We were due to head out this afternoon with Dave’s 89 year old Dad – George. George has always wanted to go on a boat venture with us, but has never had the opportunity. We drove to Shilshole at about noon. Shilshole called us along the way and said that they needed us to move the boat as the sli…
Blog posts July 2021
Engine trial run to Poulsbo
We headed out around 1pm. We decided to make the easy run across to Paulsbo so that if the newly repaired engine has issues, we can get back to Shilshole or tow them to an anchoring spot easily. But the engine worked fine. A few sputters that we believe was just a bit more air in the lines making…
Engine repair complete!
If Dave’s theory about the injectors was right, it was going to be relatively trivial to fix Peregrine’s engine. If his theory was wrong, then it was likely to be very expensive as the next likely thing to have failed was a fuel pump. So our fingers were crossed. Apparently that Perkins engine is…
Do they need another rescue?
We awoke this morning to no messages overnight from Charly and Nomi. By 11am we were really worried. In addition to the engine problems, we knew that Nomi was having trouble with her electrical system. We had visions of them sitting on the mooring buoy with not even enough power to charge their c…
Another boat rescued!
This morning was gorgeous and we decided to head out for Gig Harbor. Alas we would not make it there. About half way there, Peregrine’s engine quit. Nomi and Charly reported it had been sounding funny for a bit and then quit. We quickly rigged up for towing. We had installed anti-chafe on Apsar…
Headed out for a week!
For weeks now we’ve been anticipating a week buddy boating with Melissa’s brother Charly, and his girlfriend Nomi. Nomi owns an Islander 34-foot sailboat. She and Charly are learning how to cruise. And we figured this week would be a good opportunity while buddy boating to share knowledge and han…
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