Finding, Surveying and Purchasing F/V Harmony Isle
- August
- Looking for a good boat to purchase for salmon trolling in Southeast AK
- Reviewed survey for F/V Sundowner in Haines, AK
- September
- Looked into F/ V Schy One, a Sunnfjiord
- October
- Surveyed F/V Lea in Juneau, AK
- November
- November 11: Surveyed F/V Harmony Isle in Port Townsend, WA
- November 17: Traveled to Port Townsend to finalize purchase
- December
- December 6: Traveled to Port Townsend to work on outfitting the boat after purchase finalized.
- December 21- 30: Shakedown cruise in Puget Sound
- Port Townsend to Rosario: found out the stabilizers were in need of maintenance, had a rock and roll trip in a following sea.
- Rosario to Friday Harbor: worked out the kinks in the starboard cricket so we could deploy the stabilizers.
- Friday Harbor to Roche Harbor: celebrated Christmas with the church bells at Roche Harbor playing.
- Roche Harbor to Deer Harbor
- Deer Harbor to La Conner via the Swinomish Channel
- La Conner to Everett
- Everett to Port Ludlow: had a New Year's lunch with our friends from Alaska Quest Charters.
- Port Ludlow to Port Townsend: completed our shakedown cruise with lots of ideas on how to prepare the boat for the trip north to Juneau in the spring!
The proud new owners of F/V Harmony Isle!
