Seven thirty am was far too early to arrive on the water to float about at that most quintessential of northwest summer events: Seafair, with its culmination of its events: the hydroplane races and the Blue Angles. It was cloudy, cool and threatened drizzle. After three hours on the water with a scant sighting of […]
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Rick exclaimed after a dinner of fish and chips at the “One Eyed Crab” that he would pay up to $200 to stay in a hotel that night. He only had to pay eighty and to the four of us the two double beds seemed to be acres of mattress compared to the boat. Morning […]
I will let Rick go into detail about seasickness, how to suffer and hopefully prevent it at a later blog. For the sake of narrative it picked up as we left Destruction Island. Nighttime on a small boat is a disorientating experience. Combined with the effects of the first few days of sea the mix, […]
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Baby is Born
Well. I am now 10 days into my journey of fatherhood. I have done a lot of fantastic things in my life, but becoming a dad is by far the coolest thing that has happened to me so far. Coming out of the child birth experience, I now have a deeper respect for the female […]
A hearty congratulations to teammate Adam Kreek & his wife Becca on their brand new baby boy! Born Thursday 7/22/10 at 12:20 a.m., the new tyke comes in at a lean 4106g (about 9lb) & 52cm (20.5in) but already appears to have well-formed deltoids and lats, prime boat moving muscles. No official word yet from […]