http://threesheetsnw.com Three Sheets Northwest Boating News Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2011/06/meet-three-sheets-crew-at-langley/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2011/06/meet-three-sheets-crew-at-langley/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:53:55 +0000 Marty McOmber http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/archives/17367 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2011/06/meet-three-sheets-crew-at-langley/feed/ 2 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/09/a-rusty-icon/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/09/a-rusty-icon/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:39:21 +0000 Marty McOmber http://threesheetsnw.com/?p=11955 Okay, I know that the economy is hurting and the state doesn’t have a lot of extra money lying around, but what’s up with letting our ferries look this shabby?  We snapped this picture of the Hyak yesterday at Friday Harbor. Just look at the rust covering the sides. It’s embarrassing.  Washington state ferries are one of the iconic [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/09/a-rusty-icon/feed/ 10 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/03/on-watch-shoulders-heat-alcohol-and-too-many-races-to-count/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/03/on-watch-shoulders-heat-alcohol-and-too-many-races-to-count/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:00:24 +0000 Marty McOmber http://www.threesheetsnw.com/?p=8643 I guess you’d call this the shoulder season; at least that’s how it feels to me. We just cruised past the spring Equinox and sprung forward an hour for daylight savings time. Winter is definitely behind us, but the warmer days of summer and high boating season still lie ahead. This is the time of [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/03/on-watch-shoulders-heat-alcohol-and-too-many-races-to-count/feed/ 3 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-cruising-chronicles-part-1-maiden-voyage/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-cruising-chronicles-part-1-maiden-voyage/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:23:06 +0000 Deborah Bach http://www.threesheetsnw.com/?p=7809 Walking down the dock in the dark, I noticed something moving in the water—a school of fish swimming together in a perfectly round circle. Marty and I watched, transfixed, as what appeared to be a shrimp descended on the group and seized on two of the tiny fish, which lit up like lightbulbs as they were [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-cruising-chronicles-part-1-maiden-voyage/feed/ 14 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-26-grounded/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-26-grounded/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:59:01 +0000 Deborah Bach http://www.threesheetsnw.com/?p=7673 It’s often struck me that owning a boat is a bit of a rollercoaster ride, only less predictable. This past week is a prime example. Marty and I have been working madly on the boat to get it ready for its first outing, a trip to Blake Island with our friends Aaron and Nicole this [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-26-grounded/feed/ 10 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-25-bye-iola-anne/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-25-bye-iola-anne/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:21:23 +0000 Deborah Bach http://www.threesheetsnw.com/?p=7614 It’s hard to feel like a boat is yours when it’s still named after someone you’ve never met. So it was a time for a much-anticipated exorcism of sorts, a small but symbolically important event. It was time to officially get rid of Iola Anne. No holy water or priest was required, just a tin [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/02/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-25-bye-iola-anne/feed/ 2 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-24-work-weekend/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-24-work-weekend/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:09:50 +0000 Deborah Bach http://www.threesheetsnw.com/?p=7318 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-24-work-weekend/feed/ 3 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-23-pillow-issues/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-23-pillow-issues/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:00:02 +0000 Deborah Bach http://www.threesheetsnw.com/?p=7258 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-23-pillow-issues/feed/ 3 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-22-delivery-day/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-22-delivery-day/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:54:09 +0000 Deborah Bach http://www.threesheetsnw.com/?p=7187 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2010/01/the-sailboat-search-chronicles-part-22-delivery-day/feed/ 4 http://threesheetsnw.com/lateentry/2010/01/07/grey-havens/ http://threesheetsnw.com/lateentry/2010/01/07/grey-havens/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:59:02 +0000 Scott Wilson http://17.141 http://threesheetsnw.com/lateentry/2010/01/07/grey-havens/feed/ 0