Moorage and Marinas

The beginning of a new year means the dawn of your newest boating chapter! To aid you with your boating plans, we offer this updated version of our annual Washington …

Nothing deflates a carefree day on the water quite like scrambling for a slip in a new or unfamiliar place as the sun goes down. Fortunately we live in the …

Our friends at the Port of Seattle’s Shilshole Bay Marina want to know a little more about their guest moorage users. Here’s the link! By the way, when you get …

Back in the July issue of Northwest Yachting we published three letters on the looming question of the City of Seattle’s Leschi and Lakewood marinas. We’ve been following this issue for years. …

Low water levels in Lake Washington and a very small ice pack mean that the US Army Corps of Engineers is going to open the locks less frequently this summer. …

Robin Hirsch brought our attention to an issue that will be very relevant to some of our readers, the provision in the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Habitation Conservation Plan …

Crescent City (CA) Harbor’s Inner Boat Basin had been totally destroyed by the tsunami that struck the harbor on March 11, 2011 and was some of the most visible damage …

The world of pumpout facilities and availability is changing, as is the attitude of boaters toward their (legal and otherwise) responsibility to use them. We’ll be covering this smelly topic …

In Northwest Yachting Magazine’s Guide to Washington State Fuel Docks (March, 2014), we accidentally left out an important one at Foss Harbor Marina. Mea Culpa. Here are the details about …

It’s no secret that now, more than ever, marinas are getting creative about attracting and retaining moorage customers. This innovative program might well be a model to make boat ownership …