MORE BOATS…
To record a bit of history here are some of the boats we used to own or have worked aboard.
1998 West Wight Potter”Prudence”
May 2008 – November 2008
Our first trailer sailor. Bought her for the same reasons we bought Webfoot but realized after one summer that 19 feet are just not enough space. Sold to a lovely lady in Newport, Oregon who changed her name to “Chill Pill”.
1999 MacGregor 26X “Webfoot”
May 2009 – January 2011
We wanted a boat that we could trailer easily with our small Toyota 4Runner, sleep in (very) comfortably, cook aboard, run up on a beach, go real shallow places, and generally be able to spend more than just the day in. The boat is great for our neck of the woods, if we had purchased a boat with a fixed keel we would have been confined to the five or ten-mile stretch of river by our marina slip. As it is we can load Webfoot up on the trailer and within hours we can be sailing in Puget Sound or a pristine mountain lake. Learn more about Webfoot. Sold to a family from Tillamook, Oregon.
2011 Hobie i9s Inflatable Kayak
March 2013 – March 2017
Since it’s inflatable we can store it below while underway so we can keep our decks uncluttered. The best part is that it can be peddled or paddled! Sold it to get a new Hobie SUP/kayak combo (new model here)
2006 Walker Bay 340ST (Super Tender)
Great dinghy we bought while boat-less and needing a fix. Was supposed to be tender to Camille but we decided it was just too big and heavy.
Folboat folding kayak “SeaGrin”
2004 – 2020
Mike bought this folding kayak while we were working for NOAA in Alaska. He did a two-week kayaking trip by being sea-planed into a remote area of Kodiak Island and spent six weeks in South America lugging the kayak all over the place. Sold.
2011 Lagoon 450
March 2018 – April 2018
We sailed this beauty from George Town in the Bahamas back to Florida for our friends. Check out more photos from that adventure here.
WORKBOATS & SHIPS
R/V THEORY, R/V WESTERLY, R/V CHINOOK, R/V JAB, R/V BENTHOS, R/V PRESTON, R/V 505, R/V TAKU, and many more!
Most of the boats we work aboard are Armstrong Marine Catamarans. This is how we collect data for new nautical charts.
2004: Alaska aboard NOAAS Fairweather
2005: Alaska aboard NOAAS Fairweather
2006: Chesapeake Bay, Deltaville, Virginia
2007: Chesapeake Bay, Deltaville, Virginia
2008: Columbia River
2009: Oregon Coast
2010: Chesapeake Bay, Reedville, Virginia
2011: Biloxi, Mississippi
2014: Anchorage, Alaska
2015: Panama City Beach, Florida
2015: Port Mansfield, Texas
2016: Venice, Louisiana
2017: Naples, Florida
2018: Key West, Florida
2019: Mackinac Straits, Michigan
2020: Port Moller, Alaska
2021: Green Bay, Wisconsin
2022: New York City, NY
2022: Bristol Bay & Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska
2023: Rivers of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
2023: Offshore Nome, Alaska
R/V NORSEMAN II
Summers of 2020, 2022, and 2023, Alaska
R/V PACIFIC STORM
Summer of 2009, Oregon Coast
Old fishing vessel converted into a state-of-the-art research vessel. Staterooms were in the old fish holds (everything had been completely remodeled). Surveyed the coast of Oregon to three miles out.
R/V SEALTH
2006 and 2007: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
We spent two summers working out of Deltaville on the Chesapeake Bay on this beautiful catamaran.
NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER
2004-2006, Alaska
We lived aboard this research vessel for nearly two years. Nothing like cruising Southeast and Southcentral Alaska aboard a 230-foot ship and getting paid for it! Check out photos here.
