by Rachel | Sep 24, 2019 | Budget, Mosaic Voyage Blog
Yep. You read that right. Today, we spent $14,000. On what, you might ask? Well …. we’re going to be putting a new engine into Mosaic! Sadly, $14,000 is only the downpayment. HA! The grand total for the project is expected to run us about twice that....
by Rachel | Aug 28, 2019 | Mosaic Voyage Blog
A month’s gone past since the day we almost caught the boat on fire. I figure it’s time for an update on the blog with all we went through to get the boat back to functional, and everything we’ve been up to since getting settled back into cruising. So, yes, first of...
by Rachel | Aug 16, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
Swantown Marina in Olympia has sort of become our home away from home. We spent a week there at the end of June and then ended up spending nearly 3 weeks there from the end of July on into August. Swantown is a very nice marina and, in fact, is/was our number one...
by Rachel | Aug 14, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
We spent a weekend anchored in Oro Bay on Anderson Island in the south sound in June 2019. The inner part of Oro Bay is very well sheltered and offers good holding for anchorage. I guess this inner bay is also known as Vega Bay. The channel to get into the inner bay...
by Rachel | Aug 12, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
We stayed at Breakwater Marina in Tacoma for a few nights after our stay at Blake Island. We had tried to get a slip reservation to go hang out with our friends at Foss Harbor Marina, but they didn’t have any slips available. As it was, the slip that we got at...
by Rachel | Jul 28, 2019 | Mosaic Voyage Blog
Today, we nearly caught our beloved boat on fire. Yep, read that again … and imagine the terror coursing through our veins at seeing billowing smoke and diving to grab the fire extinguisher. Let me back up just a bit. We arrived in Olympia last Wednesday...
by Rachel | Jul 19, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
After leaving Elliot Bay Marina in Seattle, we sailed to Blake Island Marine State Park. We had heard that this was one of the most popular of the marine state parks and a fantastic stop for a visit. We left Seattle on a Tuesday evening, planning to get to Blake...
by Rachel | Jul 17, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
After arriving in the Puget Sound from our starting point down in Portland Oregon, we landed at Port Townsend just for a couple nights, but then opted to head down to Elliot Bay Marina in Seattle to stage up for a few weeks while we worked through the logistics of...
by Rachel | Jul 15, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
After our ocean passage from Astoria and our previous home on the Columbia River, our first port of call was Port Townsend. We stopped and stayed for two nights at Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend and thoroughly enjoyed our time there. We arrived at 8pm on a...
by Rachel | Jul 13, 2019 | Cruiser's Review, Mosaic Voyage Blog
I’m going to do a quick cruiser’s review on a few of the places we’ve visited in the past couple months but am behind on for posting about. First up: Astoria’s West Basin Marina. This marina is a bit tricky to enter, or at least it can be, due...
