Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Kicked Off Today!
With the backdrop of a Juan de Fuca morning marine layer, the fellowship of PNW wooden boat fanatics flooded Port Townsend on Friday. Come join the fun this weekend! Hosted by the Northwest Maritime Center (48° North's…
Is This Even Real?! 48° North Cruising Rally 2023
The best sailing of the trip, broad reaching in Plumper Sound with breeze in the mid teens! I woke early and climbed the companionway stairs of our stern-tied Canadian Sailcraft 40 in Annette Inlet on Prevost Island. The…
Reviving Hope: Hōkūleʻa’s One Day Stop in Port Townsend
The storied voyaging canoe, Hōkūleʻa, completed its visit to Puget Sound ports this week with an emotional reception in Port Townsend. Never has there been a better summer, week, or day for a visit from Hōkūleʻa, the…
Three Sheets NW: Princess Louisa Inlet
One of several pleasant surprises about Backeddy Resort & Marina was its walkable proximity to witness the raw power of the tidal exchange at Skookumchuck Narrows. We sat on our boat on a Friday in mid-July, dejectedly…
Registration Open for Two-Day Boating Skills and Certification Course
Earn the required Washington State Boater Education Card at this two-day boating skills course by the America’s Boating Club of Deception Pass. Registration is now open for America’s Boating Course, a two-day boating skills…
#TBT High Latitude Sailing – Immersion Style
In our latest Throwback Thursday, PNW journalist David Schmidt has a conversation with adventurer and writer, Cameron Dueck. The article ran in the July 2012 issue of 48° North, a few years after Dueck departed Victoria, BC,…
Editor’s Letter: Quiet Islands
Spoiler alert for the 48° North Cruising Rally feature article in this issue (page 36) — it was amazing! One element of this rally’s awesomeness was how unseasonably quiet the islands felt. The anchorages of the San Juan and…
Video: Following Duracell’s Big Bow Project
48° North contributors Matt Steverson and Janneke Petersen have been busy with their racer-to-cruiser refit of the Open 60 Duracell, most recently focusing on a new bow section with a carbon fiber chainplates. We love…
Innovative Partnership to Further Next Generation of Maritime Employees in the PNW
A groundbreaking and innovative partnership between Highline Public Schools, Northwest Maritime Center, and Seattle Maritime Academy has recently been established to help address the increasing need for maritime employees in…
Opti Canadian Nationals Wrapping Up this Weekend at West Vancouver Yacht Club
After several days of racing in blue, white, red, and green fleets, 90+ of this continent's brightest young sailors have been divided into gold and silver fleets, and a Canadian National Champion will be crowned after…