Everybody’s gone surfin’ down Californ-i-a….. This was taken out the back door earlier today. We estimate the swells to be running about 12 – 15 feet.It’s Thursday afternoon and we are crossing Monterey Bay, south of San Francisco. Conditions for the past 2 days have been 10-30knots of wind out of the north with 6-15 foot following seas. We have …
Tom watching a ship go by…. Underway again…..at last. We spent 6 days in Gray’s Harbor waiting for decent weather so we could cross the bar and resume the trip to San Diego. The weather didn’t seem all that awful, especially these past 3 days, but the Coast Guard cautioned us against leaving as the bar was treacherous. Speaking of …
Stuck in Westport
The weather since we arrived on Tuesday has been horrible. Above is a picture taken this morning of the bar that we would have to cross to leave here. This picture was taken at slack water, high tide. You can see the breaking waves that are right in the channel that we would have to take to depart. Westhaven, the …
Gray’s Harbor (Westport)
Cape Flattery I should have never said that things were benign yesterday……wow!!! what a night we had. Confused seas of maybe 8′ with a very close interval kept us on our toes…. The boat handled everything exceptionally well. Tom Gilbert had made a long passage on an expedition yacht of a manufacturer who will remain nameless and he said that …
Underway
We are underway to San Diego!!! These past 2 weeks have been a blur. Non stop details to make ready to leave for San Diego and then we decided to display Nor’wester in the Anacortes Boat Show. The show was a great success with our getting another order for a Northwest 42 and several strong prospects. The weather was snotty …
Nor’wester to be at Anacortes Boat Show
With work being done feverishly to complete Nor’wester so she will be able to safely transit to San Diego and participate in the FUBAR Odyssey, we decided to display her in the upcoming Anacortes Boat Show, October 5,6, and 7. Almost all of the work needed to complete her is finish work such as cabinet hardware, cork floor sealing, trim …
Boat Show (second installment)
It’s Monday and we just returned from the Seattle Boats Afloat Show. While I am absolutely exhausted, I am also elated at the response we received at the show. There were so many of you who have been keeping up with the progress that came by to see the boat. I am overwhelmed with gratitude to all of you who …
Seattle Boats Afloat Show
We Made It!!!! We are all nearly exhausted, but the crew pulled together and we made the Seattle Boats Afloat Show. We were literally still installing cabinet doors and drawer fronts up until the opening of the show. Here are some shots I took today.This is the optional flybridge seating area. There will be cocktail tables installed when the show …
Splash!!!
Nor’wester is in the sling and on her way to the launch area. These past 3 weeks have been a blur. The first 90% of a build takes less than the last 10%. The details take the time. Note the breast plate. We hope this will become a signature item on the boat.Here Nor’wester is being lowered into the water.And …
Nor’wester’s First Sea Trial
Once again I must apologize that I have not posted lately. With the scramble to complete the boat before the Seattle Boats Afloat Show, I have been spending most of my time on the shop floor, not in front of my computer. After much thought, a name has been chosen. “Nor’wester” seems very appropriate and there are not many Nor’westers …