Rosario Resort’s new docks open
The popular resort and spa on Orcas Island has upgraded to new aluminum floats, with more berths and additional room for side ties.
Author: Jim Burgoyne
Cutts Island memories
Cutts Island evokes memories of deserted tropical isles and summertime beach parties. This lovely little Carr Inlet islet offers all those things and more.
Stan’s amazing boat burritos
If these are not the world’s best burritos, they are the world’s best burritos that are easily made in a boat galley.
Narrow escape at Patos Island
Kallisto’s remarkable escape from disaster at Patos Island is a warning to us all to consider what can go wrong and how prepared we are if it does.
Transiting Seymour Narrows
On that day in 1958 it was the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history and it tamed the twin peaks of Ripple Rock. The maritime hazard had taken a high toll on shipping and claimed many lives. The rapids at flow are still a handful for any vessel.
‘Acoustic hell’ for orcas
n expert on how boat noise affects whales shows off his new computer animation in Seattle. It shows what he calls “acoustic hell” for orcas. Dr. Chris Clark, a bioacoustic engineer at Cornell University, has...
The restoration of Tod Inlet
Lovely Tod Inlet undergoes an environmental facelift to remove industrial pollutants and repair the natural habitat and make the anchorage safer for boaters.
Eastsound feels bigger than it is
Sitting on the brink of solitude, the community of Eastsound at the head of East Sound which slices Orcas Island virtually in half, has a Gotham feel. Though perhaps we have just been on the boat too long.
Swarm of sea lions
[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”3LGQ57B4uZU” width=”854″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://salishseapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/swarm-1.jpg”] A commercial fisherman in British Columbia captured footage of incredible numbers of sea lions that effectively prevented him from fishing. Source: Nightmarish swarm of sea lions engulfs fisherman’s boat...
Ferry now bluewater veteran
The Salish Eagle, one of three new BC Ferries’ Salish Class vessels to be built in Poland, arrived at Victoria’s Ogden Point this week ahead of schedule after a 10,440-nautical-mile, 38-day journey via Panama....
