by Deborah Bach
Feb 17 2012 in Environment, Slider by Deborah Bach
Scientists in Alaska are trying to determine what has killed and sickened more than 130 seals since the summer, but say they don’t think radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant is to blame. Since mid-July, more than 60 dead and more than 75 diseased seals, most of them ring seals, have turned up in the [...]
by Dan Mattson
Feb 16 2012 in Guest Dock by Dan Mattson
PODCAST SHOW NOTES – Episode #22 Interview – Bruce Blatchley, instructor NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding This week I interviewed master shipwright and instructor Bruce Blatchley. Bruce spent a lot of time on the water in canoes as a kid on the east coast. After high school, military service, college, mountain guiding, rock climbing, and [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 16 2012 in Business of Boating, Currents by Deborah Bach
BoatUS is among those lauding the Federal Communications Commision’s decision Tuesday to revoke conditional approval of a proposal cellular network that could interfere with GPS signals. The decision against private company LightSquared came after the U.S. Commerce Department advised the FCC that “there are no mitigation strategies” that could prevent interference with GPS signals if [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 16 2012 in Announcements, Currents by Deborah Bach
Celebrated cruiser and author Cap’n Fatty Goodlander will be making a rare appearance in the Northwest next month when he joins more than 25 boating experts speaking at the second annual Spring Boating Symposium in Port Townsend. To be held at the Northwest Maritime Center campus and adjoining Point Hudson Marina March 16 to 18, [...]
by Tim
Feb 15 2012 in Guest Dock by Tim
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Wouldn’t one of these little R2-D2 units look great on top of my boat? The big news with this unit, the M-618S, is the gyro-stabilization. In a bouncy lightweight boat (like mine!), that feature could really enhance the camera’s usability. Particularly in demanding conditions where every [...]
by Bob Salnick
Feb 15 2012 in Guest Dock by Bob Salnick
A substantial number of people come to this blog in search of nautical (sometimes they call them “depth”) charts of Puget Sound. And while it is true that I have made many chart excerpts here to cover detailed destinations of interest, I do not have a collection of full-sized charts available. But NOAA does. The [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 15 2012 in Currents by Deborah Bach
The Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle will provide what promises to be a fascinating glimpse into the wooden boat world this Friday night through a screening of the documentary “Charlotte.” The film chronicles daily life at the Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway boatyard on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and the construction of a 50-foot gaff-rigged schooner named [...]
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