nwboater
Senior Member
Born in LA, raised in So Cal with a life changing sojourn in Guadalajara, Mexico. Earned advanced degrees in city and regional planning but made a career as a filmmaker, producing documentaries and dramas for PBS and the Discovery Networks. Married for 45 years, we have three adult children and 3 grand kids.
Got involved with boating in 1993 when we moved to Seattle from Los Angeles. The Seattle gig allowed me time to discover boating and the outdoor wonders of the Pacific Northwest. Unlike Marin, I loved living in Seattle and still do. However, today I'm happily retired on Whidbey Island where we've owned a small hotel for the past 12 years.
My first boat was a 30' classic Monk cruiser (1941), followed by a quirky Cruise-A-Home which we used as a house boat for weekend trip into Seattle. In 2007 we bought Northstar, a 40 foot Willard trawler. In 2013 we cruised the Inside Passage from Anacortes to SE Alaska, taking in all the sights including, Glacier Bay and venturing out to Sitka on Baranof Island. Last year we bought a 24' diesel motorhome and toured the US, our first "non-boating" summer in 15 years! In January we're driving the RV down to Baja for the winter, then back to boating in the Spring and summer. It's been a good life lived with a good wife.
Got involved with boating in 1993 when we moved to Seattle from Los Angeles. The Seattle gig allowed me time to discover boating and the outdoor wonders of the Pacific Northwest. Unlike Marin, I loved living in Seattle and still do. However, today I'm happily retired on Whidbey Island where we've owned a small hotel for the past 12 years.
My first boat was a 30' classic Monk cruiser (1941), followed by a quirky Cruise-A-Home which we used as a house boat for weekend trip into Seattle. In 2007 we bought Northstar, a 40 foot Willard trawler. In 2013 we cruised the Inside Passage from Anacortes to SE Alaska, taking in all the sights including, Glacier Bay and venturing out to Sitka on Baranof Island. Last year we bought a 24' diesel motorhome and toured the US, our first "non-boating" summer in 15 years! In January we're driving the RV down to Baja for the winter, then back to boating in the Spring and summer. It's been a good life lived with a good wife.