Race Report: Toliva Shoal 2025

Boats and sailors made their way from their home ports to Olympia for the…

Close to the Water: Capsize!

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Race Report: Shaw Island Winter Classic 2025

The 2025 edition of the Shaw Island Winter Classic was on par with the prior…

#TBT: Rowing the Rapids of the Inside Passage

In our latest Throwback Thursday, heading south from the Broughtons on a small…

Passes of the Gulf Islands

Perhaps the greatest source of fear for boaters on the B.C. coast are the…

A Flicka 20’s Pacific Odyssey

Join sailor Joshua Wheeler on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at the Port Townsend…

Pinch Me: Chasing Crabs in Puget Sound

Full disclosure: I am pretty sure I’m the clumsiest, least competent crabber in…

Video: One Ocean Planning to Launch in February

If you haven't been following the One Ocean, One Island project going at Skagit…

Catalina Yachts Rendezvous at Roche Harbor April 24-27

Catalina owners are known to have fierce brand loyalty. As it happens, they…

Translating PNW Cruising Skills Abroad

Swinging on anchor in a picturesque cove in the eastern Caribbean, my wife Jill…

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Catalina Yachts Rendezvous at Roche Harbor April 24-27

Catalina owners are known to have fierce brand loyalty. As it happens, they also throw a great…

Translating PNW Cruising Skills Abroad

Swinging on anchor in a picturesque cove in the eastern Caribbean, my wife Jill and I still love…

Spots Still Available for February 23 Safety at Sea Course

Few educational pursuits are found to be as unanimously valuable as The Sailing Foundation's Safety…

Editor’s Letter: A Society of Boat Folk

In any experience as varied and variable as spending time on the water, a lifetime of exploring and…

The Seattle Boat Show is Here!

The red carpets, the drool-worthy new boats with a freshly buffed sheen, the cheery din of old…

48° North’s Top 25 Race Boats of 2024

2024 was a year for the record books! It seems like fewer races were called off for a lack of wind…

48° North Editor’s Picks: 2025 Seattle Boat Show Seminars

The Seattle Boat Show starts Friday and there’s a new lineup of FREE educational seminars for…

Celebration of Life for Kurt Hoehne, February 8

There will be an opportunity to honor and celebrate the life of our friend Kurt Hoehne on February…

Boat Time

I’ve been thinking about time lately. The aspect of time that I have been thinking most about,…