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.…
Casting Off: Snapshot of a Dedicated Puget Sound Kayaker
A few years before Ariel, our Columbia 28 sailboat, became part of our world, my wife and I explored the local lakes of Sonoma County, California on a sit-on-top inflatable kayak called an Advanced Element. When we moved to…
Three Sheets Northwest: The Homeport
When switching marinas is more sentimental than anticipated Rounder in her J Dock slip at her previous homeport of Elliott Bay Marina. For nearly 20 years, we kept a series of boats at our homeport, Elliott Bay Marina; the…
Shifting Gears: First Launch
Look Ma, no tiller! The author adjusting to the weather-protected helm of the C-Dory. Longtime sailors chart a new course on a C-Dory. It had been a long time since we trailer-launched a boat. Our past two boats — a Cal 27…
Casting Off: Sailors for Trail or Rent
For boating enthusiasts and dreamers, the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend is an annual revelation. The boat manufacturing industry, like the car and aviation industries, has its share of variety, allowing the…
Three Sheets Northwest:One Man’s Treasure in Letting the Clutter Go
In an effort to downsize their boat gear, the author’s storage unit is nearly empty. We all know the old saw about the best two days in a boater’s life. But I’d like to nominate a third: the day you finally get rid of all…
Editorial: Shake the Cobwebs
Since I moved to Seattle 15 years ago, I’ve had a near-equal share of winters where I sailed very regularly, and those when I mostly stepped away from the water for a few months. As spring dawns around the Pacific Northwest…
Close to the Water: The Best Gift
Able to be carried, Tim’s peapod is a good size for his adventures. On a rowing trip from Seattle to Port Townsend, I was taking a break atop a bluff, looking out toward Whidbey Island, when I noticed a 18-foot, gaff-rigged…
Embracing a Broad Experience in Sailing
Sailing has been the center of my life for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories are of feeling the cool Pacific Northwest wind kissing my face, the smell of teak being sanded, the ocean sparkling when the…
Close to the Water: A Dream Boat Saved
Boats are dreams. The ones we want, the ones we build — even the ones that just sit collecting rainwater. All of them embody those aspirations. The dream boat represents different aspects of our identity and personifies the…