During this Covid summer, Neah Bay fuel dock was closed to all but the local community. That means transiting from Columbia River to Port Angeles and the nearest open fuel dock. Port Angeles is another 40 miles east along the Strait of Jaun de Fuca. The day was sunny with very light winds. The current […]
We were pretty beat when we arrived in Neah Bay. Now that the boat had stopped rocking and rolling we get some much needed sleep. I woke up to the thunderous sound of fireworks from the shore line. It was, after all,4th of July and the natives at Neah Bay do enjoy their 4th of […]
Made it! After 24 hours of rocking and rolling we arrived at Neah Bay just before noon. Neither Al, nor myself knew what the best strategy was to go up the coast of Washington. Weather and sea conditions were light winds, cloudy skies, 1 to 2 meter swell from the SW and 0,5 to 1 […]
Well Hello! Al and I are heading out to sea! We left Saint Helens Marina early this morning with a toot to the Marina store. The Columbia continued to run high so we had swift current all the way to Astoria sometimes making 9 knots! A quick stop at the Astoria fuel dock then across […]
Quick update. I got back to Estrella on April 8th and found her in great shape. A bit dirty from a winter of Columbia River mooring that I easily power washed off. Brought her engine on line and tested her basic systems for a trip to the boat yard. The boat yard work went as […]
With actual getting to sailing is 2 hours away, working on Estrella is a 40 mile round trip commute from Al’s house to the Estrella and back, and Rocky Pointe management not allowing me to stay on my boat while I’m working on her (they limit overnights to 6 per month) I decided it was […]
Sunny warm days with a breeze. Couldn’t ask for a better weekend. Cruised Multnoma channel to Saint Helens Saturday morning and enjoyed a windless warm afternoon at the Saint Helens public dock. There was lots of Halloween activities in Saint Helens. The people here take Halloween very seriously. They celebrate for the entire month! Sunday […]
Estrella and I met up with Dan and Olivia at Saint Helens fuel dock Saturday afternoon. We took a spin around Sand island and docked at the Saint Helens public dock for the afternoon drinking wine and beer! Sunday morning we headed out in the rain for a long run to Cathlamet. Approaching Cathlamet, we […]
Well, I was doing my normal engine check prior to my upcoming trip and discovered that one of the two tandem alternator belts obliterated itself on the front of the motor! No problem, I thought, since I knew I had lots of belts in the spares box the PO left. I pulled out a belt, […]
Finally got my canvas enclosure done (mostly). I’ve been busy getting Estrella ready for a cruise with my son, Dan and his fiance, Olivia. However, I had already begun the freezer thermostat job which lead to the freezer pipeline insulation job so those had to get done. Then there was the icing of the freezer […]
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