MV Main Attraction pictured above (top) & MV Bowhaus pictured above (bottom)


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We are friends who share a love of boating~~Doug, Margie, Ginnie, Torben & Chester (our 5 year old Havanese, pictured in Ginnie's lap) on Main Attraction, a 56 foot Navigator, and Margi & Doug on Bowhaus, a 36 foot Grand Banks. From mid-May through mid-August 2016, we are embarking on the longest cruise of our life times. This is the summer of our Grand Alaskan Adventure. We've been planning for months and now we are ready!

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

OUR LAST DAY. HOME SWEET HOME TOMORROW

We left Genoa Bay on Monday, cleared customs in Roche Harbor and will be here until tomorrow AM when Main Attraction heads back to its home port in Seattle, Elliott Bay Marina, and Bowhaus goes to Oak Harbor to spend some time with friends.  G&T's son, Gene, and his girlfriend, Amanda, joined us on Monday. Friends Mike and Eryn, and their daughter, Maezy, arrived on their boat   yesterday.                  
      
As our Grand Alaska Adventure comes to an end,  here are some statistics for Main Attraction based upon tomorrow's return date.  Bowhaus' stats will be slightly different. 


  • Departure date: (from Elliott Bay Marina):  May 12
  • Miles traveled:  2,283
  • Gallons of diesel used:  1,338
  • Gallons per mile;  0.58
  • Gallons per hour:  7.18
  • Cruising hours:  318
  • Marina nights (with power & water): 73
  • Primitive dock nights (no power or water): 7  
  • Nights at anchor: 14
  • Return date: August 18
  • Nights on the boat: 95

 GPS shows Main Attraction crossing the USA Canada boarder
 Bowhaus (ahead) across the boarder.  Main Attraction just crossing.  

Gene and Amanda in Roche Harbor
 
Ginnie's Mojitos on Monday were made with the last of our glacial ice from the LaConte Glacier









Party on the dock Tuesday night--a seafood feast featuring oysters, clams and prawns from Wescott Bay.  Gene and Doug took the dinghy over to pick them up.  Margi and Eryn made yummy salads.  

Mike enjoys a beautiful sunset  
The evening was topped off with this awesome moonrise    


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