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Video: Passage from Canada to Seattle

February 25, 2015

This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn. ~Bernhard DeVoto

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Date we cast off the docklines (and our jobs) and have been semi-full-time cruising sinceMarch 31, 2018

4.8 years ago.

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Davits install is finally done! It may not look like much, but what you have to realize is in this photo we've suspended about 300 lbs off our stern.

We went out for a 2-night test cruise this week to Eagle Harbor. Good news is everything I installed is working great - Victron battery monitor, CerboGX, Victron solar charge controller, new solar panels, Webasto repairs.

A marine survey is a very good idea when buying a boat, but it's impossible for them to do much more than scratch the surface in only one day. That's why I always do my own deep dive afterwards.

The decision to add davits isn't an easy one. There are lots of pros and cons. Davits add a big appendage to the stern, they're expensive, and a fairly complicated install.

2022, theme: "Year of Change". 2022 was a big transition year for us. In the cruising life it's often astonishing how much can change in a year.

April is not really that far away. That's when we start heading back north to Alaska. We have a lot to get done before then, and it's been crunch time for at least a month now.

Presents for the boat.

"Down in a hole" - not just an Alice in Chains song, it's also what many boat projects involve.

Morning light on the Olympics.

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