This post by Jessie Stensland originally appeared here in the Whidbey News-Times. A banker will be bringing the noise to Oak Harbor this summer. Michelle Curry, a loan officer at …
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Jeffrey Linn created a fascinating map that shows where Puget Sound shorelines might be if the polar icecaps melted for another 5,000 years and raised the water 240′. As Linn …
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Boating BusinessNew BoatsSailboat RacingSailing
Last Paris Show Report
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneEd. Note: Thanks so much to Karl for providing these peeks at how the other side of the Atlantic boats. We hope to hear more from him! If you’re out …
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Activities & EntertainmentBoating SafetySailboat Racing
Overboard Seminar on Saturday
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneWe just learned about this one (coming up in two days!), and it’s a great idea. If you’ve never been in the water fully clothed, or wonder what in the …
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Laura Dekker’s story comes to the big screen, and one of it’s earliest showings is at the Seattle International Film Festival. Dekker sailed around the world by herself at age …
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Courtesy of our friends at Boat US. Check out USCG and local regulations and recommendations as well. In our waters I’d suggest bringing along extra clothing, foul weather gear and …
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Boating BusinessMoorage and Marinas
Bremerton Marina’s New Reciprocal Moorage Program
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneIt’s no secret that now, more than ever, marinas are getting creative about attracting and retaining moorage customers. This innovative program might well be a model to make boat ownership …
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Ed. Note: We’re very pleased to have this first post by Mike Henry. Mike is well known in the power boating and predicted log scenes in Puget Sound, and frequently …
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George Harris, Executive Director of the Northwest Marine Trade Association, was asked along with several other industry leaders to prognosticate about the marine industry for 2014. The original Soundings Trade …
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The folk at the Second Wave consignment store (and parent company Dunatos) have been looking for new location that Second Wave can call home. Their current landlord has plans for …
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Activities & EntertainmentBoating BusinessPaddles, Oars and Boards
NMTA Gets the Paddling Festival
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneThe news that the Northwest Marine Trade Association has taken on the Northwest Paddling Festival is really exciting on many fronts. First and foremost, the NMTA has a great infrastructure …
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The Earth Wind Map web site way cool and a great way for people to see what is going on with the current weather. On this chart for instance if …