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Hi Rob, Nice to hear from you. The Toronto boat (with the tan hull) was the last boat they finished before working on ours and we saw her under construction up at EQ Marine on Cornet Bay several times. She was a lovely boat. Les and crew used the same roof top stainless design for our kayak...

Where are the Marinauts? (Updated to 2018). Over the past year and a a half we have gleaned a bit more information on where the Marinauts are and who owns them. Here is our update. 1 – “Seeker”; the prototype Marinaut 215; now in Olympia, WA (our boat) 2 – “Betty Anne”; the second one built...

Hi Rich, Nice to get your comments. In keeping with the objective of this thread (finding all the Marinauts out there) do you happen to know the names of the folks who have the boat in Connecticut? Is the boat's name still Irish Queen? Regards, Gary

Based on the responses I received from you kind fellow boaters, I have updated my Marinaut list as follows. The numbers are NOT hull numbers, they are just numbers. If you can provide further info I will be pleased to enter it. Thanks for your help. Gary 1 – “Solis Ortis”; built for Michael...

Yesterday (June 25, 2017) while motoring near Olympia, WA Marilyn and I spotted a Marinaut 21.5 pulled up to a beach at Cooper Point. We pulled up by her and met the owner, a young man named Mike. Mike said that he had seen our Marinaut, "Seeker", moored off our property near Tolmie State Park...

Hi Rich, Sorry this took so long - I just found your post today. My wife had some health issues last spring that delayed our boating season by about 1 1/2 months but after that we got on the water a lot. We spent 15 nights on board. Most of these were at WA State Park buoys in South Puget...

Harvey, Nope - that's our boat, SEEKER. Gary

Dave and Karen, That must be #5 on my list - right? Thanks for all your cruising information. We're planning a trip to the San Juans this coming summer. Sucia for certain. It would be great to meet up with you if possible. Any photos of your boat? Gary

Dave and Karen, That must be #5 on my list - right? Thanks for all your cruising information. We're planning a trip to the San Juans this coming summer. Sucia for certain. It would be great to meet up with you if possible. Any photos of your boat? Gary

Bob, Thanks - excellent answer. It is a permanent moorage and the rest of the metal is all galvanized. Gary

I'm replacing the hardware on my buoy and anchor system. It is salt water (Puget Sound). Am I better off with a galvanized swivel or a stainless swivel? Gary

Greg, Thanks - I had seen that photo on the Marinaut web site and didn't connect it with any boat I knew of. Interesting that it is right here in Gig Harbor. We'll look for it the next time we are up there. Unfortunately, we have taken our boat out of the water until next spring - so it may be a...

Greg, Thank you - very interesting. We cruise up to Gig Harbor every now and then and will keep an eye out for Grayce. I wonder if that means there are actually 8 Marinauts out there rather then 7. Or maybe I'm double counting somewhere. Gary

Rich, Thanks for the information. I had heard a bit of that from Les when we were talking to him about buying the boat. You're right about keeping the bow down. I had a similar experience my first time out and have learned that you employ those trim tabs slowly and carefully. I especially...