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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, My Boat | SV Aquila, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 1 day, 7 hours ago

    ThumbnailWhen J. Foster Fanning and Catherine Brown set eyes on their 1988 S-2 9.2C, they were immediately taken. They loved the 30-foot boat’s trailerability and its well-equipped interior, which includes a full V-berth, […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Coupleville celebrates ties to water, laments damage from boat, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 1 day, 13 hours ago

    Reporter Emily Heffter has the story in the Seattle Times:

    COUPEVILLE, Whidbey Island — The Front Street Grill rolled out a new menu two weeks ago that offers — count them — 11 ways to prepare Penn Cove […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Hot rods and boats at Tacoma Yacht Club this Sunday, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 2 days, 16 hours ago

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    Whether you’re into wheels or keels, you can check out both this Sunday during the Tacoma Yacht Club’s tour of boats and classic cars.

    Visitors are invited to walk the docks at the club’s headquarters […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, One dead, two rescued after boat capsizes, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 2 days, 17 hours ago

    One person died and two were rescued Friday afternoon when a boat capsized near Sucia Island.

    The three males were apparently reaching for a crab pot when the boat overturned sometime after 2 p.m. Another […]

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    Deborah Bach commented on the post, Burning Question | Do floating billboards suck?, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 3 days, 1 hour ago

    That’s pretty much how I feel about labels – that the manufacturer/designer should be paying me to wear them, not the other way around.

    And yes, floating billboards suck. Badly.

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Seattle NOOD kicks off today, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 3 days, 15 hours ago

    ThumbnailMore than 120 boats will be out on Seattle’s Shilshole Bay Friday through Sunday racing in the 26th annual National Offshore One-Design (NOOD) regatta.

    Sailors will be racing in 15 classes of boats ranging from […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Derelict barge now a costly eyesore for Oregon agency, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 3 days, 16 hours ago

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    Paul Slyman’s colossal headache started in late March, when he got to work and received a voicemail from the U.S. Coast Guard.

    The caller informed Slyman, parks director for Oregon’s Metro agency, that […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, At CWB Friday: kit ferries on Africa’s Lake Victoria, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 3 days, 23 hours ago

    ThumbnailRob Smith, inventor of dozens of little Quick and Daring boats at The Center for Wooden Boats’ Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, has a story to tell.

    Besides the funky dinghies he’s created during the annual […]

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    Deborah Bach commented on the post, Derelict barge now a costly eyesore for Oregon agency, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 4 days, 13 hours ago

    I don’t know what happened. There was a report that he’d hired a fisherman to anchor it out on the Columbia (awesome idea), but I can’t confirm that.

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, SmartPlug donates to International Rescue Group, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 4 days, 14 hours ago

    ThumbnailNot only does it make great products, Seattle-based SmartPlug Systems is doing good work, too.

    The company recently donated shore power cables and inlets to International Rescue Group, a nonprofit organization […]

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    Deborah Bach commented on the post, Derelict barge now a costly eyesore for Oregon agency, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 4 days, 17 hours ago

    Hi Jeff,

    It’s not at the Government Island docks; it’s at the dock near the Gleason boat ramp at Northeast 43rd Avenue and Marine Drive.

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, A half century later, Thunderbird #2 to relaunch where it was built, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 4 days, 18 hours ago

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    Fifty-three years after it was built, Thunderbird sailboat #2 will be relaunched in a public event this weekend on the former site of the Gig Harbor boatyard where it was constructed.

    Pirouette was built […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Coast Guard offers tips for National Safe Boating Week, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 5 days, 5 hours ago

    ThumbnailIn recognition of National Safe Boating Week, from May 19 to 25, the U.S. Coast Guard is reminding Northwest boaters to take steps to be safe on the water.

    The Coast Guard offers the following tips in its press […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, The Passport Project: Part 5 (Work zen), on the site Three Sheets Northwest 5 days, 6 hours ago

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    Normally if the alarm clock went off at 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning, I’d pull the blankets over my head and stay put until the smell of fresh coffee lured me out of bed.

    But for the past three weekends […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Whidbey shellfish grower feared trouble from derelict ship, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 5 days, 12 hours ago

    Reporter Jonathan Martin has the story in today’s Seattle Times:

    Ian Jefferds was nervous about the decrepit, 128-foot crab boat from the moment it was towed into the midst of the rich shellfish beds of Whidbey […]

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    Deborah Bach commented on the post, Galley essentials on a small boat, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 6 days, 8 hours ago

    Bernadette, I am reading Wendy’s book right now and it’s packed full of wonderful, evocative details. It will definitely put you there!

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Nation’s top high school sailors compete in Seattle for Mallory Cup, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 6 days, 8 hours ago

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    Under forceful sun and a steady breeze, the top high school sailors from around the country competed on Seattle’s Lake Union last weekend during the 2012 Mallory Cup Double-Handed Championship.

    The […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Crews search for missing person in Everett waters, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 1 week ago

    The Coast Guard and Everett Fire and Rescue Department were searching the waters near Everett for a person who went missing after a dingy sunk on Monday afternoon.

    The Coast Guard got a report at about 1:30 […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, My Boat | SV Orion, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 1 week, 2 days ago

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    When Darren and Cindy Matwichuk first looked at their future boat 12 years ago, Cindy wasn’t crazy about it. It had been a racing sailboat and had minimal accommodations and little storage. The couple […]

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    Deborah Bach wrote a new post, Yacht clubs to open their doors at Shilshole event, on the site Three Sheets Northwest 1 week, 2 days ago

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    To the unfamiliar, the mention of a yacht club can conjure up the stereotypical image of a stuffy, exclusive organization.

    But a group of Seattle-area clubs are joining together next Saturday, May 12 in the […]

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