The Westlake Pirates

We've moved the blog over to Movable Type, because Kristin promises me that it's much better than Pivot, and to boot she got a free copy through some complicated story involving having good timing on some deals they had and such.

The old entries (and comments) are still here, but some need to be gone through manually to fix things like all the links to pictures... if you find any broken links or missing images, let us know. The layout and other such stuff will be upgraded in the near term as well.

Plus Kristin promises she's going to blog like twenty times more often than she was prior to this upgrade.

Posted by Steve at 10:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

We're in the midst of the most violent windstorm Seattle has seen in about seven years. We've had sustained winds in the 20-30 mph range, with gusts into the 55-65mph range around town. Here at the boat we're somewhat sheltered due to Queen Anne Hill and the large houseboat next door, so the weather station has been recording sustained winds in the 10-20 mph range with gusts up to about 35 mph. It's an incredible sight to see whitecaps frothing on the Lake and tarps being bandied about like fallen leaves.

Jasper has been anxiously pacing the boat since 4 am, less-than-thrilled by the wind whistling through the sailboat rigging all around us. The howling of the wind, groaning of the lines, and rattling of cables and accessories has given everything a somewhat eerie ambience, as if we're in the middle of a haunted house with a floor that is constantly pitching and yawing. The boats on the outside slips are pitching to and fro like small bath toys in the hands of an excited two-year-old. It's times like these that having an inside spot is very advantageous.

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Posted by Steve at 12:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)