The rain stopped during the night and it has been dry this today so far. Not particularly sunny, but at least dry. Feeling like the small boat in between 2 larger boats. You never realize how tall a Nordhaven boat is until it is blocking your satellite reception. We ended up migrating the Starlink to
We are back at Roche Harbor again, this us usually where we end up on Labor Day and Memorial Day weekends. Those weekends bookend the summer. However we haven’t quite hit summer yet, the rain today looks more like November than May. There is a reason that we keep coming back to Roche, many reasons,
This weekend we got away with a late start to one night on Sucia Island. We arrived on the island about 5pm to find the seasonal docks are now in place for the year. They take them out mid October to mid April. It was also a pleasant surprise to fine that there was plenty
Since our trip to Roche Harbor was extended by 2 nights due to it being too stormy to return home, today we start the return trip to Sandy Point. The Gale warning is gone and it looks like we have a nice 5 to 7 mph wind for the trip home. The unexpected extended trip
With nearly 50mph winds on our planned route home, we have decided to extend our first weekend trip on the boat a bit longer. This will make nights 44 and 45 that we have stayed on the boat since we purchased it 2 years ago. Nothing to complain about here. Even on a rainy day,
For our first trip of the year, our shakedown trip we headed to Roche Harbor, since it is still a bit cold we wanted to be sure that we had shore power for heat. Plus Roche is one of our favorite destinations. This trip makes the 42nd and 43rd nights spent on this boat. Here
Last night we stayed at Roche Harbor on San Juan Island, and we will be staying again tonight. This marks night 40 and 41 that we have spent on the boat so far. Roche Harbor is not to full this time of year. The nice thing is that the off season nightly prices are much
After our weekend at Roche Harbor, we spent 3 nights at Rosario on a family trip. This was our 37th, 38th and 39th nights on the boat. We had a great time with family that was staying in a house nearby. The drawback is really a couple of things with Rosario. Other than the actual
For our 34th, 35th and 36th nights on our boat, we were at Roche Harbor for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of Labor Day weekend. What a great time, the staff at Roche are mostly top notch and really know about hospitality and taking care of the guests. Hear are a few photos from the
After the replacement of the Neutral Safety Switch last week we had a great weekend trip to Roche Harbor. Replacing the neutral safety switch was perhaps the easiest repair. Prior to replacing this little switch we had a hard time getting our port engine to start unless it was lined up just perfectly. Here are
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