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 […]
Local Troll-Caught Albacore and King Salmon from Kris’s Fishes
It’s my pleasure to fire off this inaugural Fish Finder entry to Nautical Northwest. This new, regular department in the magazine will be devoted to elevating local, independent commercial fishing operations that are often direct-selling their seafood to the public. We may not be a hard commercial maritime outlet, per se, but seafood is a […]
Nautical Northwest Writing Contest Timeline Extended
Ever since we of Nautical Northwest announced our writing and photography contest, I as editor have received a consistent buzz of readers expressing interest. To me, it seems like we’ve touched on something here in the regional zeitgeist, namely a proper outlet and platform for in-depth and high-level aquatic-facing writing and photography. Of course, this […]
The Harder You Work, The Luckier You Get
The legacy Idaho-based wood boatbuilder Stancraft is poised to make its mark on new horizons from electric propulsion to 50-footers and even commercial craft.
The Resourceful Sailor by Joshua Wheeler—Greatest Hits from ‘Sailboat McGyver’
If you’re a sailor, especially if you’re West Coast-based, you’ve probably come across the name Joshua Wheeler, who often appears under “The Resourceful Sailor” magazine contributor moniker. Wheeler is the consummate Pacific Northwest-based small sailboater and is synonymous with his stout, wee Flicka 20 Sampaguita. Together without crew, they’ve sailed twice around Vancouver Island and […]
Pride of the PNW – Launchings and Refits
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. This is, by no means, a comprehensive listing, but we offer these inspiring dreams-turned-boats as a sampling across our marine sectors, […]
If Not Now, Then Never
The newest 80’ Wylie-Rander sailboat Gem is christened in Portland as one of the bold northbound 50 racers celebrating 50 years of the PNW Offshore Race.
The Modern, Yet Timeless, Apprenticeship With Dakota Creek Industries
People Power’s exploration of the marine workforce, education, and opportunity continues. In our last iteration, we spotlighted the education opportunity of the Youth Maritime Training Association (YMTA) Norm Manly Education Scholarship and, beforehand, looked to the innovative Maritime253 school under construction in Tacoma. There remain many other inroads into the maritime sector, especially for curious […]
Endurance 680-23
Although the Endurance 680 is not technically a new boat build (originally launched in 2012), it’s not too often a new hull is available right here in the Pacific Northwest. For those in the market for a luxury motoryacht, this Howard Apollonio-designed long-range cruiser might fit the bill. The 70’8” length overall hull is comprised […]
YMTA Norm Manly Education Scholarship – Just Give Students Money?
Disclaimer: Norris Comer is also the editor of The Sea Chest, the tri-annual journal of Puget Sound Maritime. He is not directly involved in the YMTA scholarship process in any way. We of the Pacific Northwest, and frankly the United States more broadly, tend to agree that the educational pipeline that used to lead the […]