Recent content by Chivita

My wife summed up our feelings years ago during a gathering when she said “Oh good, Dusty’s here”. The first time we met Dusty, he treated my family like we were good friends, after that he treated us like we were old friends, remembering our names and asking about family members he’d met just...

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Thanks everyone! I enjoyed SE Alaska and had a number of adventures you just cannot get anywhere else. During my time on the Sitka Port Commission, I came to realize what a great job it would be to actually work at a Port so when the opportunity came to join the great team in Kingston I bolted...

Port of Kingston and the Port of Pouslbo both carry ethanol free. Port of Kingston also offers free dog treats and has a large dog walk area right above the fuel dock. No cat treats though, unless the occasional slow seagull counts.

Local gossip in the Puget Sound area is that Defiance Boats in Bremerton has completed acquisition of Arima Marine International. Hopefully this merger will allow Arima to continue. Although Arima is not necessarily direct competition to C-Dory, having choices and even limited competition tends...

I am a Gunkholer at heart, it is by far my most favorite pastime on the water, just putt-putt-putting along at idle speed exploring skinny water. With our twins I raise one so the skeg is just clearing the surface and the other is at regular depth. With a remote in my hand and an extended...

Have owned several iPhones before the company switched to Verizon/Droid. Big mistake - can't wait for the two year contract to expire. iPhone hands down. Easier to use, less freeze-ups, better aps system, better sync, opens more attachments, better camera, better music system and better gps...

Come on Dave, you're an Alaskan. You know it was a Kushtaka!

Chris, I know the taxi driver you are talking about and she is indeed the best. She's given us several rides to/from the ferry terminal and she always gets a great tip due to her personality. Doesn't surprise me at all that she's a dog lover. I'll have to bug her next time I see her about the...

Tom, I can't speak to the Craigslist part of that email but the "I am a marine engineer" part is identical to an email I received through my company email. He wanted to buy one of our products and have a buddy pick it up. I had a good laugh as the product we sell starts in the six figures and...

Looks like a Glen-L designed home built. I know someone that built that same boat and was very happy with it.

A far more intelligent person than I once wrote exactly what this site is for, and I quote: "Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING--absolute nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,' he went on dreamily: `messing--about--in--boats; messing----"...

I believe that is the St. Elias barge owned/leased by Samson Tug and Barge out of Sitka. As I recall it's about twenty years old and was build down in the Portland area. Great family owns Samson, real salt of the earth type that has donated a lot of their profit to the community. Shame that it...

Shortly after we moved up to Alaska, I took the boys to one of the parks located a half mile from the house. Beings boys, they encountered a creek and decided to try to skip rocks across the water. Within 30 seconds, an NPS employee came running at us yelling to stop immediately. We were...

Kevin, California has some of the more onerous laws when it comes to towing. According to this site http://www.readybrake.com/state_laws.html anything over 1500 lbs must have trailer brakes. You also must be able to stop within a certain distance. Several States specify that this distance is 40...