Port Townsend Yacht Club will be hosting one of three national Women’s Sailing Conferences on August 2. The conference, sponsored by BoatUS and organized by the National Women’s Sailing Association, will include instruction on docking and mooring techniques, spinnaker handling, heavy weather sailing, single-handed sailing, GPS charting, helming, tacking & gybing and more.
Whether you [...]
File this one in the “Better late than never” category. Close on the heels of Seattle’s Opening Day, National Safe Boating Week comes to a close today. Thanks to our friends at Navagear and Bitter End for bringing this to our attention.
SEATTLE - In preparation for the 50th Annual National Safe Boating Week, May 17-24, the Coast [...]
There are basically four major ways you can enjoy Seattle’s Opening Day Boat Parade- line up on the Montlake Cut, actually take part in the boat parade, watch the Windermere Cup races on TV (no fun!), or moor on the Log Boom and throwing a few back with your neighboring boaters.
Each year, the University of Washington [...]
Many people will line up on Montlake Cut on Saturday, May 3 to watch the UW crew races in the 24th Anniversary running of the Windermere Cup. But Opening Day in Seattle is best known for the Seattle Yacht Club’s Opening Day Boat Parade.
An annual tradition since 1920, the Boat Parade is the largest regional [...]
At this glorious time of year, many of us boating folks are not just working in our gardens but also on our boats and not just for the coming season but for one or more of the Springtime parades coming up. The Northwest’s biggest and best known marine parades no doubt are the Daffodil Parade [...]
It’s time once again to meet up with hundreds of your fellow boaters to at the 48° North Boater’s Swap Meet on Saturday, April 12th. Empty out your garage and come on down to trade that stuff you’ve been storing for years for something you might actually use!
But get there early! The swapping starts at [...]
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