by Rachel | Nov 9, 2019 | Boat Projects & Improvements, Mosaic Voyage Blog
I feel like I’ve been neglecting my Mosaic Voyage duties but, honestly, there’s just not a whole lot to report on right now. The boat is in the yard at Port Townsend Shipwright’s Co-Op for her engine replacement. We hauled out on October 15th for an...
by Rachel | Oct 17, 2019 | Mosaic Voyage Blog
I must say that I really like being a short walk from the boatyard at Port Townsend Shipwright’s Co-Op where Mosaic sits getting her engine replaced. We’ve been able to go visit each afternoon to see the progress being made. Today is just the 3rd day...
by Rachel | Oct 12, 2019 | Mosaic Voyage Blog
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: For sailors, plans are written in the sand at low tide. They’re apt to change at the drop of a hat, or with a simple email. As you know if you read my last blog post, we were planning to head back down to...
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...