David G. Sellars

ON THE WATERFRONT WITH DAVID G. SELLARS: Sequim Bay Yacht Club changes bridge for 2012

The annual Change of Watch ceremony is complete at Sequim Bay Yacht Club. The ceremony was held Wednesday to usher in the bridge for 2012.… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Japanese cargo ship to load tons of logs this week

The 580-foot Japanese cargo ship IVS Kwaito will moor to the Port of Port Angeles' Terminal 3 on Monday for a week to take on… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Port Angeles craftsman adds teak handiwork to classic yacht

Platypus Marine Inc. has had a celebrity of sorts in its Commander Building at Marine Drive and Cedar Street in Port Angeles since early October.… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Sailboat blown off anchor again

Esther Marie, the 46-foot sailboat that has been anchored in the west end of Port Angeles Harbor for most of the past three years, broke… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT WITH DAVID G. SELLARS: Gale warnings taken seriously

While writing this column Friday morning, it started raining a bunch, so I logged on to my favorite weather website, www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew, to check the forecast… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS’ ON THE WATERFRONT: Historic destroyer Turner Joy a Bremeton museum

In the waning days of summer, I had a hankering to get back to my maritime roots and decided to make a quick trip to… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Oil spill boat getting outfitted in Port Angeles

NRC Quest has been moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 1 South since the first week of September. She is the former offshore… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Lots of history in that wooden boat

At the beginning of last week, Ian McLeod of Shelton moored his boat, Ranger 7, in the Port Angeles Boat Haven. The 50-foot-long wooden vessel… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Ill-fated boat back in water, plans to be returned to Port Angeles

Fred and Megan Rodolf, owners of the Alaskan tour boat Lu-Lu Belle who winter in Port Angeles, are familiar to regular readers of this column.… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT WITH DAVID G. SELLARS: A beautiful yacht visits Port Angeles yard

California’s San Joaquin Valley is often called “the food basket of the world.” The summer’s hot sun is ideal for growing cotton, grapes, nuts, tomatoes… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT WITH DAVID G. SELLARS: Port Hadlock master of wooden boat-building teaches in Ireland

For more than 30 years, the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock has been teaching techniques that are unique to Puget Sound to… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT WITH DAVID G. SELLARS: A classic gets a face lift in Port Townsend boatyard

In early June, Charles Martin, who operates the Water Limousine from John Wayne Marina, called to let me know that there was a classic Fantail… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Pusher tug, barge stop by en route to Alaska

Two parts that become one pulled into the Port of Port Angeles last week to end a six-week voyage from the shipbuilder in Texas. The… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: An original Boeing that never leaves the ground [**Gallery**]

The name Boeing is synonymous with the aircraft industry. Yet tethered to the end of F Float in John Wayne Marina on Sequim Bay is… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: An unusual way to spend a birthday

In the late 1700s, Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, pressed the case to Congress of the need for a fleet of boats… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Tug has a bit of a weight problem

ONE OF THE past week's visitors to Platypus Marine Inc. on the Port Angeles waterfront was the Navy tug YT-801. She steamed into Port Angeles… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: MV Coho-sized private yacht visits Port Angeles Harbor

She was the talk of the town for a while Friday afternoon. Attessa IV, which by any measure is one of the largest yachts in… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Look for a triumphant return in the fall

The saga of Capt. Fred Rodolf’s and his wife, Megan’s, misadventure last May aboard their 75-foot Alaskan tour boat, Lu-Lu Belle, continues — albeit on… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Don’t let the caboose fool you — it’s a haven of naval memorabilia

Nestled away under a canopy of trees on the North Olympic Peninsula is X-246. Although it has the sound of a supersecret aircraft Gen. Chuck… Continue reading

DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Visiting yacht has fascinating pedigree

Puget Sound Pilots brought the Panamanian-flagged expedition yacht, Alucia, into Port Angeles Harbor and took her to a berth at the Port of Port Angeles’… Continue reading