The Adventures of Shatoosh and Pashmina

Shatoosh, an Albin 25 HN 1124, and Pashmina, a 9 foot Porta Bote have cruised over 8,500nm on 70 navigable waterways in the California Delta, the Columbia, Snake, Willamette Rivers and the Salish Sea of Washington and British Columbia. In 2011 they crossed the Columbia River bar to cruise the Washington coast and in 2012 they replicated Peter Puget's 1792 exploration of the southern waters of Puget Sound. In 2015 and 2016 the boats were sold. In 2018 Shatoosh was sold again and is in AZ.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pashmina Goes Beddy-Bye

After last night with the Sea Lion looking for salmon, my dock neighbors were bright eyed and bushy tailed awakening me at 0530 hrs. They were weigh-laid a bit as they had to pull large pieces of wood from their jet pump drive. I had noticed it last week after they were out and thought it funny they didn't tend to it. Then a few minutes after they had arrived and gotten things stowed I heard, " Holy S..t". I sat up in bed and saw them turning the boat around in the slip where for 30 minutes they extricated the wood pieces. Off they went in search of the salmon.

Pashmina gets stowed on the cabin trunk for a while, as we will put her in the cockpit when traveling up to Clarkston, Wa. I didn't take the floor slats out, so it is rather bulky.