Tonight, looking back toward downtown from Elliottt Bay Marina (Space Needle on the left): Our first night at the marina (Thursday) we ran into our friend Sam and hung out with him on his Nordic 37 and had some wine/beer, and then he came over for a late dinner…really a…
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This morning was soft and pink and quiet in Blakely Harbor, with a beautiful view of downtown Seattle: We worked there until just after noon and then pulled up anchor and headed up to Winslow (Eagle Harbor, one harbor north of Blakely) for some fish & chips at the Harbor…
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We headed south from Poulsbo this morning down the back side of Bainbridge Island and made a quick stop in Port Orchard. That's us, wayy out there in about the middle of the picture: We walked the main street a bit then stopped in the Port Orchard Public Market, where…
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So, you know how sometimes you go to a new place, and people who have been there before all enthusiastically tell you "OMG you HAVE to go to such-and-such place and get the thingamajigger! It's the best one of those thingamajiggers we've EVER had?" (Come on, we've all done it,…
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The weather was gorgeous this morning as we left Langley and headed south to Poulsbo. Langley Marina as we left our dock: The water was mostly calm for the whole trip today: I got a bunch of work done this morning in Langley before we left, so I was captain…
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Last night I was in bed reading and I heard a little "clomp clomp clomp" above my head so I bolted up to go see what it was (didn't sound like a bird). From the pilot house I looked out toward the bow and up pops the little head of…
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(We're there on the outside dock on the right, inside the breakwater) We left the boat and headed into town about 45 minutes after the Seahawks playoff game had gotten underway (a big deal around these parts), and the streets were deserted. ("They're all dead inside!") We wandered over to…
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We left LaConner early this morning around 9am. I know, that's not super early, but by the time we left we'd both showered and cooked breakfast and made coffee and topped off our water tank, so considering all of that, it was early! On our way through the lower part…
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We left Anacortes late this afternoon and cruised Airship through the Swinomish Channel over to LaConner. As we were casting our lines off, I tripped on a cleat (dur) and bit it on the concrete dock (skinned knee, no big deal) but my RayBans decided they'd take a dive off…
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On Sunday (the 27th) we headed north to the boat with our friends Jake & Patti (visiting from San Diego) to do a little cruising in the San Juan Islands. The weather was supposed to be great except for Monday (25-35 kt winds, wind waves 5-7 feet), so we left…
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