Hello Fellow Boaters,

It may have come to your attention that our blog postings has slowed to a near stop. While it is the season to take a trip away from the dock and we have fewer folks around the Marina some of us have been just run out of time and ideas.   I am speaking for myself at this moment.  I would really like to see more posts, if you value the blog as means of communication please join in.  This site sat dormant for along time, years in fact.

Please post.  You can tell about a recent experience, ideas and even questions.

By the way, Shilshole Prepares has had a major  shift in the force behind it in the last month.  Jim Doub has moved to Edmonds Marina with his lovely Sharon.  He has a few days a month here at Shilshole while his liveaboard status is confirmed at Edmonds, but he felt it was time to let others take over the program he helped to shape and care for.  If you know Jim then you know he is a hard man to keep up with.  The quality of his work and his heart will be sorely missed.  Thank you, Jim for all that you did to keep us prepared.

The Liveaboard Association’s Board has assumed the task of maintaining the Shilshole Prepares page of the Shilshole Blog.  Meetings with City of Seattle and other agencies, up dates and drill as well as information will handled by the various board members, however we could use some additional people to help out.

Volunteering is a little like orienteering  there are obstacles, but please don’t that worry you.  It is worth it and you might even have fun!

Warren Buck with the President

All of us know the President was in town last week. It is a good bet that few of us knows anyone who meet the President when he was in town. As it happens,
one of our fellow live aboard tenants did just that. His wife Cate Buck arranged for him to meet the President. Warren Buck is a distinguished Physics Professor at the UW.  Soon to be retired. He was recently appointed to the Board of Regents of William and Mary University in the State of Virginia. Way to go Warren! I have known Warren and Cate for a couple of years now and I have to say they really are a Dynamic Duo.

On June 11, 2016  we at Shilshole Liveaboard Association celebrated the life style and life choices we have made by participating in National Marina Day here at Shilshole Bay Marina.  A Tour of Four Liveaboard Boats was staged at H-Dock for the benefit of the general public.  The objective was to share what it is like to be a liveaboard.  To make our community as liveaboards  more retentive in the City of Seattle. We welcomed the public to our homes, talk to an home/boat owner and to experience what it is to live aboard a boat.

I want to personally thank those who offered there boats to be toured:  Ned Kohlhauff   SV Bristol Blue,  Jim and Sharon Doub SV The Neighborhood, Kirk Utter SV Teaser II,  and Fred Felleman MV Leschi.  I would like to thank the Staff of Shilshole Bay Marina and the Marina Day Committee, you made the day a big success.

There were many new liveaboards who visited the booth I manned to answer questions about the Shilshole Liveaboard Association.  To all of you welcome to Shilshole.  Please come the Dock Captain’s Meeting on Tuesday June 14 at CYC .  It starts at 6 pm and goes to 8 pm.

Lastly,  I asked at least 3 of the boat owners who participated how many people came aboard their boat.  The answer varied.  Ned on Bristol Blue said he stopped counting at 70 something.  People reportedly came in groups 5-10.  They started wanting to come aboard before the start time of 12 noon,  but they did stop around 4:30 pm.

I will conclude this by saying next year we will likely have a tour again.  Think about bringing  your boat over to H-Dock.  It is fun and it does help the public understand who we are.

Fair Winds,

Kristen Sierra

SV Bristol Blue