Jones Island State Park – Cruiser’s Review September & October 2019

We visited Jones Island State Park in the San Juan Islands twice in the Fall of 2019. First for a night in September, and then we visited again for a short day trip in October. Jones Island is really cool for several reasons. The entire island is a protected marine state park, you can only …

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Sucia Island State Park: Shallow Bay & Fox Cove – Cruiser’s Review September 2019

In September 2019, we got to take a week's vacation and visit some of the more remote islands in the San Juans in Northern Puget Sound. We enjoyed a fantastic sail from Stuart Island to Sucia Island and picked up a mooring ball for the night in Shallow Bay. Ultimately, we spent 2 nights at …

Deer Harbor, Orcas Island – Cruiser’s Review September & October 2019

Now that we're all settled in for the winter, I am hoping to get caught up on our marina and anchorage reviews from all the places we visited this past summer and fall. Deer Harbor, Orcas Island in the San Juans We visited Deer Harbor in the San Juans twice this past fall. This sheltered …

Settling into Our Winter Slip in Poulsbo

Now that we've been back on the boat for a week I need to settle down and update everybody here. Mosaic went back in the water in Port Townsend on Friday the 15th. We did sea trials with the new engine and she passed with flying colors. So we took the next couple days and …

Over the Hump in the Boat Yard

I feel like I've been neglecting my Mosaic Voyage duties but, honestly, there's just not a whole lot to report on right now. The boat is in the yard at Port Townsend Shipwright's Co-Op for her engine replacement. We hauled out on October 15th for an expected 3 weeks out of the water. The project …

Day 3 Boat Yard Progress (and, yeah, there’s been progress!!)

I must say that I really like being a short walk from the boatyard at Port Townsend Shipwright's Co-Op where Mosaic sits getting her engine replaced. We've been able to go visit each afternoon to see the progress being made. Today is just the 3rd day she's been in their care and THE OLD ENGINE …

Heading to Port Townsend 3 Weeks Ahead of Schedule

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: For sailors, plans are written in the sand at low tide. They're apt to change at the drop of a hat, or with a simple email. As you know if you read my last blog post, we were planning to head back down to Port Townsend …

And, just like that (poof!), goodbye $14,000 …

Yep. You read that right. Today, we spent $14,000. On what, you might ask? Well .... we're going to be putting a new engine into Mosaic! Sadly, $14,000 is only the downpayment. HA! The grand total for the project is expected to run us about twice that. Soooo, yeah. If you've been following along for …

Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Cruising

A month’s gone past since the day we almost caught the boat on fire. I figure it’s time for an update on the blog with all we went through to get the boat back to functional, and everything we’ve been up to since getting settled back into cruising. So, yes, first of all, we ARE …

Swantown Marina in Olympia WA- Cruiser’s Review June, July, August 2019

Swantown Marina in Olympia has sort of become our home away from home. We spent a week there at the end of June and then ended up spending nearly 3 weeks there from the end of July on into August. Swantown is a very nice marina and, in fact, is/was our number one choice for …