Category: Currents

ashington State officials, environmental advocates and others are warning of dire environmental and economic consequences if President Donald Trump’s cuts to Puget Sound and other environmental programs go through as proposed. Source: Environmentalists warn...

Staying warm and dry was a bit of a challenge for many liveaboards this winter, the coldest, wettest and whitest we have seen on the Salish Sea for some years.

[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”Ve5MfKDbT9Q” width=”854″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://salishseapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/oak-sink.jpg”] he Salla Rose sits ensconced in as second round of absorbent oil booms after sinking in Oak Bay on Monday. “With Coast Guard Environmental response we swapped out the...

Everyone is different, as are the reasons they go to sea and what they do when they are out there. This is our list of the 10 best reasons to cruise the Salish Sea.

Everyone knows the Salish Sea, and mariners we have talked to love the name and the concept. However, there seems to be some confusion about the waters it includes.

[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”-2tZMhoq0nI” width=”854″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://salishseapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/octopus.jpg”] kay, maybe this is not news, the video taken a few years ago. But, news is relative, and we had never seen it before. We came upon this video...

aptain of a whale watching boat stepped in to assist a wayward deer that swam dangerously close to a pod of orcas on the weekend. A group of whale watchers were out on a...

[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”OgqL30TNVJ8″ width=”854″ height=”480″ anchor=”https://salishseapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/slowboat-customs.jpg”] he folks at SlowBoat.com, which runs flotillas of cruising vessels from Anacortes to Juneau, Alaska each year, have put together a video that we think is just about the best source...

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...