‘End of the Wild: Shipwrecked in the Pacific Northwest’
A big part of what Three Sheets was founded to do was to help local boating authors share their stories. So, when GuestDock blogger Jason Taylor took the time to write his first novel this winter, we...
View ArticleVideo: Boating in the San Juan Islands | Around Shaw Island
With a few days (in a row) of spring weather and a few days off from work, I decided to seize the opportunity to get away. I didn’t really feel like going very far, and even though I’ve spent a lot...
View ArticleFriends in slow places
Julie’s birthday was in April. For a present, I got her a mechanic. A friend of mine, who also happens to be a diesel mechanic, agreed to ride over to Friday Harbor with me to school us on the basic...
View ArticleInterview | The 11-year voyage on Atkin designed Gaff Cutter Vixen
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Tiffany and Bruce Halabisky during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Tiffany & Bruce spent 11 years...
View ArticleBoating in the San Juan Islands | Westcott Bay Shellfish Co.
One of my favorite spots to drop the anchor in the San Juan Islands is likely Garrison Bay. I like the great holding bottom, the hike up Young Hill, and the overall history of the place. Another...
View ArticlePendrell Sound for 5 days
Pendrell Sound is one of those places I almost don’t want to write about – I’m afraid raving about how much we love it will make more people go and it will become crowded. But I know realistically...
View ArticleInterview | Small Craft Advisors’ Josh Colvin and Marty Loken: SCAMP, New...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Marty Loken and Josh Colvin during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Marty is now associate editor of Small...
View ArticleSpeaking near you! Inspiration from the globe-girdling crew of SV Totem
Jamie and Behan Gifford give a presentation at the Seattle Yacht Club. Photo courtesy of Sailing Totem and Kevin Baerg. Local Pacific Northwest sailors turned world cruisers, Behan and Jamie Gifford...
View ArticleInterview | Gini Wilson, Nathan Nelson NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Today’s podcast is an interview with Nathan Nelson and Gini Wilson at the 2018 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival at the Northwest Maritime Center. Nathan and...
View ArticleVideo: Racing 70-miles up Puget Sound on a nesting dinghy
Tacoma and Port Townsend are separated by a span of 70-miles and, naturally, the folks that brought you the Race to Alaska decided it was a good idea to race it. Alas, lots of folks signed up for the...
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