Sailing Northwest

A Dream Comes True

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:29:00 +0000

The Dolores M. Jackson, a 43-foot Murray Peterson designed coastal schooner, built over 32 years by Roy and Dee Jackson. I met Roy Jackson in 1982 when we worked together at an advertising agency....

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Sublime’s Maiden Cruise from Shilshole Bay

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:06:00 +0000

Sublime sailing downwind making 7.4 knots Our 27-foot Coronado sailboat, Sublime, had been moored on Seattle’s Lake Union for the past year or so, which definitely had its good points. Our dock...

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Yacht to Victoria, Floatplane Home

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:45:00 +0000

Little Harbor 68 at Shilshole Bay Marina This was a week of coincidences, connections and crossed paths that reminded me that we really do live in a small world. My wife Nola and I had already...

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Nautical New Year's Eve in Seattle

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:07:00 +0000

Fireworks on the Space Needle mark the beginning of 2008. Every New Year’s Eve, about 400,000 people gather at view points around Seattle to watch the fireworks on the Space Needle at...

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Seattle to Port Townsend by Passenger Ferry

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:40:00 +0000

Water jets push the passenger ferry Snohomish at a speed of 30 knots. Washington State Ferries recently took the 80-year old Steel Electric car ferries that ran between Port Townsend and Keystone on...

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Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival 2007

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:18:00 +0000

Boats of all sizes show their stuff at the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival A Festival to Celebrate Wooden Boats The Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival has been happening on the fourth of July weekend...

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Cruise to Blake Island

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:21:00 +0000

Native American carvings adorn the doors of the longhouse at Blake Island Cruising from an urban lake to an island getaway My wife, Nola, and I are so lucky to live in the Puget Sound area. Where...

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Pirate Night at Duck Dodge

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:16:00 +0000

Yours truly gets in the spirit of Pirate Night ARRRRGH! Thar Be Pirates on Lake Union! Pirate Night is one of the more popular theme nights at the Duck Dodge sailboat race on Seattle’s Lake Union....

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Downtown Sailing Series 2007 Season Opener

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:20:00 +0000

Left to right: Carol Brower, Jim Herman, L.B. Day and Mark Brower racing on Mark's boat Calculated Risque in the season opener of the Downtown Sailing Series They Threw a Party and a Race Broke...

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Duck Dodge Sailboat Race Mardi Gras Night

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:42:00 +0000

The Duck Dodge sailboat race has been happening on Seattle's Lake Union every Tuesday evening from Memorial Day to Labor Day for more than 30 years now. Unlike most sailboat races, which can be...

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Swiftsure 2007 on Atalanta

noreply@blogger.com (DP) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:55:00 +0000

The Swiftsure International Yacht Race celebrates its sixty-fourth year with record breaking conditions. By Dennis Palmer The race was held on May 26 & 27, 2007, starting at Clover Point near...

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