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Code Well@pawank27342Posted by @pawank27342 on X
Award-Winning Documentary About Callahan’s “Adrift” Now Streaming
AdvertisementAt 48° North, we think of Steve Callahan as a friend after working together on a Wooden Boat Festival panel and consider his 48° North interview to be one of our favorite conversations in
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@GoIntoTheStory "Debased" #Literary Emily Dietz 🗞️ 🎤 Earlier this morning, Seattle Police were called to the Lake Union Boat Moorage after a retired couple, Mr. and Mrs. Arne Hansen, saw a dead body surface inside the small inlet that runs along the front of the Moorage.
Joe Moore@aafc795Posted by @aafc795 on X
Since 2007, twenty human feet have washed ashore in the Salish Sea. Just feet. Still in sneakers. Four have never been identified. Four people who were never reported missing. Who were they? 🌊 #SalishSea #TrueCrime 🌊 Full story daily. https://t.co/jG56c6H5Gq
The Abyss Archives@AbyssArchivePosted by @AbyssArchive on X
On 21 June 1947, three days before Kenneth Arnold's famous Mount Rainier sighting, a lumber salvage worker named Harold Dahl claimed that while on his boat near Maury Island in Puget Sound, Six enormous doughnut-shaped UFOs appeared overhead, one apparently in distress. It began
BOT313@thebot313Posted by @thebot313 on X
#TBT: Quick Jump to Cruising
AdvertisementIn our latest Throwback Thursday, we follow a young couple who dives right into cruising by buying a used sailboat and learning on fly in the Pacific Northwest. We started seriously consi
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@weathernetwork Spectacular #EnglishBay sunset (6:23 PM) with #BurrardInlet & the #SalishSea far away! (16°C) #Vancouver #ShareYourWeather #ShareYourRiding #VancouverCentre @HedyFry https://t.co/cJPixBu5J9
Michael M@princeof416Posted by @princeof416 on X
@weathernetwork Spectacular #EnglishBay sunset (6:23 PM) with #BurrardInlet & the #SalishSea far away! (16°C) #Vancouver #ShareYourWeather #ShareYourRiding #VancouverCentre @HedyFry
Michael M@princeof416Posted by @princeof416 on X
🦅 💙 Where the forest meets the shore. Standing on the beach at Lily Point Marine Park in Point RobertsWA, looking out at the San Juan Islands floating on the horizon. Point Roberts, you are a hidden gem #PointRoberts #vancouver #views #ocean #beach #Washington #SUP #boating https://t.co/ZlrLrvNxSP
Eat Drink Explore@eatdrink75Posted by @eatdrink75 on X
Be Whale Wise Launching Second Year of the Boater Ambassador Program
AdvertisementIf you have a passion for engaging with your local boating community and also want to help be a part of protecting marine wildlife in the Salish Sea, consider becoming a Be Whale Wise Boa
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@girdley Quite a few cities in the boat of "if they always had peak weather". Portland is certainly another one as well as Seattle/Puget Sound area.
otack85@otactk85Posted by @otactk85 on X
One of my favorite places in the world is Roche Harbor... I always thought that's where I'd want to escape to... and this is the exact reason it would never be... https://t.co/f3MKWLpIkW
Hammer | Puetz@that_grey_beardPosted by @that_grey_beard on X
Latest from WSF: Here is the latest from Washington State Ferries: [Last Updated: Tuesday, October 06, 2026 05:04 AM] All Routes - Service Update for Tuesday, Oct. 6 Most routes are operating regular service Tuesday, Oct. 6. Current service status is as follows: Anacortes/San https://t.co/aJCw7Wo8Qx
Bainbridge Island@cityofbiPosted by @cityofbi on X
🚨Washington State Ferries Service Update for Tuesday, Oct. 6 Most routes are operating regular service Tuesday, Oct. 6. Current service status is as follows: • Anacortes/San Juan Islands, including interisland: Regular service. • Port Townsend/Coupeville: Regular service. https://t.co/t43LpdidMl
Lynnwood Times@LynnwoodTimesPosted by @LynnwoodTimes on X
Close to the Water: Messing About on the Columbia
AdvertisementMessabout participants met-up at the boat ramp to share their boats and stories. On a Monday morning last fall, I realized that I was a bit more exhausted than anticipated from my weekend
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@comradecamera Then quit. I wonder if they can find any other people that want to drive a boat in the Puget sound for 150k a year
179 Days of Artichoke Dips@TheRealFitzroyPosted by @TheRealFitzroy on X
@Joel_Dahmen Take the party boat from Lake Union to the stadium! Highly recommended from a visiting fan ! Avoid the traffic and enjoy the scenery with some beverages! You miss the tailgate at the stadium.
Martin Arnzen@Martay83843Posted by @Martay83843 on X
@GovBobFerguson @POTUS and @FLOTUS, I highly recommend y'all take a romantic day voyage through the San Juans (Anacortes to Friday Harbor) on Washington's magnificent ships, when you find the time We need three times as many ferry engineers, probably everywhere. #4dayweek (16 hr days!) for them https://t.co/NqkMmnnyUN
Essential Laborer 1992-2025 🇺🇸 Raised a Laborer@GermanHillhousePosted by @GermanHillhouse on X
@GrizzlyRay 13 of 18 ferries (72%) out of service after 23 engine-room employees called in sick and all qualified replacements declined the shifts. Major routes including Seattle-Bainbridge, Edmonds-Kingston, Fauntleroy triangle, Mukilteo-Clinton, Bremerton, and San Juans canceled or reduced
Grok@grokPosted by @grok on X
@wsferries @wsferries - been waiting at Friday Harbor, and it’s now 5:57pm on Sun 10/4). When is the next inter-island ferry for Orcas arriving? It was supposed to depart here at 5:40pm.
Tony Fernandez@WhoIsTheRockmanPosted by @WhoIsTheRockman on X
@lippyent His boat used to be moored in my local marina in the 90's in the Salish Sea area.
LuLu Smith🌻@islandluluPosted by @islandlulu on X
For those who live in the Puget Sound and especially near PSNS you should enjoy this story. 😂👍 Kitsap Kronicles (copied from FB) By: Ron Randall Folks, we have a SERIOUS traffic problem in Gorst and frankly I have figured it out because that's what I do. People sit there every https://t.co/29V2hbUywm
ADDLEPATED DSF@DSFisAddlepatedPosted by @DSFisAddlepated on X
@btcave1 Awesome! My friends had a SJ 24 on Tahoe. That was a good boat. They cruised Baja in it. We may cruise Puget Sound?
Mustanger65 🇺🇸@desertrider65Posted by @desertrider65 on X
WA360 Race Moving to Bellingham in 2027
The every-other-year WA360 Race has found a new home for the 2027 event—moving from Port Townsend to Bellingham—and applications open on Monday, November 16 at noon. Get your boat and team ready! WA36
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The Great ShakeOut is Happening on October 15, 2026!
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@hannahkrieg Center of Wooden boats at Lake Union allows boat rentals or you can charter a small boat and then grab snacks at The Cove.
PNWKim@KimReidyPosted by @KimReidy on X
Whale watching tourist boat sighted in our reach of Puget Sound. LoL. This boat offends me b/c it is named "emerald clipper" but the thing is not GREEN~ ! Good day for heidi and i. In lots of ways....to be discussed later, but for the moment, the ORCA are all over. Slapping https://t.co/DvtGhSfNKp
clif is antiselenite 🏴☠️@clif_highPosted by @clif_high on X
@lamourjaime1 You couldn't sit alone in a boat in the middle of Puget Sound because of "COVID".
Billy Blue Blazes@BillyBlueBlaze1Posted by @BillyBlueBlaze1 on X
@MadelnCanada For non-Canadians: #Sooke British Columbia is on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. No, there is no university in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.😂JdFU #StraitofGeorgia & #PugetSound > collective ecosystem & super-body of water officially named #SalishSea #Tofino #surfing https://t.co/A9xh66yWwo
FlungingPictures 🇨🇦 姜太公 🍁Bluesky 藍天@FlungingPicturePosted by @FlungingPicture on X
Visiting Old Friends in the San Juans
Jeff and Jessica at the helm while crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca. I first sailed through Washington’s San Juan Islands in 1973, when I was 13 years old. To put that in historical perspective, in
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