My Boat Story

Written by Bob Perry My friend, my client, and my attorney Doug Fryer died this weekend (April 17, 2020). About six months ago, Doug called me on a Saturday and …

Alex Borton and his family completed an eight-day tour of the San Juan Islands aboard the Sam Devlin-designed Solar Sal 27, finishing the trip this summer without using any traditional …

Crew at the Portland Shipbuilding Company during WWII. (Photos: Lawrence Barber) Seventy-five years ago, after the D-Day landings in France and as the USA began to push the Japanese forces …

How much is your boating experience worth to you? When it comes to boating, it’s not just how much money you paid for your boat or how much you spend …

Eight months ago, we covered the story of the 40’ Aspen C120 power catamaran Knot Wafflen’s journey through the azure waters of Mexico with Larry Graf (owner of Aspen Power …

It was back in July, in the heart of the summer, when I spotted a big schooner-rigged sailing vessel at the East Mooring Basin in Astoria, Oregon. From a distance, …

The Port of Ilwaco at the tip of southwest Washington is the center of sportfishing on the lower Columbia River when the famous “Buoy 10” season gets going on August …

The Van Belle clan rows on Puget Sound in the 1980s. It took me three days after my dad died before I could go into his workshop. When I opened …

Owner Glen Cathers fell in love with U.S. Coast Guard Motor Life Boat #36391 as he brought her back to life. The kicker? He discovered his own father served aboard …

By Glenn Jorgenson I am a commercial fisherman in Alitak Bay on Kodiak island. I have salmon set net sites in the mouth of Lazy Bay. This winter I was …

By Wendy Gray From Bellingham to San Andres, Colombia, with Alaska in between – after years of cold water cruising in the Pacific Northwest, the M/V Fairweather has now landed …

Northwest Yachting reader and, Hi-Laker owner and now Hi-Laker expert, Steve Hurt, checks in from the La Conner Classic Car and Boat Show earlier this month: By Steve Hurt The …