Bullfrog Boats 10’ Tender
What goes up, or blows up, eventually comes down. My wife Jan and I vividly recall our last inflatable dinghy. We were secured to a mooring buoy off Jones Island on a gorgeous, warm, sunny, late afternoon in August. Perfect time to go ashore for a walk. We launched the [well-known name redacted] inflatable and […]
Beauty of Simplicity – Free Boat Tours as Maritime Hook
Images: Scenes from the wildly popular Port of Tacoma free harbor tour. One of the recurring themes I’ve noticed in covering the woes of the marine industry’s workforce is that professionals in the business lament the lack of general public awareness about maritime. We’re talking full-on, mass ignorance on a systemic level. But you can’t […]
Staying Connected This Summer
Image: Starlink mounted. Photos by Steve Mitchell. I use Starlink as my primary internet connection aboard Aruna, a 50′ steel pilothouse trawler, every single day to run a business, stay in touch, and keep the boat monitored. Long ago, I stopped treating connectivity as optional and started approaching it the way I approach any critical […]
Cascadian Classic – Blue Peter
Photos by Alec Burke She emerged from a city by the sea, not an exhausted old place beleaguered by rot and blight, but a metropolis just realizing its maturity. A place where energy, enthusiasm, and possibilities were abundant. A place where chilly waters reached inland from the North Pacific, washing against gravel shorelines where thousand-year-old […]
A Hybrid Yacht – Greenline 48
Image: The Greenline 48 flybridge features a clean, low profile design. We’ve all been there, and some of us have “done that.” Lazy summer afternoon, third week of July, 82 degrees, and not a ripple disturbing an idyllic anchorage. Silence prevails, save the soft splash of oars as somebody in a small inflatable rows a […]
Everett-Langley ‘Hopper’ Ferry Pilot Begins
Image: One of the Hat Island Ferry catamarans is being used for this summer’s Harbor Hopper passenger ferry pilot project, with service between Everett and Langley, WA. Photo Credit: Port of Everett. ‘Tis the season for long ferry lines across Puget Sound, but some relief is coming in the form of the “Harbor Hopper,” a […]
Loaded with Possibilities – Corsair Marine 760 Trimaran
Image: Corsair Marine 760 Trimaran underway. Photo courtesy of Wright Yachts. Finding, and affording, a slip in most marinas these days isn’t an easy or inexpensive endeavor. For people who own or are considering purchasing a small- to medium-sized boat, trailering can be a realistic option. Certainly, for no more than the monthly rent on […]
Ketchikan Yacht Club – Community of the North
Yacht club members, bound for Alaska from British Columbia, Washington state, or Oregon, needn’t bother checking their club’s reciprocal moorage list for Ketchikan Yacht Club. According to the club, their “remote location” precludes establishing reciprocal relationships with other clubs. But the good news? Boaters arriving in Ketchikan from other locales are welcome to use any […]
Wrangell Eyes Shipyard Development With JAG Marine Group
Image: Wrangell Mill Property. The current, undeveloped Six-Mile Mill property as it looks today in Wrangell, AK. Photo Credit: Borough of Wrangell. The Borough of Wrangell, in Southeast Alaska, has entered into a mutual don-disclosure agreement with JAG Marine Group to develop a deepwater marine terminal in the City of Wrangell that may be capable […]
Incredibly Equipped – Parker Poland 800 Pilothouse
Image: Parker Poland Pilothouse running shot. Photos courtesy of Salish Boat company. Although the regionally sold Parker Poland 800 Pilothouse is built in Europe, the concept, design, and execution appear particularly appropriate for sport fishing in the Salish Sea. Parker Poland should not be confused with the Parker brand of offshore fishing boats built in […]