“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.” – Benjamin Franklin The joys of boating may be simple, yet the financial path to get there often is not. Managing the finances of any household is a...
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Harbour Air’s DeHavilland Canada DHC-3 Turbo Otter airplanes are a familiar sight over the skies in Vancouver, Victoria, and all the way up the B.C. Coast. Harbour Airlines, a British Columbia seaplane company, which operates about 30,000 flights each year...
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How do boat models get away with being dated 2020 while we are still in 2019? With a limited release, of course! Such is the case with the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410, with one of the few models coming into...
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The weather was hot and humid even at 0100 hours. We were headed 1,500 nm north to Yokohama, Japan, fulfilling a wish made when I was ten and sailing with my father and brother in Puget Sound. By Don Linrothe...
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The worldwide generic term for satellite navigation systems with global coverage is Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), often referred to as GPS by boaters here in North America. The truth is that there are several different GNSS systems in operation,...
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We of the Pacific Northwest may be unfamiliar with the brand but familiar with the style of yacht in this new Integrity 440 Sedan; a displacement-hull, long-distance clinker trawler with an emphasis on enjoying the journey. Why might the name...
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Point Roberts’ massive marina should be large enough to accommodate the race week fleet. Its location may draw even more racers from nearby British Columbia. Come 2020, Whidbey Island Race Week will be rechristened Point Roberts Race Week in honor...
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Nothing says spring is in the air quite like a BBQ, and our friends at Fremont Mischief Distillery created a cocktail with those sweet, smokey vibes in mind. Mischeif’s artist and supreme sailor Jill Carter designed the Grilled Storm Tossed...
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“Nowadays, if you get in a car that doesn’t have a backup camera, you notice,” says Dan Balogh, Director of Electronics & Software engineering at Mercury Marine. The drive assistance functionalities people are becoming used to in their cars –...
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The Burlington, Washington-based Aspen Power Catamarans has earned many accolades for innovation, mostly recently as the 2018 Gold Award winner in the innovation category of Seattle Business magazine. The family business and its engineer patriarch Larry Graf keep innovating, and...
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