Author: Jim Burgoyne

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Kingston: A little charmer

There is no reason sailors must stop at Kingston. It has a marina, a supermarket, bakeries, bars, a public library and oodles of fast food outlets. Lots of places do. But here is found a comfort level not available everywhere.

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Jarrell Cove’s south dock now has power

oaters who can’t live without a microwave oven (or other things AC) will be happy that popular Jarrell Cove State Park now has power to one of its docks. Crews have installed 30-amp power...

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The invisible harbor

Mackaye Harbor is a sheltered, peaceful anchorage which offers cruisers much more than is readily apparent when you first drop the hook.

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520 Bridge east channel blocked to sailboats

arger sailboats coming through Seattle’s Ballard Locks to take cover from the season’s first storms will encounter delays if their crews hope to find shelter south of the new SR520 Floating Bridge in Lake Washington. Work...

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Avoiding the drones

[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”BuRf6r0LuL8″ width=”854″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://salishseapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/drone.jpg”] ecently we have had close encounters with crazed kite boarders off Clover Point while sailing for Victoria Harbour, but perhaps soon there will be flocks of them regardless of whether...