Month: August 2022
Work in between trips. Finishing the hardtop.
Today I finished the hardtop on the 4788. Months ago we did the part in front of the radar arch, and today I finished the part behind the radar arch. The Starlink internet dish is even permanently mounted on the roof. One more project now complete.
10 Day Trip Summary
This 10 day trip accounted for our 73rd night on the boat since we purchased it. Day 1 On day 1 we started the trip at Home and travelled to Anacortes. Here is our route for the day at 24.7 miles. Link: Day 1 – Off to Anacortes for the Weekend Day 2 On day
Day 10 – Home
Today we travelled from Montague Harbor to our homeport at Sandy Point WA. That wraps up a wonderful 10 day trip. I will write a wrap up blog post tomorrow, but for now I am tired. Here is our route today at 40 miles: Our route for the last 10 days as 212 miles: Mileage
Montague Harbor – Galiano Island
Day 8 of our trip, yesterday we travelled from Silva Bay to Montague Harbor. We plan to stay two nights. Here is the route that we took from Silva Bay to Montague. It took about 2 hours, and the seas were very calm. There was a bit of fog on the Vancouver side to Straights
Pages Resort – Silva Bay – Thursday
It is Thursday on our trip that started last Friday, day 6 of 10. We travelled 17.9 miles today on a leisurely cruise where we ended up at Pages resort on Silva Bay. Below is the entire route starting last Friday. So far we have travelled about 140 miles, and we are currently just about
Telegraph Harbor – Gulf Island Trip
Below is todays trip as we tracked it in route from Maple Bay to Telegraph Harbor. We started out with a goal of going to Wallace Island Marine Park, however with a little bit of wind and a very crowded harbor we did not want to try anchoring with a stern tie for the first
Day 2 at Maple Bay
We stayed over for a second day at Maple Bay due to some engine troubles that we encountered yesterday. On the port side engine the Temp gauge was bouncing all around and not giving a reliable temperature. About half of the trip to Maple bay we were running on a single engine because I was
Maple Bay Marina for 2 nights
We cleared customs quickly today at Bedwell Harbor, then on to Maple Bay Marina. Here are some photos from the marina. This is fun full service marina, with plenty of water, a restaurant, and even a boatyard. To keep cool we rolled out our window insulation. The previous owner had this on board to keep
Roche Harbor For One Night
We started out the day in Anacortes, where we fueled up. I was happy to pay almost $2 per gallon less for diesel that what I paid a month ago in the San Juan Islands. We hit some wind on our trip today, no big waves, just strong wind for part of the trip. Tonight