At the end of last year we were seriously considering selling the boat.
The issues with the skiff were very disappointing and the pain Jim was having with his hip was making any boat maintenance almost impossible.
In December Jim got a new hip and is very pleased with the results and is once again able to crawl around the engine room pain free. Although it seems he might need a new knee soon! But that is for another day.
The next thing is we decided was to get a new engine for the skiff. No more trying to fix – repair – tune up – fiddle around with that old miserable pain in the neck of a skiff engine. We were able to get the new engine ordered and delivered before all the tariff silliness.
Jim has been very busy with cleaning and maintenance of the boat this year now that he is pain free. The boat looks great !
Key was very disappointed when we told him we were thinking of selling the boat. He said we should not sell it but keep it for him. He will take it when he’s older. We have been bringing him to the boat since he was a toddler.
We spent a couple of nights on the boat with Key. We didn’t leave the dock but we had a great time. And we took the skiff out for a test run up the river.
We have decided to leave when we are ready. No fixed date to panic about. And we will go north at the pace we want. We have decided to go around Vancouver Island this year. We enjoyed the trip around two years ago but the skiff problems prevented us from enjoying some of the areas like The Broken Group.
We came to the boat last night. Usually we come early in the day but we were not able to get to the boat until after 7 pm. And the tide was high ! That was such a bonus ! Usually we are unloading the car and the tide is out as far as possible! Last night the ramp was almost level with the high tide !
We are not leaving today. The wind is still up a bit. But we will organize and settle in and the plan is to leave tomorrow morning
Phoenix Hunter 1985 
Everything is headed in the right direction for a great summer on the boat!
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Pam,
I’m guessing you pushed off today. Weather was cool in AM and sunny most of the day. Hope it all went well. Glad to hear that Jim is able to crawl where he needs to go with no pain. Lilly looks very relaxed about it all. I’ll bet Key would like to make the journey with you. It’s be a few years before he take possession of the boat.
We had a good COPS today. Thirteen of us there. Carol not well so didn’t make it.
Gerry and I go to Comox on Monday, then Tuesday go aboard the Aurora Explorer. This year we go into Desolation Sound. Hopefully sunny weather for most of it, altho there is some rain forecasted. Never know where it will hit.
The Oilers lost tonite. They need to win the next 2 game – possible but not probable.
I like the photos. Key is getting to be a big boy.
Trudy
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