Archive for January, 2010
The Great Seattle Boat Show
So if you live anywhere in the Puget Sound area media market my post title has just set off that cursed jingle from the commercials in your head where you won’t be able to shake it off until sometime in March. You’re welcome!
It’s that time of year again, though, and everyone is getting excited about [...]
An Early Spring
As is typical in boating, our practices this winter didn’t follow the plans made in the fall. We had imagined we would be out sailing more, nearly as frequently as during the summer, rather than house-sitting and splitting our time commuting between boat and house. We didn’t spend much time winterizing, imagining we would be [...]
Full StoryThe kindness of Canadians
I’m not saying Americans aren’t kind, particularly here in the Pacific Northwest (where we have something of a reputation for altruism, at least, if not strictly kindness), and certainly not among or around boaters and marina workers we have encountered, who are with very few exceptions complete gems and entertaining to be around in the [...]
Full StoryLong Shots
The mariners of yore had it easy; oh, sure, the boats were frail and wooden, the weather was unpredictable and the waters uncharted… but did they ever have to try to pull in a wireless Internet signal from five miles out?
There are still sailors, of course, who hold to a philosophy of austerity, spurning fancy [...]
Grey Havens
The docks are a cold and forlorn place this time of year, grey and wet and whipped by unfriendly winds. It’s a far cry from summer, with people wandering up and back, voices and music always in the air, the sound of power tools and laughter carrying across the water on the weekends. There are [...]
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