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Anchors, Breakage, Building Breeze, and Delight: Swiftsure 2025

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Close to the Water: Boat Ramp Champs

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Whatcom County Vessel Turn-In Recycling Event

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SEVENTY48 Launches Today! Cheer on Racers at the Tacoma Start or Follow Online

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Editor’s Letter: Trust the Team, Go to Sleep

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48° North Boat Test: Hallberg-Rassy 40C

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Rowing a Sailboat to Port Townsend: Team Steak Knives to a Gunfight’s Historically Questionable Seventy48

Putting a 6,000 mast-less sailboat on the starting line with scores of lightweight kayaks and…

Close to the Water: Boat Ramp Champs

I was on one of my early camp-cruising trips in a 15-foot rowboat when I approached the tiny marina…

Whatcom County Vessel Turn-In Recycling Event

If you have a vessel that is falling apart, and you don’t know what to do with it, apply for this…

SEVENTY48 Launches Today! Cheer on Racers at the Tacoma Start or Follow Online

The human powered adventure race, SEVENTY48, begins tonight in Tacoma's Foss Waterway. Join the fun…

Radar: Necessary or Nice?

Being cruisers and captains, we often emphasize the importance of integrating radar into a vessel’s…

Editor’s Letter: Trust the Team, Go to Sleep

With several references in this issue, I’m finding renewed amazement in the commonplace decision to…

West Coast of Vancouver Island Cruising Seminar with Salish Sea Pilot Coming June 18

If you're considering a cruise down the West Coast of Vancouver Island, check out this presentation…

Study Indicates Building New Hybrid Ferries In-State Good For Washington Economy

Each ferry built in-state would support 1,200 jobs, $131 million in wages, $338 milliion to…

48° North Boat Test: Hallberg-Rassy 40C

It’s a rare occurrence for me to conduct a boat test and have an experience far from expectations.…