Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

Oyster Bay fills up my backyard: My boat, Pearl, is the middle one, and we get out quite often. One thing nice about the Pacific Northwest is its mild climate. I leave Pearl out there year-round. She actually dries herself out in the rainy winter months, because the water temp. exceeds that of the air, setting up a nice convection inside her hull and leaving no place for mildew to grow (just in case you're interested).”HM

Creavolution, I used to keep my boat at the Gas Works Park Marina before I moved her out onto the Sound. Your view of the Cascades must be spectacular.”HM

RAZD, Folkboats are outstanding sail boats. The Wooden Boat Center up in Port Townsend has restored quite a few of them. Pearl is a Pearson-26 One Design. She's my all-time fav. I've had her for 9 years. Before that I had a Weatherly 32 and lived aboard for 11 years. My ex and I sailed her around Vancouver Island in 1994. I'd like to take Pearl back out to the Barkley Sound on VI's west coast before I get too old to do it.”HM

kuresu, nice to see what your grandad saw, looking out his back door in Sweden.”HM