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Here's a quick teaser from my pre-show snooping at Navagear:

Yeah, but can you photoshop in an image of me trying to get my legs untangled from the oarlock contraption?! Seriously, I love this little dinghy, but it is optimized for one thing: It's extremely small and light. I store mine beneath the aft dinette cushion, along with my Magma grill, on top...

I'm happy with my Feathercraft BayLee. I've written about it at Navagear. Sorry some of the images are missing. Not sure what's up with that. http://www.navagear.com/2009/02/02/feathercraft-baylee-on-the-water-test-report/ http://www.navagear.com/2010/06/12/feathercraft-baylee-still-a-winner/

I like to think I had a little to do with Standard Horizon's new GX2150 product. Suffice to say Standard Horizon has fixed the NMEA data routing issue I found so troubling. See my write-up at Navagear: New Standard Horizon GX2150 VHF/AIS/loudhailer: A winner, for sure

My Shine unit is running strong, but Shine seems to be focusing its efforts on the commercial/government market primarily. They've sort of disappeared from the recreational scene. They still offer the products, but it's not their top priority. However, recreational boaters ARE Vesper Marine's...

Speaking of the business...There's an article about the Lindhout brothers and Triton Marine in today's Bellingham Herald. [KATIE GREENE | THE BELLINGHAM HERALD: Shane Potter masks off sections of the interior of a C-Dory 25-foot Cruiser so he can paint it Thursday, Aug. 26, at Triton Marine.]

Me too. I've finally "bitten the bullet" and acquired an NMEA multiplexer, but I have yet to install it. That should solve all my C-Series networking problems. I think. :-)

I'm so mixed up right now, I just can't remember who was showing off the iPad and nav software. Whoever it was, THANKS for the cool demo.

Nice to see you as well, Neil. I spent the night in La Conner too. Yeah, I'm getting better at the locks. No trouble. Although I hate waiting for the large lock, the nice thing is that they always put small boats alongside larger ones in the large lock, so you've always got help from your...

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: