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I try to remember to turn on the priority/in motion data when underway but sometimes I forget. Haven’t gotten any emails from Starlink about it. I also cruise at 7-8 knots.

I can use it at anchor but I don’t have any solar panels. Thinking of getting some for next season.

That’s what I figured, but everybody knows that Desolation Sound is swimmable in the summer. But look at the Pleasant Harbor State Park web site and it says “bring your dry suit.” None of the cruising guides mention that the salt water is swimmable in the summer apart from at Twanoh State Park...

We’ve experienced the temporary warm water with the incoming tide up at Warm Beach near Stanwood. This ain’t that. We are nearing the bend now and the temperature is now pushing 77 at the keel in 300 feet of water. Insane!

We’ve been to the South Sound in August during a hot summer and the water has never been close to this warm. I’ve not seen better than 65 down around Case Inlet for example. We are still 10 miles from the bend and the temp is now 76 in mid channel. No complaints though!

Heading down Hood Canal for the first time we stopped off in Pleasant Harbor and were astonished to find the water temperature sensor (three feet below the water line) reading almost 80 degrees! We thought this might be some local anomaly, but we’re out in the channel now on our way to...

The stern drive would be the only part of the boat in the water at 43 knots!

Yes, it’s got a Gardner. Cammenga North Sea Trawler https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1967-cammenga-north-sea-trawler-61-8905726/

I don’t *need* anything but a ship and a star to steer her by. But I do consider it to be an important safety tool in all weather.

I rely on radar even on clear days to acquire, track, and avoid collision with other boats using MARPA. It’s essential equipment in all conditions for this reason alone in my book.

Thank you!

We are a month out from a bareboat charter out of Athens in the Saronic Gulf. Is there something like the Waggoner that covers that area?

Very much the latter. That was my one and only commercial fishing trip. Up for 72 hours in twenty-plus foot seas doing dangerous work while barfing my guts out. I collected my check the moment we hit the dock, hightailed it back to Juneau, and waited tables for the rest of the summer.

I’m not talking about the rescue swimmers. There is a scene before the storm hits where one of the fishermen goes over the side with a long line leader in the dead of night. Two of the other fishermen strip off their oilskins and dive in after him to rescue him in the dark. Nobody in real life...

One scene in that movie that haunts me is when Murph takes a hook through his hand and goes over the side with the longline. That came very close to happening to me when I was long lining for halibut near Kodiak as a green hand back in the old derby days. The outgoing line had snagged some...

So they do. Pity they don’t seem to have built either one for many years. Everything currently listed is 80s and 90s, mostly East Coast and high engine hours. But they go on the list.

I wasn’t aware they were available with three sleeping cabins but I see now that some are. Good suggestion, thanks!

Lovely boat but 57 LOA and way overpowered for my needs.

Such wonderful boats. My dad had one when I was young in SE Alaska. We didn’t go outside with it much, but it certainly handled the chops in Icy Strait and Lynn Canal well enough. She’s still afloat and being run as a fishing charter out of Hoonah these days. I practically cried when I ran into...

Because of the width. You either need two slips or an end tie in any marina I’m familiar with. We do like the Aspen “Cats” which are really proas and fit in a standard slip. The C120 technically checks all our boxes but is a little tighter inside than either of us would like. They supposedly...

We’ve enjoyed bareboating power cats, but they are even harder to find moorage for than a longer monohull.

Das Boot, without a doubt. https://youtu.be/HUInWKK8ROc

I stand corrected, confirmed with the seller that the one listed only has two.

That model has three. The listing info is in error. https://www.linssenyachts.com/en/new-yachts/variotop-series/grand-sturdy-500-ac-variotop.html The look could grow on me. It’s salty enough. It’s the swoopy space ship looking things I hate.

The Dutch boats seem to strike a nice balance with modern interior styling and quality craftsmanship. Linssen, Aquanaut, and Elling are all on the radar. We may look at a Linssen that is currently for sale in Athens when we are there for a Moorings charter in June. We saw a smaller model at...