A decade ago, Trip Rumberger was a stockbroker and manager at Smith Barney, making a nice salary but feeling unfulfilled. So he made a change. A big change. These days, Rumberger’s not thinking about stocks, but docks — specifically, the docks at Greenway Sound Marine Resort, the marina off the remote Broughton Islands of British Columbia that Rumberger purchased [...]

Five years ago, Paul Sweeny was a regular 23-year-old, recently graduated from college and ready to embark on the rest of his life. Then on New Year’s Day of 2006, the Seattle man woke up and noticed a lump on his neck. It wasn’t sore, so Sweeny thought little of it. He was planning to [...]

For the past three years, she’s been a familiar face to members of the Northwest Marine Trade Association, with a name that’s hard to forget. But Marina Hench, the NMTA’s director of governmental affairs, now has her sights set on the other Washington. She’s leaving her position at the NMTA and will soon drive across [...]

Questions about the shipwrecked sailor rescued on Vancouver Island last week are no closer to be answered after the man was released from Canadian custody and mysteriously returned to the U.S. Keith Carver was arrested by RCMP officers at a hospital in Port McNeill, B.C., on Friday, where he was being treated after being stranded [...]

The daffodils tossed into the waters around Blakely Rock Saturday were like the person they signified—sunny, optimistic, full of promise. Sailors competing in the first race of the Center Sound Series threw the flowers into the water as they rounded the rock, the same way they do each year. The tradition is testament to the [...]

On land I’m a diligent exerciser who hits the gym regularly. Onboard I have countless reasons for not working out. My yoga mat won’t fit on the deck. There’s a coffee and book in the cockpit calling my name. Happy hour got in the way. But I didn’t bother telling any of it to Lisa [...]

Sailing can be one of the greenest activities to enjoy. But the increased complexity and size of sailboats have made sailing less environmentally friendly than it could be. In his new book “Sustainble Sailing: Go Green When You Cast Off,” Portland, Ore. author and editor Dieter Loibner explains how sailors can reduce their environmental impact and be [...]