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To answer the question, yes, we did have bottom paint, we had it done in 2016 at Bitterend Boat Works at Hilton Harbor. It is, as it is supposed to, wearing thin now with quite a few spots where the fiberglass is showing through. Turns out that we really did not need it on the Loop because we...

We thought we would put Daydream in the Blaine Marina for the season last May, and we just pulled her out two days ago. We thought it would be really convenient not to have to launch and retrieve at the boat ramp every time, but it didn't turn out how we had hoped. Our slip was way too narrow...

Les, +1 on what Boris said! I followed you nearly every day on C-Brats at least, and it was a wonderful trip vicariously!

Thanks for all the responses, still pondering.

The last time out in Daydream a couple of days ago we turned on the (2005) Raymarine C-80 as we were about to leave the Blaine Marina. The display was only showing horizontal lines. We were only going around to Birch Bay to retrieve our crab pots but it was kind of distressing because we had a...

Still waiting for Pacific Trailers to ship the parts...we have given notice to terminate our slip rental at Blaine Marina. We have to be out by September 10, so may have one more potential off-center retrieval, it is really hit and/pr miss.

Gaye and Robert, You might get some insight into doing the Loop from our blog. The link is in the signature below! It was a great adventure for us, and I am sure will be for you as well. But there is so much to see, FWIW, I think doing it fast would be a huge mistake. If we had do-overs, we...

Patty got me Fujinon Techno Stabi binocs for my birthday today. When we get each other something really expensive, we tend to buy some thing we both can use! But we both tried, and we cannot get them to focus correctly. What are we doing wrong?

Insanity!

The Samish erected a story pole in Deception Pass State Park 38 years ago. This video tells how it came to be. The late Ken Hansen, tribal chairman at the time, was my cousin. I am close to many of the people in the video.

We have done a LOT of long distance towing, four round trips to Lake Powell in Utah and one round trip to LaBelle, Florida, We tow Daydream at 60 with our 2006 1 ton Silverado 3500. That gives me a much better chance to react to the unexpected than at 70 or even 65.

Keep an eye out for these guys (definitely not Huck and Jim, not even the Mississippi, but sort of Mark Twain-ish!

Raft on the Hudson

I wish there were a "Like" button here - oh, wait, that is Facebook...Gary's photo is incredible, Deception Pass seldom looks like that. We have not transited Deception Pass for a long time, but in earlier years we transited many times in both our CD22 (2003-2005) and our CD25 (2005-present)...

We had our our second worst day of our 2017 Great Loop on the Chesapeake (the worst was at St. Joseph, MI, but that is another story) - the run from Davis Creek (our first anchorage after leaving Hampton Roads) to the Potomac and shelter at Charlie Vinroot's house just off the Potomac. The rest...

+1 on what Harvey said - those whale photos are simply amazing!

+1 to what Dr. Bob said! Your narrative and photos are just excellent. We are enjoying them immensely. A cruise of a lifetime!

Wow. This might be a long-term ongoing problem along with everything else we are seeing. Hope it is not the end of Lake Powell CBGTs!

OK, will do. Might be good for a YouTube video as well.

Thrift store donation is the absolute best use for this book. Painful read, I guess people either love it or hate it. Put me in the latter category.