Waterfront issues

Two and half years ago a gang of pirates boarded the yacht Quest and took its crew, including Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle from the Pacific Northwest, hostage. The pirates …

On October 21st the Office of Coast Survey announced it would no longer be producing paper charts as of April of next year. This was, of course, to be suspected if …

The city of Seattle is radically altering the way that vessels are defined. It’s a dramatic attempt to reduce the number of boats allowed in the water. The good news is …

Yet another vessel has sunk at its dock, this one in Eagle Harbor at Bainbridge Island. Chickagmauga was designed by Ted Geary and  built in 1915. Read the excellent account …

The following notices come from the Hiram M. Chittenden Facebook Page. In short, the budget impass in D.C. will indefinitely delay important work on the locks and shut down the …

Stories from the Seattle Times Blog Fuel spilled as tug sinks near Ballard Bridge Posted by Jack Broom Coast Guard and state Department of Ecology crews are on the scene of a …

From Dave Harris, US Army Corps of Engineers SEATTLE – The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard is scheduled to close to all marine vessels 7:30 until 11 a.m., Oct. …

The Columbia River Maritime Museum completed the total restoration of the old Astoria train depot last winter and re-opened this historic building as a maritime craft center. The depot was …

From Northwest Yachting columnist Peter Schrappen. Original post here.   If there’s one issue that brings Democrats and Republicans together around sealing the boarders, it’s the issue of nuisance species …

  The Lakewood and Leschi moorage situation (see Wave Writer, June) is heating up.  The Seattle Parks Department’s Request For Proposal was answered with two proposals; one by the Foss …