by Scott Wilson
May 14 2012 in Boats, General by Scott Wilson
Having exhausted every option in our size and price range in the Puget Sound region, Mandy and I decided to take advantage of a business trip she had already scheduled to Vancouver BC last week to check out some sailboats in the Great White North. Our expectations were fairly low; the economy has been better [...]
by Scott Wilson
May 9 2012 in Boats by Scott Wilson
As an interlude, of sorts, in our hectic schedule of looking at boats, decrying their deficiencies and/or costs, and freaking out about where to live until we find one, Mandy and I had the opportunity to attend one of famed local rigger Brion Toss’ Rig Your Boat weekend workshops. These workshops are something of a [...]
by Scott Wilson
Apr 15 2012 in Boats by Scott Wilson
What do Russell Crowe and yachting have to do with one another? No, it’s not “Master and Commander.” Every time I look at a Wauquiez 35 Pretorien I hear his guttural shout from “Gladiator” in my head: “Pretorien!” Cue swordplay. We first became familiar with the Pretorien through another blog frequently featured on Three Sheets, [...]
by Scott Wilson
Mar 10 2012 in Life Afloat by Scott Wilson
Ever since we settled last summer on selling our boat and getting a larger one instead, my wife and I have been keeping one eye on the used boat market both regionally and nationally. Other than day-dreaming and wandering down to the brokerage offices in our free time, we were pretty cavalier about it… it [...]
by Scott Wilson
Mar 5 2012 in Uncategorized by Scott Wilson
It’s a little bit surprising to wake up in the morning in the v-berth of a boat you no longer own. This has been the case for my wife and I for a couple of days now that we have finalized the sale of Insegrevious and we still haven’t gotten used to it. In a [...]
by Scott Wilson
Feb 29 2012 in Boats, Currents by Scott Wilson
My 24 hours with the M/V Lotus began at 0600 Feb. 22 as I stumbled sleepily from the back bedroom out into the living room of the house my wife and I were taking care of on the waterfront near Port Hadlock. Mandy and I had been watching the house and minding the chickens for a [...]
by Scott Wilson
Jan 22 2012 in Life Afloat by Scott Wilson
Every boater knows that there is a list, a long list, of things they never told you before you bought your boat. It’s like a secret handshake in the nautical world, the unrevealed mysteries of holding tank plumbing, the 0300 anchor checks, the bumps in the night when someone else fails to make their 0300 [...]
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