The owners approached me about bringing this 1970 power boat down from Port Townsend to PDX. After seeing the survey I was concerned about weather situations. We had a weather window to get down the coast.
We tried to leave port townsend but only made it to port angeles as the one of the engines was over heating, then the starboard gear box went out.
After having a mechanic fix the boat, we tried again. It was quite calm and we made good time while also having really good fuel economy.
One of my crew, myself, and the owner delivered this really nice tollycraft from Port Angeles to LA area. Crew and I trained and bused up to the boat which took all day. We departed the next day early in the morning. That afternoon I noticed that the back stern wall was moving from the weight of the dinghy and the way that the davits were installed.
We set into neah bay in some calm water and tied up to one of my friends boat to inflate the dinghy and then restrain the davits with amsteel to the stern cleats. Took a little over a week to get to LA, had some really rough days in southern oregon where we only made about 100 miles over two days. We also caught two tuna on my hand lines.
In northern california we had one of the pedestal seats fail and threw me into a table. Fortunately the table was easy to move so it broke my fall. We set into Eureka for an evening of repairs. Then after leaving the next day we had a coolant register down by the galley that sprung a leak it drained the engine of coolant so we had to shut it down. Fortunately we could close the ball valves on the register and had enough coolant and onboard water to get us going again.
Once we arrived in LA gave the owner some training on getting in and out of his slip. This will be a great boat for getting to catalina.
I was hired for an afternoon to captain this beautiful ted geary motor yacht out of gig harbor.
The owners want to run her as 12 pac charter boat. So I contacted the USCG and setup an appointment for the owners to pursue their 12 pac on this boat.
She was built in the 1930’s and has a ton of history in the PNW.
I hope I get to spend more time on this beautiful vessel.
