How to Boat Show Like a Pro – Seattle Boat Show 2026 Guide
Plan your boat show like your passagemaking adventure—it’s worth it! Bruce Hedrick Few people in the Pacific Northwest know the Seattle Boat Show better than Bruce Hedrick. Since first stepping into the show in 1968, he has either worked at or attended every single one for 50 consecutive years. When he wasn’t on the show […]
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 […]
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?
Stay Warm and Safe – NW Winter Paddling Gear
While many Pacific Northwest paddlers have stored away their kayaks or stand-up paddleboards for winter, some of us embrace cold season paddling. Winter offers quiet, tranquil waterways, fewer speeding boats, shorter ferry lines, and open parking. Higher daytime tides allow access to tidal estuaries and back bays that can be difficult during low summer tides. […]
Fall Coho Memories – Fishing for the Silver Bullets!
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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 […]
Pride of the PNW – Launchings and Refits
Image courtesy of Delta Marine We at Nautical Northwest magazine proudly celebrate the vision, guts, and hard work of our region’s boatbuilding community with Pride of the PNW, which will be dedicated to recent, notable new launchings and refits. By no means a comprehensive listing, we offer these inspiring dreams-turned-boats as a sampling across our […]
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 […]