A combination of some truly awful weather, mechanical issues with the boat, and commitments in town prevented me from making any trips in...

Here's a summary of my boating adventures throughout 2023. Number of trips taken: 19 Days spent out on boat: 49 Miles logged: 1345.2...

On my last few trips I've noticed that it's been hard to start my port engine. On my boat there are no ignition keys. Instead there are...

My daughter Jennifer and grandson Hayden were in town for a visit for about a week. Due to my commitments to City League basketball, a...

It is highly unusual for us to have such a run of sunny calm weather at this time of the year. I was just out last weekend, but our good...

This time of year, the storms are more frequent, more intense, and tend to last longer, so I am even more attuned to the weather...

I haven't posted anything since my big Heceta hunting trip in late July early August. But that isn't because I wasn't using the boat. I...

This was a long trip, 13 days out. I left on 7/24 and returned on 08/05 and logged 286 miles traveled. I made the trip out and back...

We had time for just one more 3-day trip with Jennifer & Hayden before they had to leave town. The destination chosen for this trip was...

My daughter Jennifer and my grandson Hayden came into town on 07/06 for a little over a week. Our goals for this trip were to try to...

Clarence Strait is known by some as "The Great Equalizer." On paper it looks like an easy crossing, but to those of us who have been...

I got a text early in the morning from one of my friends that I used to work with at First Bank. He said he and another friend were going...

On my last trip I had trouble starting the generator, and eventually determined that the battery charger that charges the dedicated...

The Naha is one of my favorite places on Earth and I try to go there several times each year. Here it is mid-May and I had not been there...

The weather forecast was excellent for the weekend, so I decided to try again for a halibut. My friend had told me about a couple of...

The weather forecast for the weekend was terrific, so I decided to make a concerted effort to catch a halibut. I wasn't picky, even a...

The purpose of this trip of course was to get some maintenance tasks completed for the Faraway. For that to happen the guys at the...

Every year in mid-April I schedule a maintenance period in Wrangell for the Faraway. Why go all the way up to Wrangell for maintenance...

Due to weather and to commitments in town I was unable to get out on the boat during February. Finally, a period of excellent weather...

After what seemed like endless rain and wind there appeared a short weather window with no rain and little to no wind. I had not been to...