Chris and Christa Maier Take Helm at Van Isle 360
Image: Competitors in the 2025 Van Isle 360° International Yacht Race. (CREDIT: Christopher Maier) After being steered on a steady course for the last 15 years, the prestigious Canadian sailing race known as the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race is undergoing a helm change as the original organizers, the husband-and-wife team of Jeff and […]
The Virtual Dock Walk: Remote Monitoring in the Off-Season
Image: Victron’s VRM Portal, showing temperature and humidity for various Ruuvi sensors. In my last column, we talked about putting your boat on a power diet for the winter—calculating exactly how long your batteries will last if you lose shore power. But let’s be honest: Even with the best math in the world, sitting at […]
S3 Maritime Comes to Port of Everett
The new office and boatyard where S3 Maritime will open a service center this month, adjacent to the Everett Marina. [CREDIT: Port of Everett] The ever-growing Port of Everett will soon get a new marine business tenant this month with the opening of a new S3 Maritime service center at the Port’s Waterfront Center building […]
Axial Seamount: The Pacific Northwest’s Well-Behaved Yet Unpredictable Volcano
Volcanoes are a familiar backdrop in the Pacific Northwest, but did you know the region’s most active volcano is actually underwater? Axial Seamount is a large submarine volcano rising about 3,600 feet above the seafloor, situated on the western ridge of the Juan de Fuca plate. Despite several eruptions over the past 30 years (1998, […]
Attendance Holds Steady at Portland Boat Show
Following several years of declines during the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at this year’s Portland Boat Show was roughly equivalent to last year’s expo, while sales figures were reportedly on the rise, according to show coordinators. “In a nutshell, the show was outstanding,” said Trey Carskadon from the Portland Boat Show’s media relations department. “Attendance was […]
Case Closed for the Cause of Sea Star Wasting Disease
Sunflower sea star. Photo Credit: NOAA We are all too familiar with pandemics, and we are even familiar with diseases that affect animals, like avian flu, or plants, like blight and root rot. It may come as a surprise that even marine invertebrates, like sea stars, experience their own public health crises. The cause of […]
The Way of the Captain by David Kilmer – Krakauer’s Eiger Dreams of Skippering meets Self Help
Friend of the magazine David Kilmer is a lifelong recreational boat captain, notably of the iconic Sizzler sailboat of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He is also a prolific writer and published book author. When I got a chance to check out an advanced reader copy of his newest work, The Way of the Captain (Signalman […]
Photon Marine, Silverback Ink Four-Boat Friday Harbor Order
An environmental grant issued last year from the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) has kicked off a joint project between two Northwest-based manufacturers, Photon Marine and Silverback Marine, to build four new workboats for the Port of Friday Harbor and help foster sustainable maritime businesses in the San Juan Islands. The DOT’s Port […]
Life Proof 45 – First Responder Performance Meets Cruising Comforts
When you see a fast rigid inflatable boat (RIB) that first responders use ripping across the water at high speed with lights flashing, you might think to yourself, “That looks like fun!” Having driven those types of boats, I can tell you that it is fun. Now you can have the same performance experience but […]
‘Nearly New’ Helmsman 46E Trawler
Image: The 2025 Helmsman 43E Lady M. underway on Lake Union. Photo credit: Waterline Boats This issue’s Cascadian Classic might be one of the least used, previously owned boats ever available. She’s got 39 engine hours on the meter. There’s no sign that anyone ever cooked anything on the stainless-steel stove top or in the […]