http://threesheetsnw.com Three Sheets Northwest Boating News Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/cause-of-alaska-seal-deaths-a-mystery/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/cause-of-alaska-seal-deaths-a-mystery/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:10 +0000 Deborah Bach http://threesheetsnw.com/?p=22949 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 [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/cause-of-alaska-seal-deaths-a-mystery/feed/ 0 http://hookedonwoodenboats.com/howb-022-bruce-blatchley-building-62-wooden-sloop-sliver/ http://hookedonwoodenboats.com/howb-022-bruce-blatchley-building-62-wooden-sloop-sliver/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:50:04 +0000 Dan Mattson http://22.30645 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 [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/howb-022-bruce-blatchley-building-62%e2%80%b2-wooden-sloop-sliver/feed/ 0 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/boating-group-lauds-lightsquared-decision/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/boating-group-lauds-lightsquared-decision/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:53:52 +0000 Deborah Bach http://threesheetsnw.com/?p=22956 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/boating-group-lauds-lightsquared-decision/feed/ 1 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/capn-fatty-goodlander-among-speakers-at-port-townsend-event/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/capn-fatty-goodlander-among-speakers-at-port-townsend-event/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:42 +0000 Deborah Bach http://threesheetsnw.com/?p=22940 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, [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/capn-fatty-goodlander-among-speakers-at-port-townsend-event/feed/ 0 http://www.navagear.com/2012/02/15/flirs-newest-m-series-thermal-imaging-camera-gyro-stabilized/ http://www.navagear.com/2012/02/15/flirs-newest-m-series-thermal-imaging-camera-gyro-stabilized/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:53:10 +0000 Tim http://22.30613 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 [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/flirs-newest-m-series-thermal-imaging-camera-gyro-stabilized/feed/ 0 http://windborneinpugetsound.blogspot.com/2012/02/nautical-charts-puget-sound.html http://windborneinpugetsound.blogspot.com/2012/02/nautical-charts-puget-sound.html#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:24:00 +0000 Bob Salnick http://22.30604 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/nautical-charts-puget-sound/feed/ 0 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/wooden-boat-documentary-charlotte-on-friday-at-center-for-wooden-boats/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/wooden-boat-documentary-charlotte-on-friday-at-center-for-wooden-boats/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:55 +0000 Deborah Bach http://threesheetsnw.com/?p=22913 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 [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/wooden-boat-documentary-charlotte-on-friday-at-center-for-wooden-boats/feed/ 1 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/nigel-calder-peeks-into-the-future-of-your-boats-engine-and-you-may-be-surprised-what-he-sees/ http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/nigel-calder-peeks-into-the-future-of-your-boats-engine-and-you-may-be-surprised-what-he-sees/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:25 +0000 Deborah Bach http://threesheetsnw.com/?p=22890 What’s the future of efficient, lower-cost propulsion on your boat? The answer, according to author and marine systems expert Nigel Calder, may lie in part with that trusty old diesel engine you’ve already got. Calder, who sat down with Three Sheets Northwest during the recent Seattle Boat Show, has spent several decades working to improve [...]]]> http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/nigel-calder-peeks-into-the-future-of-your-boats-engine-and-you-may-be-surprised-what-he-sees/feed/ 0 http://johnvigor.blogspot.com/2012/02/need-for-name.html http://johnvigor.blogspot.com/2012/02/need-for-name.html#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:04:00 +0000 John Vigor http://22.30601 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/the-need-for-a-name/feed/ 0 http://schooneradventuress.blogspot.com/2012/02/this-weekend-volunteer-on-adventuress.html http://schooneradventuress.blogspot.com/2012/02/this-weekend-volunteer-on-adventuress.html#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:11:00 +0000 Zach Simonson-Bond http://22.30595 http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2012/02/this-weekend-volunteer-on-adventuress/feed/ 0