Diesel Deep Dive: Modern Emissions Tech
When Rudolf Diesel invented and patented the design for the first pressure-ignited heat engine (commonly known as the diesel engine today), I doubt he would have expected to see the changes to performance, efficiency, and…
Transiting the Hood Canal Bridge
Cruising this seldom visited fjord might be more accessible than you think In over 20 years of sailing out of the Port of Brownsville, Washington, we had not ventured into Hood Canal. Though we live near Hood Canal’s Seabeck…
Serious Fun with Hands-on Safety at Sea Training
This year's Safety at Sea Seminars are once again a smashing success in terms of quality and educational value. The expanded participation adds new excitement! Offshore racers know that World Sailing requires high-quality…
#TBT: Getting the Most When Selling Your Boat
Getting the Most When Selling Your Boat or… The White Glove Approach to Selling Your Boat by Ronald Riggs Whether you want to move up, move down, or move out, sooner or later you will come to that second happiest day…
What Lies Beneath: Sunken Ships, Lost Treasure, and the Discovery of the SS Pacific
My first boat was a wherry — a sturdy, open-hulled vessel that could be rowed or paddled. My husband Frank and I took that boat everywhere around the Salish Sea, often to places I wouldn’t dream of venturing in an 18-foot…
BoatUS Spring Commissioning Checklist 2023
With spring officially just days away, thousands of boaters around the Pacific Northwest are starting to think about getting out there more frequently. Here's a checklist from BoatUS to go through before you untie the……
Casting Off: Reefing Madness
Exploring the Mathematics of a Safe Practice It may not seem so by looking at it, but the author's mathematical formula shows that the first reef point reduces sail area to 75% of the original, the second reef reduces it to…
Two-Day Boating Education Course Offered at Oak Harbor Yacht Club
For novice boaters wanting to learn more and needing to get there state boater education card, a two-day course is being held at Oak Harbor Yacht Club in March. Washington state law requires recreational boaters to complete…
Icon on the Sound, West Point Lighthouse
The West Point Light has guided mariners in and out of Seattle since 1881. This small but stately beacon sits on a low sandy point at the northern entrance of Elliott Bay, overlooking the busiest vessel traffic in Washington…
Coast Guard Approved First Aid at Sea Workshops in Seattle
Learn to effectively respond to hypothermia, near drowning, and other on-the-water incidents in this informative workshop on February 10 and 17, 2023. Whether you're a commercial fisherman, USCG-licensed captain at any…