Windborne in Puget Sound

On September 20 we did out 3-year haulout, this time at Marine Service Center in Anacortes.  Well, actually it's only been 2.5 years sin...

We haul out Eolian every three years for a new coat of bottom paint.  Our last was in the spring of 2014, just before we moved her to Anaco...

 It happens every three years. For two years and eleven months, we live here in the marina within sight of the boatyard.  But it's...

Tuesday, 15:00 And Eolian is back in her natural element: saltwater! What a relief.  And completely miraculously, we managed to dodge...

So, here we sit...  high and dry. We were hauled out Friday morning, and basically frittered away the rest of that day, which wasn't...

Getting your teeth cleaned. Doing your taxes. Renewing your driver's license. Performance reviews. These are all unpleasant things t...

Something is missing... Something is not quite right. At Shilshole, the slips are in pairs; they are horseshoe shaped, with one boat ...

There is a word for this: that feeling of being in familiar surroundings that are somehow not right.  Where there are enough cues to make yo...

Back in our slip again! SPLASH! We're back in the water. The whole event lasted less than 36 hours, which must be some kind of re...

The view out of our cockpit looking aft is a little different this evening - Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains are still there, but crow...

All the W's are established.  We haul out this coming Thursday at 09:00 at Seaview West.  Roland and Tom are back to managing the West ...

It's time. It's been 3 years since the last one. I anticipate this like I anticipate a visit to the dentist, and like a visit to...

"On the hard" - I think that's a phrase you'll only hear if you're in the boating community. Every few years, depend...