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Jim and Wadi pilot the boat

I went west out of Deception Pass on an incoming tide about a week ago. It was more exciting than I generally prefer (especially the whirlpools), and way more exciting than my wife cared for. Coming back in, it wasn't quite as bad (or at least it was over quicker). I think that circumstances...

I have a similar maptech product called a chartkit. It isn't waterproof, but it has wider coverage than the chartbook (coverage area "Pacific Northwest". It covers Puget sound and the San Juan's.) One thing I've noticed about the chartkit, and I don't know if this holds true for the chartbook...

(Aiviq) 27 Pilothouse. The one and only!

I take delivery on the boat in May, and hope to spend a couple weeks cruising around the peugeot sound area, then I have to put it away until 2005, when I'll take it up to Alaska. Niger is, unfortunately, landlocked. Look on a map of Africa for the Sahara Desert. The country sitting right...

Niamey is the capital of Niger (not Nigeria - thank heaven - Niger is bad enough). I work at the U.S. Embassy here, but the boat will be going to Alaska, which is where I'm from, and where I spend most of my time in the US. It's to give me something to look forward too on my home leaves and R&Rs

I've made Craig an offer on the boat, and he's accepted it, so when the ink dries, this boat is sold. It'll be called Aiviq (which means Walrus in Yupik and Inupiaq) Jim