We started the day by dropping some crab traps that we will pick up tomorrow. Since marine area 7 north is not yet open for crabbing, we need to go just a bit south to marine area 7 south. We headed south past Lummi Island and Lummi Rocks, on to Sinclair island and around to
When we purchased the Bayliner 4788 Pilothouse, we knew that most of the navigation electronics were either broken or the original part that came with the boat. We have new radar, chartploter, tranducers, and VHF radios on the list to replace. Due to the coronavirus craziness, these items have been on back order and are
Trip 7 to Roche Harbor marks the 13th and 14th nights that we have slept on the boat. The route there was a bit different from usual. We had some time before our noon check-in at Roche so we took the relaxing light house tour, visiting the Patos Island Lighthouse and the Stuart Island Light
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Sandy Point to Kayak Cove This weekend our boat trip took us to Kayak Cove, near Kayak Point between Marysville and Stanwood for a family event. On Friday we headed south from Sandy Point travelling west of Lummi Island, west of Cypress Island, west of Anacortes, through Deception Pass south through Skagit Bay, around Camano
When we originally replaced the house batteries we put in 8 “Golf Cart 6v” batteries, that are primarily charged by our solar panels. Today we increased the capacity of our battery bank by 50% by adding 4 additional Golf Cart 6v batteries. These are added into the same bank that is charged by our 6
Our fourth trip on the 4788 was to Roche Harbor on San Juan Island. Roche is one of my favorite destinations in The San Juan Islands. What I like about Roche is that the staff treats you like royalty. Even if you didn’t arrive on that 10 million dollar 115ft yacht, they treat you like
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When we bought the 4788, the cushion on the bow seat was really thrashed and looked more like an old dish washing sponge than an actual cushion. I did some research and found a company that makes custom sized replacement Sunbrella cushions for outdoor furniture, and thought it would give it a try. Here is
On our third weekend trip since the purchase of the Bayliner 4788 we left on a Friday evening and arrived at Prevost Harbor around 8:30pm. After years of boating in the San Juan Islands, this was our first time visiting Stuart Island. We tied to the linear moorage which was a bit of a challenge
The old chain was so rusted, I wasn’t sure if it would really hold or not, and that was one of those things I couldn’t get out of my mind when sleeping on the boat. So 280 feet of new chain and we are set. The first time we anchored the boat I realized how
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Our second trip since we purchased the Bayliner 4788 started on Thursday evening of a long Memorial Day Weekend 2020. I finished work around 4:00pm and on Thursday and the tides were good to get out of the Sandy Point Marina entrance so we got loaded up and headed out right about 5pm. Although there
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