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After getting our new boat back home to Tacoma and safely in the boathouse, we spent the next couple weeks stocking, organizing and running every system.

We usually do a 2 week trip to the San Juan’s at the end of June right after the kids get out of school.  But this year, with the new boat, we wanted to stick closer to home so we went south instead of north.  Read More

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Our new boat is done and ready for its first adventure!  So many new things to learn, systems to figure out and of course the small detail of learning to dock and maneuver a 52’ LOA boat.

Time to jump right in with a shake down cruise from La Conner to Roche Harbor for the Memorial Day weekend.  Wednesday the 25th of May – Julie and I drove our trailer full of all our stuff off the old boat up to La Conner and started the process of filling up and organizing the new boat.  Read More

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Wow, what a process! Last September we sold our 34 American Tug to a nice couple from Port Ludlow.  Boatless in Sumner, we put all our efforts over the winter into building our new boat.

Our new boat will be an American Tug 485, hand built in La Conner WA.  Some people hate the process of building a new house or boat but Julie and I love it. Read More