by Deborah Bach
Feb 22 2012 in Currents, Environment by Deborah Bach
KUOW’s Ashley Ahern has the story: OLYMPIA, Wash. — There are more than 200 abandoned or sunken ships in Washington waters. These vessels can threaten navigation, human safety and the environment. But state agencies in the Northwest are only equipped to handle part of the problem. We tend to romanticize shipwrecks as water-logged remnants of [...]
Feb 22 2012 in Guest Dock by Everyone's Travel Club - Blog
Don’t buy a wooden boat…buy a fiberglass one and add as much wood as possible. I don’t know who said that catchy phrase, well, actually, I think it is just me saying it. Our Kingsley boat project of last week was heading over to my friends shop and working on new galley sink/trash covers [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 22 2012 in Business of Boating, Currents, Marinas, Slider by Deborah Bach
Few, if any, Northwest marinas can boast covered moorage, boat storage, a restaurant with a huge deck, a microbrewery and a bait and tackle shop all on one site. But the Narrows Marina in Tacoma will soon be able to. The marina is nearing the end of an extensive renovation that co-owner Scott Wagner said [...]
by John Vigor
Feb 21 2012 in Guest Dock by John Vigor
I AMREMINDED very forcibly now and then that while men change, and manners change,and even boats change, the sea does not. I have often heard that the best wayof riding out a gale at sea is to heave to, but this is what I read the otherday in a 1946 edition of A Manual for [...]
by Drew Smith
Feb 21 2012 in Guest Dock by Drew Smith
Soooo, once again I’ve been too busy to update the blog on anything approaching a regular basis, and now I’m left with a tonne of things to post about. It’s currently 7am on a Saturday morning, and I’ve been driven out of bed by the noise of dozens of little fish hurling themselves out of [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 21 2012 in Currents by Deborah Bach
A sailor and liveaboard was rescued last weekend after strong winds blew his boat ashore on Whidbey Island. Gill McKinstry was in his house on Sunlight Beach and looked out at Useless Bay to see a 26-foot Thunderbird, Kat’s Eyes, being blown toward shore around 7 a.m. Saturday morning. McKinstry said the boat’s sails were [...]
by Sara Johnson
Feb 19 2012 in Guest Dock by Sara Johnson
We are now back in La Paz after spending three magical weeks exploring the Sea of Cortez a hundredish miles north of here. While our To Do List Before Crossing the Pacific consumes us now, we tried to put it out of our minds during our time up north and just enjoy exploring this stunning [...]
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