Features

2008 Marine Electronics Special
What’s New and Exciting From Autopilots to Sonar to VHF
By Steven Rauer

Get Onboard
Overboard Alarms
By Tim Flanagan

Water Holes
Five places to dock and golf.
By John Lund

Metlakatla, Alaska
A unique look at native history and culture in a village where the pioneers were Indians who came in canoes.
By Elsie Hulsizer

Pacific Yachting PNW ’s Guide to the Super-Yacht Stars
A resplendent array of local mega-yachts.
By Elliott Wilson

Cape Fear
Everything is better on a boat, unless it’s heart-pounding terror. For some of us, this is an annual occurrence.
By Jake Beattie

Hands On Boater
Twice-Sold Tales, or Buying a Used Boat
A real-life storyline to guide your next used boat purchase.
By Elliott Wilson   

Departments

From The Helm . . .
Calling All Hands
By Eric Sorensen
 
Contributors

On The Waterfront
News & Notes for Northwest Boaters - content available online
Compiled by Elliott Wilson

Moveable Feast
Grilled asparagus
Roxanne Dunn

Reflections
The Power of Patience
By Duart Snow

The Joshua Group
By Tony Allport

Taking More Than the Helm
Teaching on the Right Wavelength
By Nonnie Thompson

Gunkholing
Blakely Harbor
By Eric Sorensen
 

Seamanship
Seasickness
By Art Eickenberg

Ask the Experts
The Marinized Computer  
By Trevor MacLachlan

Off The Shelf
On-the-Go Gadgets
By Robert Buller

New Boat Sail
Flying Tiger 10-Meter
By Sven Donaldson

New Boat Power
ACB 32
By Roger McAfee

Onboard Power
Sea Ray 49
By Peter A. Robson

Onboard Sail
Hunter 49
By Sven Donaldson

Last Wave . . .
Voices of the Weather
By Eric Sorensen