Rowena
| Vessel Name: | Rowena |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Formosa Yankee clipper 41' |
| Hailing Port: | Portland, Oregon |
| Crew: | Ray McCracken and Alicia Watkins |
| About: | After acquiring the boat last December we have been working steadily at restoring and preparing her for our voyage south and beyond! |
| Extra: | Rowena was a Top Sail Square Rig Ketch, set up by her former owner Captain William Larson (original captain of the Lady Washington). |
10 November 2017
Let’s do this
Recently we have had several friends who have left on great adventures and we have been reading sailblogs.
11 November 2013 | Portland OR
Propane Vain
One of the many amazing features of our particular boat is that back couch. Along the stern of the boat is a couch spanning the full width of the boat. When I look at it all I see is potential.
04 November 2013 | Portland OR
Current Events
With the cold rainy weather upon us Ray has upped the productivity. In the last two weeks this boat has really become a home. Below is a list of what we've done:
24 October 2013 | Mcquire Point, Columbia River
And we're stuck!
On a high from our fabulous weekend with SIYC we had a few problems....
20 October 2013 | East Dock, Government Island
SIYC Halloween Cruise
Great weekend with new friends of Sauvie Island Yacht Club. 16 Boats arrived, most of which have seen extensive cruising... inspiring us! The theme was Halloween and Alicia was extremely excited to dress us both up for the event. We carved pumpkins and donned our best 'homemade' pirate attire, arrrr.. we were ready to party! The spread what long distinguished, including a meatloaf foot with beacon bandage and onion toe nails. Overall an amazing weekend with wonderful folks. We look forward to more events with the SIYC.
Current Events
1.) The starboard water tank has been removed and replaced, lost a few gallons but it has no leaks so I think we came out on top. There were 5 holes in the old one.
2) The oven now works, it's glorious to be able to bake! We tested it with a batch of cookies that made the boat smell amazing for days.
3) Bought and mounted a 12V TV that we found with a built in DVD player. With an antenna outside we have quite a few channels. Now we are ready for Downton Abbey this winter :)
4) Found a dodger at the local chandlery that was a bit big, but with Ray's amazing skills bent and changed the frame, then did a bit of sewing and ta-da! We have a dodger!
5) One of the dirties job of all, the shower bilge was leaking. Ray tore into it and cleaned it all up fixing the leak.
Highlights:
Oven for Alicia
Dodger for Ray
TV for Both of us!
We attended our first SIYC meeting, the topic was places to anchor along the Columbia River. It was wonderful, what an amazing group of people! We plan to attend the Thanksgiving cruise Nov 16th-17th, this will be our last event before induction to the Yacht Club.
Overall, it's been a busy few weeks. We have been doing projects and buying DVD's :) We are not yet in the habit of weekly blog posing but hope to be soon!
Ray, Alicia & Matilda (dog)
