Summer 2011

Feels like summer has finally arrived!  This past winter some significant changes were made aboard Segue II.  She was equipped with a new radar, a new A.C. control panel, new bottom paint and even a new furling jib. Our escapades in the fog last summer made the new radar seem like a great idea.  The new A.C. panel will just make the shore power work better and bottom paint is just a maintenance project that needs to be done every few years. The new jib was a surprise.  We tried to get the old jib cleaned, but when we took it of the boat it had torn. The folks who looked at it in Port Townsend didn't think it could even stand the washing.  It was the original jib and about 27 years old!  So, we were able to buy one on-line and it arrived yesterday. We'll go up in a few weeks and hoist it. Trips this summer include Poulsbo, Victoria B.C., Seattle, San Juan Islands (Rosario, Friday Harbor, Deer Harbor), and day sails in the bay.  This fall we will take Segue II through the Ballard Locks and go to the Huskies/Ducks football game on the U. of W. campus.  Navigating the locks and going to a football game via Segue II have been two of my bucket list items for some time now. Most of you who read this will be joining Joy and me on at least one of these adventures.  Hope you are as excited as I am.  (I even found a Count Basie tune this winter called Segue in "C" that we will play for you as we sail.  I've even considered re-naming the boat "Segue In Sea," but some of you know the rituals and traditions that go with a new christening and I just don't know if we're up for that!)  See you aboard real soon!!!  Jim