Chug Chug Toot Toot

We have only owned Chug for about a year and never taken her on such an extended voyage.  So, the preparations continue for our trip to Alaska continue.  For his birthday last summer, I gave Barrie (with a great deal of help from Larry -- since he did all the final assembly of the partially restored boat) an 11' Boston Whaler to replace the inflatable dinghy that came with the boat.  It will be a terrific asset for day-trips exploring our surroundings.
Today Barrie and Larry worked on the lifting system for the new dinghy.  With the harness nicely balanced, it is easy to lift it to the upper deck using the boom and an electric winch.  To finalize the installation of  "Toot", I adjusted the cover I made for it last fall.  One more thing checked off the list.

The Beginning

Starting off on a grand adventure -- Chugging to Alaska on a 42' Kadey Krogen trawler.  On the northbound trip we will be traveling with our friend Larry D. and McDuff the cat.  Our friend John H. will join us in Alaska for the trip south.  We have given ourselves two months to make the round trip.  We have just two weeks before the adventure begins and have been trying to finish-up multiple projects. 

Barrie's Big Project

For the last several weeks, Barrie has been working on installing a water maker on board.  Talk about luxury -- we will have fresh water in abundance.  Today he  serviced the Webasto heater.  As you can see, we will be traveling in comfort.  My job today was to establish the blog.  Consider it done.