Bellingham Marine is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The global leader in designing and constructing marinas is marking the moment by returning to one of its earliest clients: Shilshole Marina. Bellingham first supplied floating concrete docks to Shilshole in 1958, in a radical departure from the timber-reliant docks of the time. Designers hoped the change in materials would boost the life of the docks from 10 or 15 years to maybe 35. Little did Bellingham guess that these concrete docks would not need replacing for the next 50 years—or, moreover, that they would boost the company to the front of the field and set the industry standard around the world. Happy anniversary Bellingham, and let’s raise a glass to Archimedes…

Camano Yachts America has acquired the Camano Trawler brand and is beginning production in the U.S., more specifically, in Washington State and Maryland. The good reputation of the Camano Trawler means that the means of construction will not change, but there may be the option of a step up in comfort down below…

If the complexities of rigging make you shudder with a sense of the sublime, you should take a look at the U.S. Coast Guard training ship CGC Eagle. This 295’ square-rigger has 22,000 square feet of sail and more than five miles of rigging. Foss Waterway Seaport has adopted her for the Tacoma Tall Ships festival in July, where she’ll offer a sneak preview of the historic seaport’s ongoing upgrades …