commercial vessels

Washington-based Westport Yachts, one of the few American superyacht builders, has opened a new Seattle office in South Lake Union. The move is a welcome one for the Pacific Northwest …

Deadliest Catch has been a mainstay of the Discovery Channel for over ten years. It shows the working conditions of crabbers in the North Pacific who fish for king crab …

I was fortunate to cross attend Astoria’s christening ceremony, meet the Scottish designer, survey the boat and even get aboard for crossing the bar. This is a great story. Here’s …

From MOHAI, Northwest Seaport , the Center for Wooden Boats and all those part of the partners of Lake Union Park. Sounds like fun.  –KH Join the partners of Lake …

Alert contributor Peter Marsh passed along a tip that, again, there’s talk of a new age of commercial sail. We’ll see. If the business press is writing about it, somebody’s …

Thanks to alert reader (and a former skipper of mine) Larry Hoppe and alert Northwest Yachting contributor Peter Marsh, we heard about the container ship MOL Comfort, which apparently broke …

Workboats are a big part of the waterfront, and their operators often take just as much pride in their vessel’s condition and performance as they would of their own personal …