Anacortes

We got to the boat early to meet with Danny from North Harbour Diesel. He is going to install our new hawse pipes in the stern. Fred had them made over the winter. One cannot just go to the store and buy these to fit an older boat. We had them chromed (made from brass) and they look very good. They are a bit smaller that the ones already on the boat, but overall looks good. We got Danny set up and then the Ship Shape folks showed up to finish waxing the boat and shampoo the carpets. We had to empty part of the lazerette for the hawse pipe guy to have access to put reinforcement in the transom for the new pipes. We decided to head north to Bellingham . We heard it a very pretty and interesting town. The rain held off as we wandered “ Old Town ”. They have numerous interesting stores and restaurants. We had a great lunch and drove around a bit. They have a very nice Amtrak station and a ferry terminal. We got back to the boat about 3 PM. One hawse pipe was completed and the carpets look great. We think we will check out of the motel tomorrow and finally move aboard Aquila .