Life can feel dreamlike in Post Falls, Idaho, as one walks the quiet streets lined with one-story traditional ranch-style houses, many sporting rusty wagon wheels as décor in their lawns. Worn iron railroads overgrown with prairie grasses, a sign for...
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By Seanna Browder Ally Cedeno is one determined woman. When she was six, her father taught her how to tack during a Seattle Yacht Club (SYC) event. She was so intent on mastering this essential sailing skill, she stayed out...
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By Brad Baker This year, I’m racing my tenth Vic Maui race aboard Firefly. My Vic-Maui career has been one incredible adventure after another. My first Vic-Maui race was in 1984 aboard Hypertension, a Baltic 42 owned by Roger Palmer....
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By Norris Comer Immigrants from Norway profoundly shaped what we know today as the Pacific Northwest maritime industry and local boating culture. If you know what to look for, you can see telltale signs of their incredible legacy everywhere you...
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Hidden away in what midshipman Joseph Sandford described as a “pretty little bay that is concealed from the Sound” is the town of Gig Harbor, Washington. Sandford served aboard the U.S.S. Porpoise, part of a surveying expedition sent by the...
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By Chris Couch Shelter Bay Marina, Colon, Panama. Early December 2015, mid-morning. I am on a trip from Seattle, Washington to Fort Lauderdale, Florida with a 78’ Ocean Alexander. A few days before, I had just transited the Canal for...
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“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” —Pablo Picasso The days of summer may be lengthening and the memories of last winter’s Seattle Boat Show fading, but now is a time of excitement for those of us...
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By Norris Comer The Race to Alaska (R2AK) 2018 begins on June 14 at 0500 hours in Port Townsend, Washington. What’s the status of Team Wright Yachts and our managing editor who’s a team member?
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By Eva Seelye Stand up paddleboards (SUPs) can be spotted resting in the sand at the beach, floating on bright blue alpine lakes, braving river rapids, and gliding among whales. These buoyant recreational watercrafts are here to stay as one...
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Boating to a glacier in Alaska is about as Northwest Yachting as it gets! Pro cruiser Elsie Hulsizer offers her insider tips so you too can experience the majesty.
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