Feb 5 2012 in Boat Show 2012 by Marty McOmber
One of the best things about the Seattle Boat Show is stumbling across some item, service or display that makes you stop in your tracks. I’m not talking about the big, shiny boats, but those smaller treasures that you might otherwise overlook if you walk by too fast. Over the past few days, the crew of [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 3 2012 in Boat Show 2012, Business of Boating by Deborah Bach
World debuts of boats are not uncommon in places like Florida and Europe, but that’s not the case in Seattle. So the world debut of Boston Whaler’s 285 Conquest Pilothouse, the company’s first pilothouse design, at the Seattle Boat Show is a fairly notable event. The boat was officially unveiled on the show’s opening day [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 2 2012 in Boat Show 2012 by Deborah Bach
Boaters can win big at the Seattle Boat Show tomorrow night during the inaugural Big Deal Friday, when prizes worth more than $10,000 are up for grabs. Showgoers can pick up a Big Deal Friday entry form at any show entrance from 3 p.m. on. Starting at 5 p.m. and continuing until the show closes at [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 2 2012 in Boat Show 2012, Currents, People by Deborah Bach
Just seven months after he started learning to sail, Iraq War vet Ronnie Simpson set out on an attempt to sail solo around the world, only to lose his rudder, his boat and everything he owned eight days into the trip. But that didn’t deter Simpson. Hardly. He bought a bike, cycled 9,000 miles across [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 2 2012 in Boat Show 2012, Business of Boating, History by Deborah Bach
It started in 1947 as an idea by a group of marine businessmen looking for a way to promote boating and make a buck during the post-World War II economic slump. In March that year, the first Seattle Boat Show was held under a tent across from Bryant’s Marina on Lake Union. Sixty-five years later, [...]
Feb 1 2012 in Business of Boating, Destinations, Marinas by Marty McOmber
If you haven’t been to the Port of Anacortes’ Cap Sante Boat Haven in a while, you’ve got some catching up to do. Lots of new things to see and do at a location that really is a perfect place to start a cruise of the nearby San Juan islands and beyond. But if you don’t want to wait – or navigate [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 1 2012 in Boat Show 2012, Business of Boating, Environment by Deborah Bach
Four Washington boatyards recently became the first to be certified under a new program that aims to help protect Puget Sound from water-borne pollutants. Cap Sante Marine in Anacortes, Seaview and Canal boatyards in Seattle and Swantown Marina and Boatworks in Olympia were certified as “clean” under the new Certified Boatyard Program, run by the [...]
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