Nautical News

Hold Your Hat! The Hat Island Community is about to get a brand-new, spiffy, custom passenger ferry thanks to boatbuilder Armstrong Marine. Hat Island (also known as Gedney Island) is …

Maks to the Moon, Team Sail Like a Girl’s Melges 32, gets ready to run the 2018 Race to Alaska (R2AK). The hard-working team won the event. (photo: Alex Kwanten) …

Seattle Boat Company recently announced that it’s working to offset its greenhouse gas emissions for each boat it sells in 2020 by purchasing forest Carbon offsets from The Conservation Fund. …

On February 12, 2020, the large chamber of the Ballard Locks was closed for maintenance. The closure is due to run through early April as crews work to replace two …

To kick off the opening of the 2020 boating season, the town of Ilwaco, on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula, has been chosen as the site of this year’s Pacific Northwest …

TrawlerFest is back in Seattle’s Bell Harbor, with seminars starting on April 14 and the in-water show beginning on April 16. Hosted by Passagemaker Magazine, the show brings everything trawler …

US Sailing will be providing several one-day workshops for those interested in becoming Certified Race Officers. Becoming a RO means learning the best practices for running races and providing better …

In early January, Elliott Bay Marina of Seattle, the largest private marina on the West Coast, announced the completion of their new N-Dock that adds almost 1,000 feet of new …

The Northwest Marine Trade Association’s (NMTA) Grow Boating Grant Program distributed $31,000 to 18 programs in the Pacific Northwest. This year, 22 applicants submitted grant requests totaling more than $156,000. …

Shilshole Bay Marina is planning to build three new customer services buildings, which are expected to be completed by May 2020. Two larger buildings will be located in the center …

Two years after presenting at the Cruising Club of America (CCA) in the MITAGS Conference Center in Maryland, the same group is coming back with a new symposium, “Marine Weather …

The Pacific Northwest maritime community lost one of its greats with the passing of Center for Wooden Boats Co-Founder Colleen Wagner on January 2, 2020. Colleen and her husband Dick …