In the mid-‘90s, I was living on Maui and teaching surfing to happily sunburned tourists. Late one afternoon, as we paddled out for a quick sunset session, a small sloop …
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The Van Belle clan rows on Puget Sound in the 1980s. It took me three days after my dad died before I could go into his workshop. When I opened …
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As a Native from Kodiak Island, Alaska, I never knew that our ancestors made open skin-boats, angyaat, until the mid-1990s when I started exploring ethnographic museums. The first time I …
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Have you heard of the disappearing wrecks of the Oregon Coast? No, it’s not a Goonies spinoff. Read on for more info and happy hunting!
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Over the last decade, I’ve been privileged many times to be aboard the Royal Canadian Navy ship that establishes one end of the Swiftsure International Yacht Race’s start line. The …
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By Peter Marsh How Courageous underdogs and history-making Hydroplanes helped put Postwar Seattle on the map
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Sea Trials: Around the World on Duct Tape and Bailing Wire; by Wendy Hinman At one time or another, we have all fantasized about casting off and sailing away to …
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In Memoriam: Stan Miller
by Norris Comerby Norris ComerStan Miller, founder of Stan Miller Yachts, passed away on November 17, 2017 at the age of 91. Miller’s life, often defined by family, seafaring, and his brokerage profession, is …
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In 1968, nine sailors set out to be the fastest around the world, single-handed – thus began the bizarre and tragic saga of Donald Crowhurst’s last voyage.
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Peter Marsh tells the amazing tale of how the R/V Hero, a famous Antarctic ship with 17 long voyages under it’s belt, met its unlikely end on Willapa Bay.
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Scurvy by Stephen R. Bown It’s a running joke onboard our boat as we stock the fridge with limes for evening cocktails that we are staving off scurvy. We have …
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Owner Glen Cathers fell in love with U.S. Coast Guard Motor Life Boat #36391 as he brought her back to life. The kicker? He discovered his own father served aboard …