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I disappeared for a while on Saturday at Friday Harbor, out with Richard Rodriguez and crew aboard Towline Marine Assist. Here are some of the pictures I took. The potluck was wonderful, as usual. It was great touring other boats and getting new ideas for galley storage; that's my next big...

Two Lucky Fish, Tim & Arwen aboard, will be released from the large lock momentarily.

Carl, and any others northbound from Seattle/Edmonds/Everett: Arwen and I are going to get underway as early as humanly (or is it "humanely") possible, BUT we have to get out the Ballard Locks. I don't think you should wait for us, since that part is completely unpredictable. Also, the new WFX...

Sounds good, Carl, but Julia is sick, and we're still deciding if all, some, or none of us will go this weekend. :-( I'm planning as if Two Lucky Fish is going to Friday Harbor on Friday, but we'll make a go/no-go call this evening or possibly first thing Friday.

Pat, let's look at what you've got. You have the cable and connector (for the C-80 end) that you need? It SHOULD be pretty straightforward...My Raymarine autopilot is connected to the C-80 using the SeaTalk port, but the autopilot connections are clearly labelled: Obviously, it's nice if...

Slack is near 10:00 am, and maximum flood is about 7 knots at 1330 or so. I'll try to be in Cornet Bay no later than 11:00 am. And then I'll just play in the passes for a while and plan on crossing Rosario Strait starting at noon. Any boats that want to try Canoe Pass are free to call me up...

What's the Cornet Bay schedule? I'll probably head up from Seattle early Friday or even Thursday, and stop somewhere along the way. In any case, I'd like to try to meet up with the Cornet Bay bunch.

A few external galley photos:

Taken within the hour...

Two Lucky Fish has been in my driveway for about a month now. In that time, I've completed a bunch of projects. Among them:Engine 1000-hour service, including water pump overhaul and high-pressure fuel filter replacement. Professional detailing. This boat has NEVER looked so good under my...

I'm late to the party, too. I'd be interested in any feedback on my Spot-2 operating protocol, which I describe here: Realtime float plan management with Twitter and SPOT-2, perhaps? Here's the main point of that post:

Wait a minute! I've got an extra set too, in Seattle. Tim

Absolutely! I do it all the time. My primary forward dockline is fifty feet long, and the middle of this line is secured to the bow cleat. One tail runs down the starboard side of the boat, and the other runs down the port side. When I come to a dock, I step off the boat with a stern line and a...

Not sure if this is helpful, but I'm pretty happy with the "Perfect Bungy" solution, which I just wrote about at Navagear. And yes, that white plastic thing is a patch covering the hole where my windlass used to be. At Friday Harbor, you can me to pontificate at length on the following topic...

Feel free to learn from/criticize my documentation of the lazarette replacement project. Read more

This won't work for my oddball blades, but I like the creativity!

I've got one pair left, but I'm not sure which Seattle-area recipient they are intended for.

"The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here!" I've got five pair, and I only need one pair. I'm not collecting money, mind. I'm just passing them along. Pay your $77.98 to Joel. I'm in north Seattle, in the Greenwood neighborhood. I could also pass them along in Bellevue, if...

I've no doubt replacements exist, but finding them has already taken up more time than it's worth. I've just polished them up with Barkeeper's Friend, and they look presentable at this point, so I'm putting them back on the boat! If I felt like spending more time on it, I would use a genuine...

I'm not having any luck. Very frustrating. Fisheries Supply no. West Marine no. Schuck's no. Action Auto Parts no. And about a thousand Google searches no. Jeep Willys blades are 10" or 11", and I need 12". At this point, I'm going to try to polish up the existing blade assembly. Then I merely...