are…
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I was SO looking forward to seeing whales today on our long cruise back to Anacortes. I had a blog post all worked out…I was going to talk about how finding whales in the Salish Sea was easier than finding a herd of tame deer on a tiny little island.…
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We have now hiked every trail on Jones Island — no deer. I thought I saw one when we were coming around the northeast tip of the island, but it was only a leprechaun. However devoid of deer, this half of the island still has lots of moss, mushrooms, and…
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We left Cypress Island around noon today and headed for Jones Island State Park. Here's an eagle we saw on our way over: (The new Nikon D7100 with the 18-300mm lens is KILLER, by the way.) We grabbed one of the three free mooring buoys (one was taken), did some…
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This morning's office view at Eagle Harbor on Cypress Island: We left Anacortes late yesterday and headed over to Eagle Harbor on Cypress Island for the night. It was just over an hour to Eagle Harbor. We grabbed a mooring ball and took the dinghy to shore to walk around…
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I recently picked up two of these U.S. Navy fouled anchor demitasse cups on Etsy to use for espresso on the boat. They're durable, mess hall quality, and fit nicely in the cupboard with the regular coffee cups.
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Here she is, headed back to the water (where she belongs!) 🙂 A pressure wash, a new coat of bottom paint, shiny new zincs, antifouling paint on the running gear, and now we’re ready for more adventure. Since the end of September when we got this boat, we’ve logged over…
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New zincs on the transom, the rudder, and the bow and stern thrusters, a good pressure washing, another coat of bottom paint on the hull, and a coat of antifouling paint on the running gear: I hate not being to watch all the fun in person, but Herve at Nordic…
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