One of the many batteries at Fort Flagler We drove up to Port Townsend this morning leaving the gloomy skies of Poulsbo behind for a few hours to pick up our lifelines (the wire cables around the perimeter of the boat that help keep a person from falling overboard) which had to be remade to accommodate the rails for the solar panels. On the way home, we drove...

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The aft cabin during the wiring process. It took close to a week, but the solar panels are now mounted and operational! The electrical cable finally came in last Wednesday afternoon, and we spent several days finding open paths to feed it through from the deck, to the space behind our bed, under the bed and flooring, into the engine room, to a breaker box, into the salon,...

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David's working platform and third solar panel. David and I mounted the third solar panel on top of the radar arch this morning. The procedure was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be but not something I want to repeat any time soon. If you can imagine a painter's ladder on the dock leaning up against the radar arch (which is about fifteen feet...

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It's seems the marina office has either gotten to the point where they pity us or are tired of checking us in everyday because we've been assigned a berth in permanent moorage for the next month. It's not as nice being surrounded by boats as it is out at anchor; but it's much easier than coming and going, so we'll take the good with the bad. The weather...

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There's been a distinct change in the weather. After weeks of watching the barometer bounce back and forth between 1020 and 1000 millibars and bringing heaving winds along with it, it's now sitting steady at 1017 and the weather has settled so we've been able to accomplish a lot of work – sanding, varnishing, and reinforcing the side solar panel mounting straps. But not having a marina berth...

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Our first night at anchor in more than six months was fantastic! Although we're only 200 metres or so away from our former berth, it's so much quieter out here – no battery charger whirling away, no people walking past, and no fishing trawler for a neighbor. The only downside is that the weather is still fairly cold and unsettled, but the holding in the bay is excellent...

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