Trivia for May – Wild Sea Life

Our Trivia Column for May is All About Unusual Sea Life Cannibals Some sharks feed exclusively on smaller sharks, including members of their own species. Lobsters, crabs, octopus, skipjack tuna, and many other marine species…

What Makes For A Good First Offshore Experience?

In this interview with Chuck Skewes, we discuss specific criteria to create enjoyable first offshore experiences. The allure of the ocean is inescapable for many sailors. Yet for those considering their first foray offshore,…

Big Pacific Northwest Presence for Pac Cup

Pacific Cup boasts a BIG Pacific Northwest Contingent of Registrants for 2020 Dark gray clouds flying swiftly toward the straits and a deepening low kicking up some hefty southerly chop on Puget Sound each make summer seem…

The 'pac-man' that could gobble up plastic from the Great Garbage Patch is ready for launch from San Francisco

Wilson, as it is named, is a 600-meter plastic-sweeper set to head to the Pacific Ocean to clean up the notorious floating Great Garbage Patch. It consists of a 600-meter-long floating tube that sits at the surface of the…

It Takes Six Months

This article, by Becca Guillote, originally appeared in the April 2017 Issue of 48° North. Halcyon, Mango, and Agape share the anchorage at Isla Isabel. Photo courtesy of John Guillote. Before we left Seattle, those that had…