Words: Jonathan Schewe Most of us Pacific Northwest maritime heritage enthusiasts have at least a passing familiarity with mainstays like Seattle’s Center for Wooden Boats, Port Townsend’s Northwest Maritime Center, …
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Words: Norris Comer // Photos: Ozzie Wiese For maritime enthusiasts and their curious (or tolerant) friends and family, the calendar is marked up not only with the normal swath of …
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Words: Doug Hansen // Photos: Alex Kwanten Founded in 2004 with the simple objective of getting more people out on the water on their boats, the Downtown Sailing Series seems …
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“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink, Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner T he vessels we …
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Words: Wendy Hinman When people refer to a trawler, what comes to my mind are the lumbering steel fishing behemoths designed by once local MARCO shipyards, where my husband, Garth …
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Words: Norris Comer & Ozzie Wiese What Mardis Gras is to New Orleans and Dropping the Ball is to Time Square, Seafair is to Seattle. Seattle’s iconic summer festival, which …
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Words: Peter Marsh Whether you visit the mouth of the Columbia River by boat or live here as I do, you can’t avoid the constant reminder that the Columbia Bar …
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Words: Norris Comer // Photos: Jurg Beeli A skipper at the helm of his or her yacht cannot help but gaze at the horizon and daydream of destinations beyond. Jogging …
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Ah, to relive the first cruise on Puget Sound. For many Pacific Northwest boat owners, the initial trip aboard a friend’s yacht or with a charter company was the bait …
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Poulsbo’s historic waterfront, known widely as “Little Norway,” is a near-perfect example of a tucked-away Puget Sound treasure. The town truly earns the name Little Norway with murals of longships …
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