#TBT: Turning Adversity into Adventure
In our latest Throwback Thursday, we're kicking it back to a near miss story in the October 2003 issue of 48° North by Lance Ekhart. It all started innocently enough. I am careful to always shorten my dinghy painter before…
#TBT: Trekka Sails Again
In our latest Throwback Thursday, we revisit the relaunching of John Guzzwell's famous 20-foot yawl, Trekka, from the October 2005 issue of 48° North by Shirley Hewett. After 25 years on shore, one of the world’s most…
#TBT: Getting the Most When Selling Your Boat
Getting the Most When Selling Your Boat or… The White Glove Approach to Selling Your Boat by Ronald Riggs Whether you want to move up, move down, or move out, sooner or later you will come to that second happiest day…
#TBT: The Kindest Coast
In our latest Throwback Thursday, take a ride with two best friends as they navigate the Inside Passage on a San Juan 24. From the May 2005 issue of 48° North Leaning on the rail of the ferry as it rumbled away from the…
TBT#: Wawona’s Last Story
In our latest Throwback Thursday, we revisit the wooden Wawona, which was once a fixture on the Lake Union waterfront... From the April 2009 issue of 48° North by Gary Frankel "For a few brief moments, that old hulk turned…
#TBT: A Sailor Returns Home to the Sea
From the June 2009 issue of 48° North by Lance Ekhart A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu, 570-490 BC I felt all dressed up with nowhere to go. I planned to leave two days earlier but…
#TBT: A Father’s Lessons
Throwback Thursday is back with the story of an adventurous father and the lessons he taught. Originally published in the October 2004 issue of 48° North by Sarah Mitchelson. My dad is a blustery British sailor who is…
#TBT: MacGyvering at Sea
From the August 2010 issue of 48° North by Heather Lochner It was our first crossing of the season. The Gulf Islands beckoned us. With no wind in sight, we gave our rested engines a much needed workout. For a boat that had…
#TBT: B.C.’s Discovery Coast – Roscoe Inlet & Goose Island
Jacquelyn and Raleigh frolic in the sands of Goose Island. From the March 2012 issue of 48° North by Jacquelyn Watt Roscoe Inlet snakes a length of twenty-one miles, not as long as Dean or Burke Channels, but every bit as…
#TBT: A Prayer for Safe Docking
From the December 2004 issue of 48° North by John Vigor "The shore has perils unknown to the deep." – George Iles, Jottings Docking a boat is the equivalent of landing a Boeing 747, except that docking a boat is much…