Boat #6 has been sold!

It's been a very long time since our last post. We've just sold boat #6, our 1984 Nordic Tug 26 and she's gone to a new home on Pender Island. We moved off the boat and into our new house in June '23 and are sorry to say that we had neglected her badly since then. We were just too busy finishing up...

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Our new Skipper

Our new puppy quickly became the skipper, of both our boat and life when she joined us earlier this year. Now, at eight months old, she has become very efficient and vocal about taking charge and giving us Skipper's orders. One bark to go out, one bark to come in and don't be too slow about opening...

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House Build - We are in!

 I wrote this in my last house build post on October 29, 2022"...we do feel that the end is at least in sight now. Maybe three more months should do it"Ha! It took another seven, long, excruciating months. We finally moved in on June 1, 2023. We love the finished product, but, are we...

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A Magical Mini-Tour

We spent the long, record-setting heat and drought-filled summer of 2022 on our Nordic 26 tug tied to the dock in Port Alberni. Week after week of glorious, dry, calm, sunny weather passed us by and we didn't go anywhere in the boat. There were a number of reasons for this, the main one being that we...

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House Build - Progress Report

It's been almost three months since I reported that the windows were now in at our house build in Port Alberni. At that time, we really thought we might be occupying the house by now. Instead, we are still waiting...waiting...and waiting. Sure, a few major hurdles have now been passed, but, there's...

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House Build- Windows are In!

Our house build pace has been painfully slow, but, now that the windows are in, it looks like there has actually been some real progress. The recent heat wave hadn't been helping. The window crew was installing in temperatures of near 40C. Even our site's cooling afternoon sea breezes weren't enough...

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House Build - Structure is up!

After the footings/foundation were complete there was another week or so of effort to dig trenches, lay drainage tile and connect up our sewer/water lines. Then, we waited for the materials package to arrive so that the actual house construction could start. It had been a year and a half of effort to...

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