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Ahoy Mateys! Many of you know Helen Gilbert, as she has been a part of our Song Circle since we first began meeting once a month. She travels over from Lynnwood once a month to sing shanties with us, but on June 6th she's leading our Song Circle, sharing some of her favorites with us. Helen … [Read more...]
Click here to open a new page for the audio Not long after midnight Aug. 12, the destroyer Porter cleared the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf. Five months into their deployment, it was the ship’s 13th straits transit and the commanding officer, Cmdr. Martin … [Read more...]
by Bruce Moore In late July, more than 50 Ranger Tugs and Cutwater Boats (both built in the State of Washington by Fluid Motion, LLC) gathered in Ganges on Saltspring Island, BC, to launch the 2012 Desolation Sound Cruise. From there the fleet crossed the Strait of Georgia to Pender Harbour's … [Read more...]
It was my time-out. A weekend to cuddle up with a good book next to the radiant potbelly stove and sample a few different teas. A time to let the peaceful pitter-patter of falling rain on the boat’s cabin top chase away the tension. The baking salmon dinner fogs the windows and floods my senses … [Read more...]
On March 20, 2013 it happened again, this time on Gabriola Island, BC. 32 year old Krystal Anderson’s car crashed through the safety gates at the terminal and drove across the deck of the MV Quinsam and into the waters of Descanso Bay. (A list of articles related to this incident … [Read more...]
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., medically evacuated a boater after he began experiencing life-threatening medical complications aboard his vessel 80 miles off the coast of Georgia Friday. Medically evacuated was Jeff Landis, … [Read more...]
It's uncommon to have such an event personalized by someone with such an incredible attention to detail, punctuated with addictive laughter. Please enjoy this following video. (bet you will play it over again). … [Read more...]
Rule 5, Look Out International and Inland – Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as … [Read more...]
One of the more useful electronic devices in our overhead display is the log meter. Not only does this unit display water temperature (which I never really cared about, because Puget Sound is dang cold even in summer), but more usefully it displays miles logged since last reset, and speed through … [Read more...]
ANCLOTE RIVER, Fla. — A 49-year-old woman was rescued by Coast Guard crewmembers after she became stuck in the mud approximately half a mile west of here, Thursday. At 8:30 p.m., local 911 dispatch transferred a call to watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg from a woman who stated … [Read more...]
