Working boats

A casual observer may describe the Arthur Foss with her elegant, traditional lines as a beautiful old boat. A more astute admirer could guess that she is a tug from …

An essential part of PNW transport, boaters and commuters both coexist with a robust ferry system. By Greg Van Belle We were just entering Thatcher Pass on our way to …

Peter Marsh recounts 30 years journeys through the Inside Passage interwoven with local shipbuilding, trimaran adventuring, and more!

If you ever read a national sailing magazine, you’ll find they regularly feature stories about cruising catamarans, both power and sail, and their popularity for chartering in the Caribbean and …

A U.S. Navy quartermaster finds himself back aboard a working boat after a 33-year-career in journalism. By Richard Walker Four crewmembers and I are in the water, buoyed by our …

First Hybrid Ferry Arrives to the Salish Sea, Natural Gas Rises, and Canadian Super Batteries Reign Greener technology appears to be making several inroads with the maritime industry, whether we …

The ubiquitous Hanjin Shipping, the largest cargo shipping firm in South Korea and who’s containers are a fixture of many global ports, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The move is …

The Port of Seattle recently had a very large visitor. The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, an Explorer Class Containership, is the largest ship ever to dock in the USA and …

 This weekend approximately 15 Thunderbird sailboats will be gathering and racing in Gig Harbor Bay for the Thunderbird Rendezvous. The Gig Harbor BoatShop and Thunderbird Fleet 1 are hosting this fun …

Here’s a glimpse at what manned, and unmanned patrol vessels look like these days. Watch closely, because they’re not likely to show up on radar.

What can we say, we at Northwest Yachting and nwyachting.com are suckers for beautifully maintained classic boats. And this one is pretty special, her destiny shifted from serving her country …

PBS/NOVA is airing a fascinating show on undersea explorer Robert Ballard’s U-Boat research. Ballard found U-166 about 45 miles off the Louisiana coast, and that discovery solved a mystery and …