Posts In March 23, 2010
From Eagle Island, we made a short trip to another favorite anchorage at Nisqually Flats. The anchorage is a bit unusual, but we love the mountain views in both directions. Conditions generally are calm unless the winds pick up from the north, so even on overcast days, its a good anchorage. Mount Rainier wasn’t quite…
Friday afternoon we cruised south from Bell Harbor Marina for a week-long shakedown cruise in the South (Puget) Sound. We visit there frequently–it’s easily accessible from Seattle and has excellent anchorages, many with views to Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains. Relatively few boaters visit however, compared to the cruising grounds to the north, such…
This weekend we completely filled our fuel tanks for the first time. We had called around to get pricing for taking on 1,700 gallons: Shilshole: $3.02 Poulsbo: $2.88 (up from previous week of $2.75) Port Orchard: $2.81 Kingston: $2.79 Tacoma: $2.99-$0.20 (for over 1,000 gallons): $2.79 (we were told $2.66) Ballard Oil: $2.73 Covich-Williams: $2.69…
We are now down to one boat and no storage room. Only four dock lines and two jobs tie us to Seattle. We’ve been living aboard Nordhavn 5263 since taking delivery on Friday February 19th, and three days ago, the new owners took delivery of our Bayliner 4087. The past week has been a busy…