It’s been a long time since Olympia residents and visiting boaters have had a fuel dock in downtown — 1999 to be exact. But that’s all about to change when the new fuel dock opens at Swantown Marina in late July. When Swantown Marina was permitted and built in 1983, the Port of Olympia anticipated […]
Friday Harbor now has a brewery and it’s located in a boat shop — because this is Friday Harbor, so of course it is. Called The Friday Harbor Oar House, their mantra is “brewed by locals, for locals” and the location leans more towards “hard to find” than “easy to miss.” One might conclude that […]
As they do every year, BoatU.S. has recently announced their top 10 boat names from the past 365 days. The names come from tallying up requests for boat names to the BoatUS Graphics service, and each reveal much about the personality of the vessel’s owner. The BoatUS 2017 Top 10 Boat Names: Serenity: The utter calm […]
Nicola ‘Nikki’ Henderson, 23, from Guilford, UK, has been named as the Skipper who will lead the Visit Seattle team in the upcoming edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. “I’m thrilled to be appointed as the Visit Seattle Skipper for the 2017-18 race edition,” said Nikki, who at aged 23, is also […]
Garmin Ltd (www.Garmin.com) announced that is has acquired Active Corporation, the developer of ActiveCaptain (www.activecaptain.com), a recreational boating database and community which was co-founded by Jefferey and Karen Siegel. The Siegels are full-time cruisers whose crowd-sourced content comes from their 1.5 million cruising subscribers around the world. At the time of the acquisition, ActiveCaptain reported […]
Many boaters who frequented Rosario Resort & Spa Marina over the years noticed that time was taking its toll on the well-used docks. Well, Rosario noticed, too, and the marina has recently finished a complete overhaul of its docks. Located in picturesque Eastsound on Orcas Island, Rosario Resort rebuilt and replaced the old docks with […]
Sitting in the front row of the Victoria Clipper fast ferry, I could feel the bow gently rise and fall while making our way out of Victoria Harbour and into a westerly gale blowing down the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The motion wasn’t of discomfort, but one of knowing. Having spent quite a bit of […]
