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Cold Front

Front went through, we anchored at Green Turtle Cay. Weather ahead of the front brought squalls, lightning, risk of water spouts. It was actually not really dramatic, we have weathered worse at sea. Like Sylvianne said when we left the Caribbean to hea…

Cold Front

Front went through, we anchored at Green Turtle Cay. Weather ahead of the front brought squalls, lightning, risk of water spouts. It was actually not really dramatic, we have weathered worse at sea. Like Sylvianne said when we left the Caribbean to hea…

Trawlerfest Anacortes 2023

The seminar schedule for the 2023 Trawlerfest at the Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show 2023 has been posted. We’ll be presenting this year on Friday May 19th at 1:00pm on our trip around the world in Nordhavn 52 Dirona. We will describe some of the techniques we used to make the trip more safe and…

January in Seattle

January was unseasonably cold for Seattle. The temperature fell as low as 27°F (-2.7° C), about 10°F (5.4°C) below average for this time of year, and several winter storms passed through. Except for a quick long weekend in Honolulu, we spent much of the month closer to home trying new restaurants and returning to old…

Beautiful morning.

Beautiful morning to head outside fishing!

Beautiful morning.

Beautiful morning to head outside fishing!

Honolulu

On a whim, we made a last-minute decision to go to Honolulu for a long weekend earlier this year. We’d both visited Hawaii many times, but hadn’t been back since we departed for Palmyra in 2013 on our trip around the world in Dirona. We had a fabulous time, and left with more warm memories…

Crazy Weather

It’s been crazy weather this week a stalled cold front and now a low with a warm front over Florida making for squally weather with crazy winds.

Crazy Weather

It’s been crazy weather this week a stalled cold front and now a low with a warm front over Florida making for squally weather with crazy winds.

Floating In Our New Home

We have hauled Idyll Time out of the water many times over the years but it still creates a knot in our stomach each time she is hauled or launched. Boats are supposed to be in the water not on land. We have great confidence in Alex our lift master. He has launched Idyll Time […]