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Yes the famous "Wild Blue" will be available in Anacortes at the end of September after our final cruise. It will also be available for viewing and sea trial approximately. the second week of September in Anacortes. All standard features with everything in working order. Including; 2006 Honda...

2017 was a year that required us to be around the homestead and not venture far and 2018 brings both good and bad news. Good news is that we are going to once again spend September at some of our favorite spots in the PNW. The San Juans, Gulfs, Desolation Sound, and some new ones Princess...

From their Facebook page; (I figured there would be a few here interested)

Having never been there I don't know whether the beaches would willingly accept these.

Looks like I will be picking up a new prop for going down to Powell this fall. After reading the various threads it looks like I will go with a 3 blade 151/2x13. I notice that through Iboats they show a "Solas Amita" #1511-155-13 for $111, and a "Honda Solas Amita" #58130-ZY3-013A for $147...

The depth readings on my Raymarine DSM300 sounder with a P66 transducer went bad intermittently last fall. It started when on plane crossing the Straits of Georgia and then would only read correctly once in a while while in Desolation and then worked for awhile coming back. I have researched...

One small winter project I had planned for Wild Blue was putting a couple of bow cleats on to allow a bridle setup for anchoring. When over drilling and filling for the cleat bolts, I noticed that the windlass had been installed without any sealing for the chain hole or bolts. How factories can...

I was going to wait until the project was finished to make a post about it, but the rain today has driven me in so I will make a start on it. After bringing “Wild Blue” down from the PNW it was clear that the brakes were going to need work. In looking them over I decided the easiest thing would...

The sounder unit for my E80 seems to only want to give a reading when at a dead stop. Looking at the LED code blinks it is shows a "Watchdog Timeout Reboot" code. A Google search did not really come up with answers, only more questions, anybody seen this before?

I am starting this thread here for ongoing cruising by Wild Blue with myself (Tim) and the First Mate (Mary) at the helm. I can't say enough about how wonderful experience it has been taking over Wild Blue from Jim and Joan, and I will do my utmost maintain her with the care and respect that...