Andiamo and the Next Chapter
There is old saying but is close to reality joke among boaters: The happiest days of a boater are the day that the boat was bought and the day the boat was sold. We can say that this was not the case with Andiamo because we really liked this tug. We moved up from our beloved Laurie Ann, a Ranger 25 (www.laurieann-ranger25.com), to the Ranger 29 for the purpose of doing the Great Loop and probably to keep it afterwards. However, we did not anticipate that we would fall in love with the live aboard lifestyle.
Andiamo was sold to a wonderful family and experienced boaters from Bellingham. The photo above is the tug leaving the Port of Everett Marina for the last time. They sold the boat to a couple in Portland, Oregon who later sold her. Last we saw her in 2024, she was at Port Ludlow, WA. So, when you see Andiamo, toot your horn, wave and meet some really great people.
Four months after returning from the Great Loop, we bought a 40 foot trawler to live aboard and to cruise the Pacific Northwest. The Kadey-Krogen 39 foot pilothouse trawler meets our needs perfectly. We sold the dirt house and moved aboard Tribute. This was the boat that had the best combination of design, engineering and workmanship. We lived aboard for 5 years and took her to Alaska and back and throughout the Salish Sea. When COVID came, we lived full time at our vacation house on Hat Island (formally called Gedney Island) in Puget Sound near Everett and sold Tribute.
We also started another chapter in boating by getting a 2012 Ranger Tug 27 that is kept on its trailer on the east coast and moved around for cruising adventures. See our website: www.captainjohngray.com for photos and a blog about those adventures. Five years later, she found a new home in Oregon. Today, we own a 1992 Camano 31, "Serendipity" a project boat that we have used the lessons we learned from the other boats to make her more comfortable and up to date.
Andiamo was sold to a wonderful family and experienced boaters from Bellingham. The photo above is the tug leaving the Port of Everett Marina for the last time. They sold the boat to a couple in Portland, Oregon who later sold her. Last we saw her in 2024, she was at Port Ludlow, WA. So, when you see Andiamo, toot your horn, wave and meet some really great people.
Four months after returning from the Great Loop, we bought a 40 foot trawler to live aboard and to cruise the Pacific Northwest. The Kadey-Krogen 39 foot pilothouse trawler meets our needs perfectly. We sold the dirt house and moved aboard Tribute. This was the boat that had the best combination of design, engineering and workmanship. We lived aboard for 5 years and took her to Alaska and back and throughout the Salish Sea. When COVID came, we lived full time at our vacation house on Hat Island (formally called Gedney Island) in Puget Sound near Everett and sold Tribute.
We also started another chapter in boating by getting a 2012 Ranger Tug 27 that is kept on its trailer on the east coast and moved around for cruising adventures. See our website: www.captainjohngray.com for photos and a blog about those adventures. Five years later, she found a new home in Oregon. Today, we own a 1992 Camano 31, "Serendipity" a project boat that we have used the lessons we learned from the other boats to make her more comfortable and up to date.
