24-Feb-06: A high pressure weather system arrives on the heels of a Winter gale resulting in a clear and calm, albeit chilly, sunny day. Time to play hooky from work and take an impromptu vacation day. We decide to go check out Blake Island, a Washington State park eight miles across Puget Sound from Seattle. We've …
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Gig Harbor
05-Feb-2006: After literally 40 days and 40 nights of incessant rain, the storms stop and the sun finally emerges. Hallelujah! Let's go boating! We decide to circumnavigate Vashon Island, a huge land mass in the middle of the South Sound across from Des Moines, where our marina is located. It's a 36 mile trip to ride …
Winter on Puget Sound
If one closely monitors the weather during Winter in Puget Sound and is prepared to hop on the boat when a clear day presents itself, some marvelous outings can be had. Except for the occasional commercial ship traffic, the Sound is empty and peaceful. The fair weather boaters are nowhere to be seen and are …
Central Puget Sound
25-Nov-2005: We've been exploring our new neighborhood, a section of the Central Puget Sound called the East Passage. It links Seattle to Tacoma and is used by huge commercial and much smaller recreational vessels alike. It's even divided up into northbound and southbound lanes for the tugs and container ships and on the nautical charts, …
51 Nautical Miles
9-Oct-2005: We have successfully moved the boat from Olympia to our new covered berth in Des Moines, just 5 miles from our house. The journey covers 51 nautical miles and takes over 3 hours. Such a journey is a big deal after merely putting around an inlet or two in the South Sound so we're …
Astrolabe
1/2-Oct-2005: The name Bunky has been removed off the boat's transom with a heat gun. All that is left is Olympia, the boat's port of call. The new name lettering has been ordered -- Astrolabe. Inga has picked this for two reasons. One, the astrolabe is an ancient navigation device, an astronomical computer for solving …
What’s a Bunky or a Surf Scoter for that matter?
What's a "Bunky"? Beats the hell out of us! This is what the first owner of this boat named it. There is something very cute and pet-like about this boat that calls out for such a playful name. We do realize there is a lot of superstition about renaming a boat but to us, the …
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Back In The Saddle
17/18-Sep-2005: I realize that we've clearly fallen off the horse. We're never going to leave the dock at this rate. If I had one of the fishing boats from my Grandpa's resort with a little outboard motor on it, I would have piled Inga and Freya into it and taken off for hours of exploring Puget …
Tied To The Dock
3/4-Sep-2005: Our Power Squadron class is canceled so we spend the weekend tied to the dock. We stay overnight and discover the serenity of sleeping in a gently rocking boat. Inga fixes us a bowl of soup for dinner and an eggs and sausage breakfast in the morning. We read instructional books and owner's manuals, listen to the …
What kind of boat do you have?
Good question. We've come to learn that there are many classifications, variants and hybrids to sort through and choose from. And just like motorcycling, there seems to be endless debate about it all. Here are the factors that one must take into account: How is the boat powered? Sail, motor or both? What type of hull …
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