Was out with 1st Mate, Son and 4 yr old grandson today and passed R-25 Gratitude heading to Poulsbo and then another R-27 Trophy Wife heading toward Agate Passage. Trophy Wife's husband was 1 mile ahead of her in another larger trawler and he hailed me saying to tell Trophy Wife when we passed her that the cat was not eating... 😉
It was a pleasant day cruising mainly at around 8 kts with light winds at around 2-4 kts. I kicked the engine up several times to 3800 rpm and was able to hold 14 kts easily with a full fuel tank, 30 gals fresh water and 4 onboard.
I was pleased to note that grandson was not affected in any way with motion sickness -- he takes after his granddad... 🙂 I need to give him instructions on using the head as he seemed amused with the electric toilet I installed to replace the stock manual one. Squirting fresh water (we use fresh water for the flush rather than sea water) into the toilet tank kept him busy behind the closed door until we figured out what he was doing -- the little rascal. :roll:
When we started off at around noon time the Puget Sound was covered in a light fog/haze with maybe 5->6 miles of clear visibility. There was a lot of muck and dead-heads floating about so had to keep an eye open. Several large container boats were in our way as well as a large cruise ship on our return journey. Using the Radar was helpful in these conditions.
All in all it was a very pleasant day on the water and it never really surprises me that we meet other Ranger Tugs in my area as it is their home base, so to speak.
It was a pleasant day cruising mainly at around 8 kts with light winds at around 2-4 kts. I kicked the engine up several times to 3800 rpm and was able to hold 14 kts easily with a full fuel tank, 30 gals fresh water and 4 onboard.
I was pleased to note that grandson was not affected in any way with motion sickness -- he takes after his granddad... 🙂 I need to give him instructions on using the head as he seemed amused with the electric toilet I installed to replace the stock manual one. Squirting fresh water (we use fresh water for the flush rather than sea water) into the toilet tank kept him busy behind the closed door until we figured out what he was doing -- the little rascal. :roll:
When we started off at around noon time the Puget Sound was covered in a light fog/haze with maybe 5->6 miles of clear visibility. There was a lot of muck and dead-heads floating about so had to keep an eye open. Several large container boats were in our way as well as a large cruise ship on our return journey. Using the Radar was helpful in these conditions.
All in all it was a very pleasant day on the water and it never really surprises me that we meet other Ranger Tugs in my area as it is their home base, so to speak.