How many mooring buoys?

We were anchored in Port Madison a few evenings ago. We’ve been here many times. When we kept the boat on Lake Union, Port Madison was often our last stop on the way home. One of the things I notice is that there is very little room for anchoring compared to years ago when we first started coming here. There are mooring buoys everywhere. I find it hard to believe all of these buoys are legally placed and permitted.

Update 6.21.19: Received a nice response from the DNR. Will post more shortly.

Robert at Windbourne in Puget Sound posted additional information regarding my post. You can find it here.

Update 6.14.19: Later this afternoon … I received a response from the right resource at the DNR stating they would respond to my inquiry next week.

Earlier this morning … No response to my second email. I sent a third email to the DNR’s aquatic resources devision’s general email address (ard@dnr.wa.gov). Waiting …

Update 6.6.19: It has been a week since I emailed the folks at the DNR (aquaticleasing.orca@dnr.wa.gov). So far no response. I resent the note. Will see if I get a response …

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We are home

After a month on the hard in Port Townsend, we are back home in Poulsbo. Bruce came up to enjoy the ride back with me. Even though we were just moving the boat back home, Friday was a perfect day on the water.

I did my best to align the engines and shafts when we changed the mounts last year. Turns out my efforts resulted in .033″ on the port side and .028″ on the starboard side. I guess I should feel good about that considering I had never done this before. But the people who know what they are doing were able to get those numbers down to .003″ on the port side and .002″ on the starboard side. Continue reading

On the Hard in Port Townsend

We are on the hard at Sea Marine in Port Townsend. For three weeks now. We should be floating again on Friday. We have been chasing vibration problems for a while. This yard visit should resolve most of it. Fingers crossed.

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