Florida-based Blackfin boats have a Pacific Northwest dealer, Irwin Yacht Sales, after a long hiatus. These popular fiberglass outboard dayboats come in a variety of 20-something foot sizes and shapes, including the 272 Dual Console (DC). Firstly, it’s important to...
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Everything from doing yoga on the foredeck to having dinner in the cockpit changes during winter. No more flip-flops, outdoor dinners, and swims. It is the time boat owners close their hatch and retreat to the heated cabin. The cockpit...
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Regal Marine Industries is one of those American brands that have been around a while. Founded in 1969 by married couple Paul and Carol Kuck, the company has weathered the ups and downs of the last several decades to today....
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Maritimo, the Australian-based luxury yacht builder, is expanding their presence in the Northwest with a new company-owned office in Seattle. Maritimo’s CEO Garth Corbitt stated in a press release that the move was an exciting step forward in their international...
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Germany-based Dehler is mostly known for its luxury, Euro-styled, cruiser-racer production sailboats that have one foot in the comfort sailing realm and the other in the zippy performance world. What makes a Dehler a Dehler all changed with their newest...
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Luxury yacht vacations are the penultimate boat chartering experience. But what does it take to pull one together? Worth Avenue Yachts gives us the insider's scoop.
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One of the very first times I docked my boat, I was at a very small but social outstation. Just like Cheers, everybody knew my name. It was a beautiful flat calm day, so the only obstacles to docking were...
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“What happened to fun? Our insurance doesn’t cover it!” – Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 16: 1981-1982 If you’re like me, you’re starting the new decade by reflecting on your life situation and making sure everything is on...
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Marine Servicenter, a Seattle and Anacortes, Washington-based boat brokerage, has been named the 2019 Jeanneau North American Sailboat Dealer of the Year. The award is the second the Pacific Northwest firm has won in the past four years. Marine Servicenter...
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When a book about the sinking of a cargo ship begins by telling us that part of the reason officials knew it had sunk was that seismologists heard it hit the ocean floor, I’m in. This is precisely what happened...
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