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01-10-2016, 11:11 AM
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Guru
City: Sequim, WA, USA
Vessel Name: Irene
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 40II
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,195
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Newbie from the Salish Sea
Greetings All,
We have been cruising from Port Angeles, WA for about a year. Prior to that, it was several years in the Great Lakes, mostly the North Channel. Many moons ago I ran boats in South Florida.
Our current boat is a 27 Skagit Orca XLC. Since we need to be at work on most Monday's, one of our current mission requirements is speed. IRENE gives us a safe ride, the comforts of home, and in most cases 3 NMPG from her Volvo Penta D4-260. We take many weekend trips, mostly to the San Juan and Gulf Islands. Our annual vacation trip last year was Desolation Sound and the Discovery Passage - this year we plan to visit the Broughtons. IRENE lives on a trailer near our home when she is not being used.
Why Trawler Forum? We joined because boating is our hobby and this forum is a wealth of knowledgable folks (I have been lurking) with apparently similar boating interests. Some of the other forums were too broad for our tastes, or brand specific. In the next few years, IRENE will move on and we will find a suitable pilothouse passagemaker to call home. We plan to retire shortly thereafter and be at-large...until too old to remain that way.
Thank you for the information and inspiration you have already shared. We appreciate the opportunity to participate here.
Jeff in Port Angeles, WA
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01-10-2016, 11:21 AM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Welcome aboard from up the coast a bit 
Skagit Orca's are really nice boats 
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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01-10-2016, 12:33 PM
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Guru
City: Duvall, Wa. USA
Vessel Name: Beach Music II
Vessel Model: 2003 Mainship 430 Trawler
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 952
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Welcome from another Salish Sea cruiser. We're also going to the Broughtons for the first time this summer. Lots of planning to do.
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01-10-2016, 01:13 PM
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TF Site Team
City: California Delta
Vessel Name: FlyWright
Vessel Model: 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 13,709
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Welcome aboard, Jeff! Glad you found us...we've been waiting for you.
Looks like you've got the perfect-for-you boat for this stage in your life. That's pretty much what I'll be looking for as I downsize in year to come to focus more on RVs and seeing the beautiful US of A. Won't want a boat sitting in water while I'm out cruising the highways in my land yacht.
Got some pics of the interior layout of your Skagit?
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01-10-2016, 02:03 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
Got some pics of the interior layout of your Skagit?
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Sounds like we might have some sort of trade deal warming up here? 
Skagit Orca
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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01-10-2016, 02:37 PM
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Senior Member
City: Abbotsford
Vessel Name: Between boats
Vessel Model: 38' C & L Puget Trawler
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 204
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Hello and welcome from Vancouver ...we will be staying in home waters this year due to the Canadian dollar sucking so badly...but its a great deal for USA cruisers !
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01-10-2016, 03:20 PM
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Guru
City: Sequim, WA, USA
Vessel Name: Irene
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 40II
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,195
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright
Got some pics of the interior layout of your Skagit?
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I don't have any of ours proper, but below is a very good shot of a like boat I grabbed from the internet. It was taken from the companionway to the v-berth looking aft.
Note the head compartment (wet) aft of the dinette; the long galley to starboard aft of the helm seat with space below; aft helm station on the back of the bulkhead to starboard; and finish including headliner and teak trim. Below the dinette on ours is a refrigerator, hot water heater, water pump, holding tank, red-dot heater, some storage, and head plumbing.
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01-10-2016, 03:53 PM
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Guru
City: Tri Cities, WA
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,406
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Welcome to TF. I was aboard a twin to your vote a couple of years ago. It also had the diesel and the owner said he could cruise all day and it got such good mileage that he had to siphon out some diesel to keep the tank from overflowing.
I'm not sure I believed that part but the rest of what he had to say about the boat was spot on.
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Mike and Tina
1981 Boston Whaler 13'
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01-11-2016, 09:31 AM
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Guru
City: Holladay, UT
Vessel Name: Dream Catcher
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 37-065
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 813
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Welcome Jeff,
From a forum member with a fairly similar boat - a Bounty 257 with KAD44 diesel sterndrive. Looks like a lot of similarity in the layout too. We do BC and SE Alaska summers in ours (mostly AK the last several years). Pretty cool to have such a degree of creature comfort in a trailerable boat that can happily go slow, or 18 knots if we wish.
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Richard Cook
Dream Catcher (Nordic Tug 37-065) Poulsbo WA
Previously: New Moon (Bounty 257), Cindy Sea (C-Dory 22 Cruiser)
"Cruising in a Big Way"
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01-11-2016, 09:43 AM
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Guru
City: Carefree, Arizona
Vessel Name: sunchaser V
Vessel Model: DeFever 48
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 9,685
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tangler
Hello and welcome from Vancouver ...we will be staying in home waters this year due to the Canadian dollar sucking so badly...but its a great deal for USA cruisers !
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Go to Anacortes to fuel up and you'll still be ahead. Beer, wine and whisky still cheaper in the US. Housing, same deal. But the cinnamon buns in Sidney or Pender Harbor are a different story.
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01-11-2016, 01:19 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,508
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Curiously, gas is now about even. Saltspring Island Coop price for regular is $114.9C. Indio Chevron is $305.0 US. If I buy $US gas today it will cost me $115.9C per l.
Diesel is still about 12% cheaper in US.
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01-11-2016, 08:18 PM
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Guru
City: Sequim, WA, USA
Vessel Name: Irene
Vessel Model: Nordhavn 40II
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,195
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RCook
Welcome Jeff,
From a forum member with a fairly similar boat - a Bounty 257 with KAD44 diesel sterndrive. Looks like a lot of similarity in the layout too. We do BC and SE Alaska summers in ours (mostly AK the last several years). Pretty cool to have such a degree of creature comfort in a trailerable boat that can happily go slow, or 18 knots if we wish.
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That is a nice boat!
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01-11-2016, 09:51 PM
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Guru
City: Carefree, Arizona
Vessel Name: sunchaser V
Vessel Model: DeFever 48
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 9,685
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Quote:
Originally Posted by koliver
Curiously, gas is now about even. Saltspring Island Coop price for regular is $114.9C. Indio Chevron is $305.0 US. If I buy $US gas today it will cost me $115.9C per l.
Diesel is still about 12% cheaper in US.
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I just filled up the Suburban (on land). $1.97 per gallon or about 70 cents C per liter.
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01-11-2016, 11:15 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,508
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Too bad it would cost e a full tank of gas to get to where you are. I was in LA a week ago, same there as here in Indio.
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01-12-2016, 10:40 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Mount Vernon, WA / La Conner, WA
Vessel Name: Otter
Vessel Model: 1985 President Sundeck 41
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 88
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Great story, and loved to hear why you joined Trawler Forum versus something else.
I got the same impression from lurking here as well before joining up.
Looking forward to crossing paths on one of our future voyages. 
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01-12-2016, 01:29 PM
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Guru
City: Bayview
Vessel Name: Puffin
Vessel Model: Willard Vega 30
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,403
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Jeff,
If you ever make a stop in Bellingham get in touch. I will PM you our contact info.
Bob & Jill
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What kind of boat is that?
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01-12-2016, 01:55 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,451
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IRENE
Why Trawler Forum? We joined because boating is our hobby and this forum is a wealth of knowledgable folks (I have been lurking) with apparently similar boating interests. Some of the other forums were too broad for our tastes, or brand specific. In the next few years, IRENE will move on and we will find a suitable pilothouse passagemaker to call home. We plan to retire shortly thereafter and be at-large...until too old to remain that way.
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We joined here because the people here are boaters and like to talk about boating. They are actual boat owners talking about cruising.
It's the same reason at marinas, regardless of what boat we're in, we're more likely to make friends with the older couple on the Grand Banks than the people on the megayacht.
I think of this in many ways as the Powerboat Cruisers Forum. On a forum that combines power and sail, some issues are common, but the two in general have very different interests and perspectives on boating and the world and when combined seem to often not respect those who have the other from them.
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