2023 in the Rear View Mirror

Greetings! For those who follow me and/or Jim on Instagram, the photos and stories below won't all be hot-off-the-presses news. But many friends and some family don’t use Instagram, so I'm reaching out to stay in touch as best I can. In 2023 we did our fair share of land traveling, wood-turning (Jim), painting (me), gardening, fund raising for local causes, etc. But this year we made some significant cruising transitions. That’s the focus here. New beginnings for us on an Eagle 40 Pilothouse trawler, and an update on new beginnings for the young couple who bought our Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34 - now named Ghostlight, hailing from Cape Cod. As I write this, Dani and Nick are hightailing it south with chilly weather speeding them along.  So, first things first. In September 2022 we bought the Eagle 40 Pilothouse trawler pictured above. We are keeping the trawler in Anacortes WA where she lives on the hard in the winter. We named the trawler Neverland (of course!). We plan to cr...