IT FLOATS!

Warren started working on The Boat this spring when Phil and Rachel got back to Homer. The family got a quick tour one afternoon when he was dropping off his tool trailer. The engine room is an amazing feat of engineering and so shiny and clean.

Warren showing where the solar panels are going to go on the flying bridge. It also has wind turbines and generators when all else fails.

Rachel has done an amazing job with the decorating. The inside just blows you away, between Warren's wood work and the interior design she and Phil put together, it is truly amazing.

Looking from the living room toward the bridge, galley on the left and wet bar on the right. All the interior wood is solid walnut Warren milled and finished.

The floor is walnut and ash strips. The stairs to the staterooms is at the far end of the wet bar. Rachel made all the drapes, cushions and mattresses.

Wet bar

Galley

Stateroom

Shower door detail

Sunbathing on top deck

June 15 was a low tide, minus 4.3, so that was the day to get the Miss Anne Marie in the water. Warren called and I took our kids, plus a few extra, out on our boat to watch. We had to wait for the tide to get high enough to float her off the trailer.

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

Time to tow

There she goes!

Free!

They still have some work to do, getting the water system up and running and a few other details. Phil ran her around and tied up in the harbor, it looks huge next to the dock. They are living on the boat until it is finished and the plan, for now, is to run it down to Seattle by this fall.

Warren is an amazingly talented man. For those who may not know, Warren started working on this boat when Emerald was about 6 months old. He fiberglassed the hull and had a hand in just about every part of the building. It was a great project to work on and he loved having a place to showcase some of his best work. He learned so much and we have been incredibly blessed to get a chance to work with Phil and Rachel.