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 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 [...]
Nov 23 2011 in Environment, Gear locker by Marty McOmber
BoatUS recently sent out the following release about the effects of ultra-low-sulfur diesel on marine engines. The upshot — there are a few problems, but not as many as initially feared. Here’s what the researchers found: As a way to reduce particulate matter, ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD), with only 15 ppm or less of sulfur, was mandated for [...]
by Deborah Bach
Nov 15 2011 in Food & Drink, Life Afloat by Deborah Bach
If anyone should know about cooking salmon, it’s LaDonna and Ole Gundersen. The couple has fished Alaska salmon for 24 years and typically dine on the iconic Northwest fish about five times a week, sometimes twice a day. As chief deckhand and cook on their 32-foot boat, LaDonna Rose, LaDonna has churned out literally thousands of salmon meals over [...]
by Deborah Bach
Nov 11 2011 in Currents, Marinas by Deborah Bach
Very few people have visited close to 140 marinas in the Northwest in a single season, but Mark Bunzel has. Bunzel, the new owner of Waggoner Cruising Guide, traveled some 1800 miles over the summer boating season and visited most major marinas from Olympia to Ketchikan. He knows a few things about what boaters want, [...]
Oct 7 2011 in Gear locker, On Watch by Marty McOmber
I have no idea if Steve Jobs ever stepped foot on a boat (and if he did, whether he liked it). But I do know that Apple’s iPhone, and increasingly the iPad, are fast becoming indispensible tools aboard boats here in the Northwest and around the world. Just hours before news of Job’s untimely death [...]
by Tim
Sep 8 2011 in Gear locker, Guest Dock by Tim
In his enduring quest for a perfect AIS system, Navagears’ Tim Flanagan takes a trip to a Ballard company that makes antennas for the commercial fishing industry and uncovers a local gem that all of us recreational boaters should consider.
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