Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Kicking Off Today!
With the backdrop of the Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the fellowship of PNW wooden boat fanatics flooded Port Townsend on Friday. Come join the fun this weekend! Hosted by the Northwest Maritime Center…
BYC PITCH Regatta Celebrates 50 Years
If you’re into sailboat racing and fun hospitality, the Bellingham Yacht Club’s (BYC) PITCH Regatta is a great place to be on Labor Day Weekend every year. This year was the golden anniversary of the event, which made it…
#TBT: Grasshopper to the San Juans
In our latest Throwback Thursday, we follow the Rooks brothers on an adventure to the San Juan Islands in a decidedly unique cruising craft. After spending a year-and-a-half living in Vancouver, British Columbia, I moved…
48° North Cruising Rally 2024
A gentle puff filled our sails, and we scooted ahead with a couple of golden knots of boat speed. Nice. Then we hit a velocity header and began our current-swept reverse track back in the direction of Buckeye Shoal off the…
Editor’s Letter: The Season for Learning
A couple weeks ago, I sat on a yacht club lawn in a white Adirondack chair and watched as my boys and the rest of the summer sailing campers in their weeklong class put away boats. Porter, our oldest at 11, helped fold the…
Fisheries Supply Fall Swap Meet Set for September 28
Fall is coming quick, and with it is the always-popular Fisheries Supply Swap Meet.
The highly anticipated Fisheries Supply Fall Swap Meet is back on Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dive into a sea
#TBT: A Parting Delivery
In our latest Throwback Thursday, we find out what it's like parting with a beloved boat after three years and more than 3,000 miles. Some say that the happiest days of a boat owner's life are the day they buy a boat and…
Red Ruby Project: La Trinité-sur-Mer to Cherbourg Race
After a busy spring and early summer, I was finally on the plane to France for my three-race “Red Ruby Tour, Summer 2024 Edition.” After so much preparation, planning, logistics, trying to get things done, and entering races…
Destinations: Stuff Happens in Foggy Bay, Alaska
In our latest destinations installment courtesy of SalishSeaPilot.com, Lynne Picard describes how situations can quickly take a turn for the worse—you just have to keep calm. There were high fives all around as we dropped…
The Sabre 426 Zen No Zen sails well…