4788 / May 24, 2023

Late start and new zincs

We are getting a late start to the boating season this year due to travel. Next year we will not go to Arizona and miss opening day, and the start of boating season. Late last season we replaced most of the zincs except for the big rectangular one on the stern. Today we went about

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Canada - Gulf Islands / January 29, 2023

Video from Last Summer

Since it is winter and we are not on the boat, I have more time to edit videos. Here is a video shot just north of Montague Harbour in BC Canada last summer. I had some fun learning how to fly the drone around a moving object.

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4788 / December 18, 2022

2022 Boating Summary

We did lots of boating in 2022. It was a good year for boating. Here is a map showing our 2022 trip summary. Although there were a few early season trips that I was not tracking this way. Here is the summary: April 2nd – 4 nights at Roche Harbor April 17th – 1 night

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4788 / September 12, 2022

3 Nights at Deer Harbor

This trip marked the 77th night on the Off Leash since we purchased it. This weekend also was the weekend that the forest fire smoke rolled in on the Pacific Northwest. We started out with clear skies on our first day at Deer Harbor, then by the second day we had the smoke filled skies.

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San Juan Islands / September 7, 2022

A Rough Ride to Sucia Island

Today we had a rough ride from Sandy Point to Sucia Island. We were out in swells that were 4ft to 6ft in height. Our direct route to Sucia would have put us parallel to the waves which would have rolled us over, so we had to go in a zig-zag pattern heading into the

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Uncategorized / September 1, 2022

New Outboard On The Dinghy

After recent starting issues with the 25hp Yamaha outboard on the dinghy we decided it was time to replace it. The old outboard was almost 25 years old and finally getting too much to keep running. With the new Honda we should be good for a while now. We were fortunate to find someone who

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4788 / August 27, 2022

Crab run

A short trip of 3.8 miles today on the 4788 to pull in our crab pots. The 4788 is not the optimal crabbing machine, but it does work okay. Here is our route to our secret crab locations.

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4788 / August 16, 2022

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

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4788 / August 15, 2022

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

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