Mischief Around Vancouver Island: Part 1
Highlights From A Circumnavigation Mischief's route around the northwest coast of Vancouver Island:A) Bull Harbour/Nahwitti BarB) Sea Otter CoveC) Quatsino SoundD) Klaskish BasinE) Columbia Cove. Like many Pacific Northwest…
Destinations: Going Wild On Cypress Island
In our latest destinations installment courtesy of SalishSeaPilot.com‘s Jim Burgoyne, we take a closer look at an often missed cruising spot — Cypress Island. Cypress Island was always a lump in the distance, looming darkly…
Close to the Water: Stitch & Glue
When the need for a new dinghy arises, a reluctant boat builder goes to work "I’m going to start building a wooden boat this weekend,” I told a colleague one Friday last December. It was casual workplace chit-chat, but deep…
Guest Dock: R2AK Proving Ground Gets Weird
Day one of the 2023 Race to Alaska got underway with it's usual fanfare at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. Here's the Proving Ground update from Race HQ... Today’s Stage 1 was unlike any other that we have…
Editor’s Letter: Investment Returns
Sailboat racing can be so stinkin’ fun and rewarding, something that affords extraordinary community. Of course, I know that lots of folks don’t share this opinion. They’ve had experiences that contradict those and any other…
#TBT: Turning Adversity into Adventure
In our latest Throwback Thursday, we're kicking it back to a near miss story in the October 2003 issue of 48° North by Lance Ekhart. It all started innocently enough. I am careful to always shorten my dinghy painter before…
Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza – Largest Exhibit of Small Craft in North America
Mark your calendar for the free July 29th Pocket Yacht Palooza in Port Townsend, Washington. Fifty+ small, trailerable boats will be exhibited including sail & oar, small motor cruisers, kayaks, rowing craft, and more.…
A Tale of Two Passages: Colombia>Aruba>Curaçao
We've owned the good ship Yahtzee for 11 years now and, with all the passages in our wake and the places we've been, our family has learned a lot about life and the realities of living aboard a traveling sailboat. Besides…
Red Ruby Report: UK Doublehanded Series Wrap-up
Red Ruby wrapping up the UKDHOS under A1.5, approaching the finish at Cowes. Photo by John Green Cowes. There is current and then there is CURRENT! In September 2022, my wife Chris and I were back in England for the final…
Lake Union Boaters Reminded to #MindTheZone This Summer
Seaplane Advisory Buoys will once again be put in place on Lake Union from Memorial Day through Labor Day. If you’ve been out on Lake Union on a beautiful summer’s day, you know what a recreational gem it is, but also just…