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Provision your vessel for spring with inventive and ingenious new gadgetry built for the Northwest.

By embracing a collaborative mindset, Tacoma’s Silverback Marine is cutting down lead times and beefing up its lineup of hardy aluminum workboats.

Adventurers Fredrik Norrsell and Nancy Pfeiffer reflect on a 15-month, 1,500-nautical-mile voyage across the untamed reaches of southeast Alaska aboard their Salish Voyager, Wild Places.

Follow the treasure map, the flags mark the spots: our navigational guide to the new discoveries that await at this month’s Seattle Boat Show.

For its 76th installment during February 3-11, the Seattle Boat Show is freshening up its seminar slate with a boatload of brand-new, on-trend offerings.

Charged by their line of electric outboards, Seattle’s Pure Watercraft hopes to revolutionize e-boating with a little help from automotive battery tech.

Cozy apparel and custom-made goods to inspired holiday décor and ingenious stocking stuffers, these nautical-and-nice finds will help you check off that gift list in no time.

Spruce up your holiday yacht party and spread some “cheers!” with these fun, fresh, and festive cocktails from James O. Fraioli.

Interesting development: Vulcan’s new Lake Union Piers project aims to reconnect Seattle to its maritime heart.

Peter Marsh explores the long and winding route of the Northwest’s last wooden car ferry, Tourist No.2.

Four women follow in the wake of Muriel Wylie Blanchet’s The Curve of Time on an inspiring summer journey of self-discovery.

From advocating pro-boating legislation to preserving beloved cruising grounds, the Recreation Boating Association of Washington continues to buoy its legacy as a community cornerstone.