jamesrbush.com

Seattle, WA · 47.61° N, 122.33° W

James R. Bush

Seattle-based, a building consultant by trade, a pilot and sailor by choice. This is my little corner of the internet.

James Bush in a ball cap and blue shirt, standing on a low-slope roof with trees behind
On a roof at work. I've been on a lot of them.

About

I live in Seattle and spend my working days on buildings, mostly on keeping the Pacific Northwest weather on the outside where it belongs.

Wind and water run through everything I do. At work I'm keeping them out of buildings. On weekends I'm reading them from a cockpit, whether that's at 3,000 feet or at the helm.

Outside of work I'm finishing a master's degree, and I'm a proud dad: my daughter recently graduated and has started her own career. Most of my free time goes to two projects, one that flies and one that floats.

Interests

Cream and brown 1951 Piper Pacer taildragger parked beside a sticker-covered fuel pump, with desert mountains behind
The Pacer taking on auto fuel in Nevada.
Cream-hulled Crealock 37 sailboat Galacci Quest on a mooring in calm grey water at Blake Island
Galacci Quest on a mooring at Blake Island.

In the air

Piper PA-20 Pacer

A 1951 tube-and-fabric taildragger. I fly it for the fun of it, and the Northwest has no shortage of places worth flying to.

Year
1951
Home
Hangared at Boeing Field (KBFI)
Gear
Conventional (tailwheel)

On the water

Crealock 37

A 1979 bluewater cruiser designed by Bill Crealock, which I'm refitting one system at a time. Mexico is calling.

Name
Galacci Quest, Seattle WA
Year
1979
Status
Refit in progress
Next
South to Mexico

Now

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