Almost there!

[Stella Maris]

We took delivery of Destiny back on March 29th. That weekend we cruised her over to Kirkland and back and then down to Waypoint Marine just above the locks on the Ship Canal. She has been at Waypoint for almost a month now getting her Garmin Nav System's, VHF radio's, her Fusion Stereo System installed. (I did not know you could pull 250' of speaker wire through a 38' boat!)

We went with the Garmin 5212 for the pilothouse. For the Fly Bridge we chose the Garmin 5208. We replaced the Icon VHF with the Garmin GHS 10 VHF, which has the remotely installed "Brain" and the mic's with all of the controls. We placed a mic at both the Pilothouse Helm and Fly Bridge Helm. The VHF has receive only function of AIS as well.

Not only was deciding on a name for her difficult, but then came the font! At one point we had a half dozen people working on suggestions and then we turned to Margaux. Once again, Margaux came through!

While we have already spent two dozen nights on her at Waypoint, this weekend will be our first true overnight cruise. While it will not be far, Bell Harbor, it will be a new experience in our new Destiny.

Next month she heads to Anacortes for a week. I will attend the Trawlerfest Diesel Workshop while; Destiny will be the star in the line up for Waterline Boats. We will depart Seattle at 5:30 am on the 12th, departing mid morning on the 20th for the return trip to Seattle.

June will find us cruising the Gulf Islands. July we will head off to the Discovery Islands.

At last, the new adventure begins!

 

[Stella Maris]

She is complete! Yesterday Steve and his team at Waypoint made all of the final connections to the incredible Fusion Stereo that we had installed. The salon has four Bose Jewel Cubes along with the 10" sub woofer! Additional speakers are located in the pilot house, stateroom, cockpit, and flybridge.

The clarity of this system is amazing. Now though, the fun begins. Reading the owners manual learning how to connect to my iPad and iPhone. The 700 series Fusion uses a wireless router to connect with your wireless toys turning them into your remotes!

This Saturday we will be off for our first true cruise. We are headed to Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes for a week of Trawlerfest. Planned departure is 5:00 am from Waypoint which is just above the locks with an ETA Cap Sante 3:00 pm.

See you at Trawler Fest!

 

[BaseCampAnne]

Hooray for modern electronics, wireless, etc.

I look forward to seeing you at Trawlerfest and seeing your new home on the water 😀

Anne Cox

 

[baz]

Karma:

I'm surprised that the Fusion system does not support Bluetooth data streaming! This is the way to go. Just Pair the mobile device (iPhone, iPod, iPad, etc) with the onboard Bluetooth and stream away. 😀 Maybe you already have this. 😉

Looking forward to seeing your new Destiny. 🙂

I'll be looking for you between May 15-19 at the Trawler Fest in Anacortes-Cap Sante Boat Haven. We will be just strolling about as $15 guests and hope the weather keeps as it is today.

I see that BOB SMITH'S DIESEL WORKSHOP is sold out !!!!!!

 

[baz]

David: Where will you & your boat be located at Cape Sante during Trawler Fest ?