Environmental

Thanks to alert reader (and a former skipper of mine) Larry Hoppe and alert Northwest Yachting contributor Peter Marsh, we heard about the container ship MOL Comfort, which apparently broke …

Last night off Shilshole Bay Marina I sailed through some of these blooms. Pretty dramatic, but as it turns out pretty harmless. Here’s the lowdown from the Washington Department of …

The following article appeared in the New York Times print and online editions today, April 24. Even though the fascinating story is not from our little corner of the country, …

This concise 27 minute video from the public television station KUOW reveals some straightforward, unembellished and very real facts about the condition of our waters and how people and animals …

For the most part, we recreational boaters can enjoy our pastime relatively oblivious of infrastructure. Hey, it’s just fun for us, let someone else worry about it. This week many …

Peter Schrappen, Northwest Yachting columnist,  NMTA Director of Government Affairs and Executive Director of the Clean Boating Foundation, has written a thought provoking post in the Clean Boating Foundation blog. …

March 18, 2013 | by Peter Schrappen The following is Peter’s post on one of those stealth issues that we should all be aware of. If Puget Sound is named …

Baby seals and sea lions are just too cute, even when they’re being a pain. Here CNN features a kayaker and  a surfer (off the Washington coast no less) who …

The maker of this video wanted to help change the image of sharks, and GoPro wanted to promote their (very cool) product. Both missions accomplished.