1932 Classic Yacht
It’s been several weeks since we arrived home from our trip bring Merva down from Canada. Except for the storm that kept us pinned down in Friday harbor it was a very good trip. We arrived in Tacoma and docked along the Foss Maritime Museum. We learned a lot about Merva. How she handled, what…
We made it to Friday Harbor and cleared Customs, but here we stay. The weather system that we were trying to keep ahead of has caught up with us. So we’ll stay at least until Thursday. Winds for tomorrow are expected to be 40kts so, even in this sheltered marina I’m using additional lines. The…
The trip across the Straights of Georgia was a piece of cake. Arrived in Friday Harbor this afternoon. We are were trying to arrive here before the heavy weather set in and it would be difficult to meet our date to go through customs. Even though customs doesn’t do boat documents on weekends the official…
Tim McDonald, Kathleen Brooker and Merva are on their way to Tacoma, WA. Tacoma will be Merva’s new home.
Three weeks cruising Desolation Sound. Copeland Islands, Refuge Cove, Cortez Bay, Gorges Harbour, Roscoe Bay, Pendrell Sound, Prideaux Haven, etc.
Merva is out for a 3 week cruise. First stop is the ‘out station’ in Narrows Inlet.
The most common trip, by far, is going to and from the Farm. I was at the Farm the other day assessing the damage from the fallen trees – in particular the damage to the water system.
Multi-day cruise in the finest weather possible. Nights at dock on Farm (picked up two canoes) at dock, ‘out-station’ Narrows Inlet (joined by a friend/boat) Chatter Box Falls (joined by more friends/boat) Chatter Box Falls (1 friend/boat left on 2nd morning) Chatter Box Falls (last friend/boat peeled off at Egmont) I cut the trip short…
10.JUN.19 We left at 9:00 – just as planned. Hugh was right on time. Not much to do except erect the mast and climb on board. We headed for Egmont with the intention of passing through Sechet Rapids around noon. Slack tide was around 13:15 or so. We arrived around 11:00 – plenty early. There…
Salmon Inlet Took Merva out for the day. Visited the head of Salmon Inlet and then returned. All-and-all… about 6 hrs out. Sea King Did some investigating into why the Sea King (from Coast Foundry Co. Ltd) diesel stove goes out after a short while. I think there may be a blockage and/or leak somewhere…