Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: Dude, Where's my Anchor? It all began as we were trying to pick a movie to watch on Netflix. It was a bit after nine in the evening, and we'd been anchored in Roche
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Westcott Bay After some excitement that I'll be writing about in a separate post, we've relocated to the lovely–and much less crowded–Westcott Bay, just around the bend from Roche Harbor.
Free Post Provisioning Suddenly Sprouting Boat life does strange things to you. Like prompting you to write about sprouting seeds.
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Roche Harbor We were planning to go to Jones Island and Friday Harbor, but a combination of Jones Island's north bay being completely packed and wind and water conditions resulted in us popping over to Roche, at least for the time being.
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Clark Island We scooted over to a mooring ball on the east side of Clark Island two days ago. It was a boring trip over with no wind and currents that couldn't be avoided.
Free Post Anchor Drop Anchor Drop: Inati Bay Yesterday, we sailed out of Bellingham and over to Inati Bay for the first time. It's a very quiet and peaceful little place. I'm taking the opportunity to catch up
Free Post Postcards Anchor Drop: Chuckanut Bay Blackthorn drops anchor in the beautiful Chuckanut Bay in the shadow of a global crisis.
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: Anchoring in Liberty Bay Poulsbo is a self-proclaimed Little Norway tucked away in Liberty Bay, northwest of Seattle. We’ve visited Poulsbo annually since we began our boating adventure, but this was our first
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: Living at Anchor On November 29th at around 10 AM, we were scheduled for launch into the Duwamish River. The tide was high enough that the little walkway running alongside the boat ramp
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: The Great Haulout of 2018 - Part 3 Blackthorn’s now back in the water, anchored in Eagle Harbor just across the sound from Seattle. I’ll be writing about our experiences living at anchor soon, but I
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: The Great Haulout of 2018 - Part 2 So, it’s been quite a while since we hauled. We thought a month would be excessive. There was no way we could possibly need that long out of the
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: The Great Haulout of 2018 - Part 1 I’m sitting in Blackthorn, who is sitting on blocks and stands in sight of the Duwamish River in a southern district of Seattle. Work is officially underway, but we’
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: Fuel Filter Replacement One of the many maintenance tasks that we’ve acquired along with Blackthorn is caring for her engine, a 25 hp diesel Betamarine. Changing out the fuel filters had long occupied the top of my most “put off” maintenance tasks. Important Note: These are
Free Post Boat Stories Suddenly Sailing: Twenty Days on the Water A Side NoteThis March, The Sir and I got married. For readability, I’ll be referring to The Sir’s aunt and uncle as though they were my own. Getting
