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 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 12 2012 in Boat Show 2012 by Deborah Bach
Having a presence at the Seattle Boat Show this year for the first time was a terrific experience. It was exhausting, cranking out stories and trying to be at our kiosk as much as possible each day, but it was invigorating in a way I hadn’t expected. Marty and I walked out of the show [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 9 2012 in Boat Show 2012, History by Deborah Bach
A couple of weeks ago, I stopped by the Northwest Marine Trade Association’s office to go through their Seattle Boat Show photo archives. I was looking for old photos to run with our story about the show and the association’s 65th anniversary and figured I’d find some good ones. But it was better than [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 7 2012 in Boat Show 2012, Gear locker by Deborah Bach
One of the more interesting products we saw at the Seattle Boat Show was the flexible, super-thin, lightweight solar panels made by Italian company Solbian. The Solbianflex Solar Panels, which were at the show for the first time this year, are about as thin as a flexible cutting board and weigh between 1.76 and 5.17 pounds, [...]
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 [...]
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