Étude - The Travels of Mary Anne and Steve

My faithful readers have read about Étude but may have never seen inside. That’s easily rectified.

This is the master berth, or “stateroom” as Nordic Tug would like me to call it. That seems a bit over the top for a forty-foot boat.

We are looking aft along the companionway. The guest berth is to starboard and the head, with shower, to port. No photo of the berth because it’s a mess. The head is too small to get a good photo.

Looking forward towards the pilothouse from the saloon (pronounced “salon”). The engine room is accessed via the two carpeted hatches.

Looking aft at the galley to starboard and saloon to port. Of course on a boat of this size it’s all the same place! The settee converts into a double bed.

The Zephyr at rest hanging on her electric-powered davit.

We left the Broughtons and their elusive bears behind this morning. We cast off from Lagoon Cove just before sunrise in order to have the current with us. This made for a satisfyingly quick journey to Blind Channel, but not a smooth one. The wind gusting to 30 knots behind us created an annoying effect in the rapids off Hardwicke Island. By the time things calmed down I felt like I’d been in a washing machine. Not dangerous, but concerning because we’ve read stories of folks getting caught in the Johnstone Strait in dire conditions. Fortunately, the Dire-o-meter never rose above concerning today.