After getting the boat all shined up and pretty by going to Wrangell for annual maintenance, now it's time to work on getting her dirty...

Every year in mid-April I run the boat to Wrangell and have it hauled out for bottom paint, zincs, and other preventive maintenance tasks....

I had obligations that kept me in town until around noon on Thursday 03/28/2024. But now with the coming of spring we have much longer...

One of my many volunteer efforts is to manage the City League Basketball program here in town. The season starts in early November and...

The stars had all aligned such that I had no in-town commitments and the weather was predicted to be sunny, warm & calm, all on the same...

My in-town responsibilities and the weather cooperated to allow for an overnight trip to Port Stewart in Western Behm Canal on Friday...

Normally at this time of year I can't be out of town on Sundays because we play City League basketball games on Sunday afternoons, and I...

With my City League basketball schedule, it's really hard to get 2 days when I can do an overnighter, which is really what I like to do...

During the City League basketball season, I have commitments that keep me in town for most of the week so the only time I can get out for...

A combination of some truly awful weather, mechanical issues with the boat, and commitments in town prevented me from making any trips in...

Here's a summary of my boating adventures throughout 2023. Number of trips taken: 19 Days spent out on boat: 49 Miles logged: 1345.2...

On my last few trips I've noticed that it's been hard to start my port engine. On my boat there are no ignition keys. Instead there are...

My daughter Jennifer and grandson Hayden were in town for a visit for about a week. Due to my commitments to City League basketball, a...

It is highly unusual for us to have such a run of sunny calm weather at this time of the year. I was just out last weekend, but our good...

This time of year, the storms are more frequent, more intense, and tend to last longer, so I am even more attuned to the weather...

I haven't posted anything since my big Heceta hunting trip in late July early August. But that isn't because I wasn't using the boat. I...

This was a long trip, 13 days out. I left on 7/24 and returned on 08/05 and logged 286 miles traveled. I made the trip out and back...

We had time for just one more 3-day trip with Jennifer & Hayden before they had to leave town. The destination chosen for this trip was...

My daughter Jennifer and my grandson Hayden came into town on 07/06 for a little over a week. Our goals for this trip were to try to...

Clarence Strait is known by some as "The Great Equalizer." On paper it looks like an easy crossing, but to those of us who have been...