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Tarooki in her new slip

Had a great 2 day sail from Port Townsend to Port of Everett via Port Ludlow. Wind 15 knots gusting 20 from the NNW pushed us along nicely with single reefed main and poled out Jib. At one point we were hitting 8-9 knots for several minutes! After rounding Whidbey, 2 easy tacks put us on a direct co...

Spent the weekend going through the boat out in Port Townsend. Managed to run the engine for a good while and change the oil/filters —Discovered a small leak from what appears to be the rear main seal in the process so engine will need to come out (damn) Scheduled to launch on Friday (the 13th 😬) to...

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Forward Starboard chainplate angle

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Daylight seen between bulkhead and coachroof

Went out to Port Townsend today to do a few things on the boat. She’s in a non-working storage yard right now so I was somewhat limited. Having her moved to the working yard next Friday to service the engine and systems then will be sailing her to Everett where she will be hauled out onto my trailer...

Just purchased west coast Triton 370 “Tarooki” in Port Townsend Washington with the intent of doing a “Bluewater on a budget” refit. Wanted to start a thread to get fellow enthusiasts familiar with my project. She had a TON of work done between 1996-2006 but has since been on the hard. Some of the m...