Cancellation of Beloved PNW Summer Boating Events Announced
Local Boating Organizations Have Made Final Decisions to Cancel Summertime Events With the summer boating season fast approaching in the Pacific Northwest and the effects of COVID-19 still bringing restrictions and…
Graduating Senior Sailor Shoutouts, Part 1
Sending Senior Sailors of NWISA Off To Exciting New Adventures As is true for student athletes in any high school sport, senior year is steeped in tradition for sailors around the Pacific Northwest. Each team has their own…
Rare white orca spotted in South Puget Sound
A male white orca that has been seen a couple times in Puget Sound comes to Case Inlet When South Sound resident Scott Griffin and his family looked out over Case Inlet, they saw something relatively rare—a pod of orcas…
Announcing a NEW 48° North Essay Contest!
Share Your Story, Enter to Win! Here at 48° North, we love it when boaters of all stripes submit stories to share with this community. It is never-ending fun to hear about your adventures and ideas, your boats and boaty…
A Personal Apology from Managing Editor, Joe Cline
A personal apology from 48° North Managing Editor, Joe Cline: I am here with cap-in-hand to admit, and apologize for, my error in judgment. As we built towards our press date on the April issue, the world was in an…
Please Stay Home – We’ll Send 48° North Directly to You
There's Still Time To Subscribe and Have the Upcoming April Issue Sent Directly to You! Click here to Subscribe Now First and foremost, I want all our readers to know that the crew of 48° North is thinking about you as we…
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…