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Digital camera choices

James & Jennifer Hamilton — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:35:25 +0000

We purchased our first digital camera, a Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS, in 2002. Many of our pictures are taken from a boat, with the subject often at a distance. So we wanted a long lens to successfully get those distant shots. Since light conditions in the Pacific Northwest can be poor, and we'd often be [...]

App Week plus day 1: Wind Alert

CaptRR — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:46 +0000

Designed for Wind Surfers and Kite Boarders, Wind Alert is one of the best free apps for a mariner. This aggregator brings together weather data in the form of wind information for a quick view of what you’re about to encounter. It is the first thing I look at in the morning. Generally I don’t care [...]

My Boat | SV Victoria

Deborah Bach — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:56 +0000

John Enders learned to sail in South California in the 1960s. But it wasn’t until a year ago that he fulfilled his dream of owning a bluewater boat when he purchased his 1986 Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34, Victoria. Enders, a longtime journalist who is currently writing a book about Latin American leaders, plans to head [...]

ETC at the 2012 Seattle Boat Show – No wakeboard challenge this year

Everyone's Travel Club - Blog — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:33:29 +0000

ETC at the 2012 Seattle Boat Show - No wakeboard challenge this year. Captain wifey and I just got back from an exciting couple of days at the 2012 Seattle Boat Show. This post shows a peek at the indoor portion of this year's show, our next post will be the outside portion [...]

The bountiful sea

John Vigor — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:04:00 +0000

THE NEWSfrom Africa is sobering. In thecontinent's most advanced country, South Africa, there are rural areas wherelandline telephones no longer operate. Thieves have brazenly stolen the copper wires and sold them to illegaldealers in scrap metal. At the sametime, the fledgling cell-phone network is on its knees. Reception is erratic because of the recent fierce geomagnetic storms [...]

Small things you shouldn’t miss at the big Boat Show

Marty McOmber — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:00:57 +0000

One of the best things about the Seattle Boat Show is stumbling across some item, service or display that makes you stop in your tracks. I’m not talking about the big, shiny boats, but those smaller treasures that you might otherwise overlook if you walk by too fast. Over the past few days, the crew of [...]

App Week: Aye Tides (and U.S. currents)

CaptRR — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:01 +0000

Engine woes, stolen fish and rookie mistakes: tales from our Boat Show Story Contest

Deborah Bach — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:23 +0000

Today, Three Sheets Northwest readers share stories about the first year of a woman-owned sailboat, a diesel engine misadventure, a forgotten centerboard and a fellow angler who cut it too close. We’ll be running the final two installments of story entries over the next few days. Kevin and Ginny So there we were two [...]

Microship Available for Vancouver Island Adventure

Steven Roberts — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:42:08 +0000

We have established the 2012 adventure plan… a loop around Vancouver Island beginning August 1, with a small flotilla of (mostly) sailboats and a relaxed schedule. We already have a planning group of 15 people on Facebook, and a countdown … Continue reading →

Crane removes blast debris from Sequim marina (video)

Deborah Bach — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:39:53 +0000

Reporter Jeff Chew at the Peninsula Daily News has the story: A Sequim man injured in the Tuesday night explosion that destroyed his boat at John Wayne Marina remained in critical condition Thursday as a Port of Port Angeles-hired dive-and-salvage crew brought in a crane barge to lift large pieces of the shattered deck and [...]