Our turquoise sea
hat’s turning local waters an amazing milky turquoise colour that you would expect to see in the tropics? It’s a question the Marine Detective been asked a lot on the northwest side of Vancouver...
Category: Currents
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,...
Putting Salish Sea in kids’ hands
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 throughout Puget Sound. They are...
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.
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...
Crabber convicted
Grays Harbor County judge has sentenced a commercial crab fisherman to 90 days of electronic home monitoring and fined him $5,000 for stealing crab pots offshore of Westport, concluding a case that began with...
30-day timelapse at sea
nterprising sailor aboard a cargo ship compresses a 30-day voyage from the Red Sea to Singapore and Hong Kong, a total of 80,000 frames, down to 10 minutes. Enchanting and beautiful.
Victoria Harbour to remodel
he City of Victoria is looking at transforming a waterfront parking lot into a signature feature along its famous Inner Harbour, CBC News reports. Planners for the city are currently holding public consultations around...
Derelict airlift at Cowichan Bay
everal Cowichan Bay businesses came together to remove derelict boats that they believe posed a risk to the environment and public safety. “There has been a lot of talk about the problem of derelict...
Orcas amaze paddleboarder
A woman paddleboarding near Deception Pass off Whidbey Island had an amazing experience when a pod of orcas emerged from the waters around her. See… Orcas emerge around woman paddle boarding near Deception Pass
