Center for Wooden Boats Hires New Executive Director
With the retirement of Brandt Faatz, Josh Anderson steps into new role
The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) Board of Trustees recently announced that Josh Anderson will take the helm for the
Saving Lakebay Marina for Everyone
Murkiness surrounding the fate of South Puget Sound's Lakebay Marina is beginning to look a bit more clear The first time I tied up at the Lakebay Marina, a shaggy-looking guy tried to sell me a used motorboat. Then I nearly…
Vancouver International Boat Show is Underway
Boats on Display in Beautiful BC The third and final boat show of our regional "Boat Show Season" is underway at BC Place and Granville Island in Vancouver, British Columbia. 48° North made the trip across the border to…
Surf training with the USCG Motor Lifeboat School
The brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard have been conducting their Motor Lifeboat School in the turbulent waters of the Columbia River bar and, as Pacific Northwest sailors can imagine, the seas have been a…
Chasing the Speed Record: Dan Kaseler’s World Record Sail Design Experience
An Interview with Dan Kaseler Most of the Pacific Northwest sailing community knows Dan Kaseler as an accomplished sailboat racer and the busy entrepreneur owner of Raptor Deck and the local Quantum Sails loft. What many may…
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RBAW hoping to preserve Historic Lakebay Marina as a marine state park
The Recreational Boating Association of Washington (RBAW) and its 501(c)(3), the RBAW Marine Parks Conservancy, announced on Thursday that it has entered into a purchase-and-sale agreement for the historic Lakebay Marina on…