Stern-tie angst
here are times, chatting with other cruisers, when someone says, sometimes as a confession, sometimes defiantly, that they don’t stern tie. You take a deep breath, or you don’t, depending on your nautical politics,...
Author: Jim Burgoyne
Matilpi: the sands of time
This lovely anchorage in the Broughtons is haunted by thousands of years of unwritten and forgotten stories.
No place to poop
Washington’s recent move to ban direct discharge in Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands has made Maurice’s life complicated.
Southern trepidation
The American side of the border through the Salish Sea is not really so daunting for Canadian boaters to cross and well worth the effort.
Putting Salish Sea in kids’ hands
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”wlLuSkMtSH8″ width=”854″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://salishseapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/seadoc1.jpg”] he SeaDoc Society, based in Eastsound on Orcas Island, has launched an Idiegogo campaign to bring the beauty and wonder of the Salish Sea to 5th and 6th graders...
How the Salish Sea got its name
Bert Webber, the man credited with naming the Salish Sea, explains how he came to see a need unify our vast inland sea that had no name.
The Russell Island howl
Russell Island is a peaceful place, ideal for families, but every so often a clam will make mischief, spoiling the serenity.
Totally rebuilt and redesigned
Our new Salish Sea Pilot cruising guides, Premium Edition 2.0, have been retooled to feel a lot more like apps, and released just in time for the boat show season with boat show prices.
Fried in Fisherman Bay
A certain kind of pleasure at a certain time in life is found just sitting, sitting in Lopez Island’s Fisherman Bay.
Tight squeeze
anta and his trusty sleighboat, which was of course pulled by mermaid reindeer, scouted all the Salish Sea marinas yesterday, making sure he could fit down the chimneys. Some of them were a tight...
