Pacific Marine Expo Moves to Downtown Convention Center
Image: Pacific Marine Expo 2025 in the traditional Lumen Field location. Photo Credit: Norris Comer. Days after the close of the Pacific Marine Expo last November, the maritime trade show announced that it will be switching locations this year to the Seattle Convention Center’s Arch Building, with three days of exhibitions and informational sessions set […]
Rozema to Provide Six Heavy-Weather Boats for USCG
Image: Rendering of new second-generation SPC-HWX II vessels. Credit: Rozema Boat Works. Rozema Boat Works ensured that the Northwest will be a vital part of US Coast Guard (USCG) readiness over the next five years when it was awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide new all-weather, heavy-surf workboats. The IDIQ order […]
Port of Anacortes to Celebrate 100 Years of Maritime History
Image: Picture from generations past of the Port of Anacortes. Photo Credit: Port of Anacortes. This year is expected to be an important one for the Port of Anacortes, which recently passed a budget to make improvements at its airport, marina, docks, and industrial facilities. But the bustling town on the northern tip of Fidalgo […]
Boaters Struggle with Partial Closure of Salmon Bay Marina
Image: Views underneath the Salmon Bay Marina docks show aging, cracked timbers with poor connectivity to the pilings, as identified by the Port’s engineering teams. More than three months after receiving notices that most of their marina was to be permanently shut down for safety reasons, several of the remaining boat owners at the Salmon […]
Washington’s Maritime Caucus: Partnering for a Stronger Maritime Future
As someone who has spent a lifetime on the water and championing outdoor recreation, I’m passionate about preserving and promoting the Northwest’s maritime heritage. Just as a good navigator keeps an eye on the horizon, my role is to steer through complex policy waters to protect and advance the interests of our members at the […]
Port of Bellingham Seeks Stronger Ties with Point Roberts Marina
Image: Point Roberts Marina. Credit: Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce. The famously isolated Northwest “exclave” known as Point Roberts, Washington, is getting some attention from the American mainland via a Bellingham-based economic redevelopment plan. In mid-October 2025, the Port of Bellingham presented a proposal to the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRAC), seeking control of […]
Aspen C128 – New Flagship for Pacific Northwest Builder
Photo courtesy of Aspen Power Catamarans. I had the once-in-a-lifetime privilege to cruise the rugged West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from Victoria to Nootka Sound last summer. The approximately 10-day trip was undertaken by the intrepid Aspen Power Catamarans owners’ group as their annual cruise. To my knowledge, this is the only owner’s […]
Brill Maritime v. Boats YachtWorld Law Suit Proceeds
Brill Maritime v. Boats YachtWorld Law Suit Proceeds. Everybody (read “many boat brokers”) hates YachtWorld, but does that make it a monopoly?
Wallingford, Rudnick Open Ballard Trailers in Seattle
Image: Scott Wallingford during a relaxed stretch of the 2022 Race to Alaska. Photo Credit: Norris Comer. In early December, Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood welcomed a new tenant in its bustling maritime community—Ballard Trailers, offering a wide variety of metal and composite boat trailers for all types of boaters. Created through a collaboration with Scott Wallingford, […]
Azimut 60 Magellano
Photo courtesy of Silver Seas Yachts. Italian brand Azimut’s new Magellano 60 will be making its debut at the Seattle Boat Show on January 30th, 2026. Exterior design by Ken Freivokh provides the stylish hull while the structure, a collaboration with Profjord AB, offers compact comfort. The Magellano 60 features a dual-mode, semi-planing hull that […]