While much of the populace in Port Townsend was occupied with the Great Kinetic Skulpture Race last weekend, my wife and I spent a couple… Continue reading
Armstrong Marine, the aluminum-boat fabricator on U.S. Highway 101 midway between Port Angeles and Sequim, has been awarded a five-year contract by the Department of… Continue reading
While driving along Marine Drive in Port Angeles a couple of weeks ago, I saw that Sea Chest, a 42-foot Grand Banks Classic, was moored… Continue reading
Armstrong Marine, the aluminum boat fabricator on U.S. Highway 101 midway between Port Angeles and Sequim, launched Coastal Explorer last week. For the past three… Continue reading
THE LARGEST BULK cargo ship to arrive for a load of logs at the Port of Port Angeles in recent memory was tied up at… Continue reading
Philip Winrod of Forks left Port Angeles on Aug. 5 and set a northerly course for Ketchikan, Alaska. His nonstop journey weaved its way around… Continue reading
The Port Angeles Boatyard continues to be a beehive of activity, although that should not be surprising to anyone. The management of the yard is… Continue reading
Only a handful of insomniacs and really early risers will see the 3 a.m. Monday arrival in Port Angeles of Selinda, a new 587-foot, self-trimming… Continue reading
Keith Benson journeyed to Port Angeles from his home on Vashon Island last weekend aboard his vintage yacht Arro. She was hauled out of the… Continue reading
I'm asked occasionally if tractor-trailer tankers deliver the bunker fuels to the Tesoro Petroleum Marine Terminal that are then used to refuel ships in Port… Continue reading
THE WINGS OF Freedom vintage planes from World War II arrive on the North Olympic Peninsula this Monday morning (click on the story on the… Continue reading
AS THE SUN crept over the horizon Thursday morning, Northern Legacy quietly slipped out of Port Angeles Harbor bound for Dall Island, Alaska. Following in… Continue reading
It looked like a barbecue was on. On Thursday afternoon, about a dozen folks were standing around what appeared to be a makeshift fire pit… Continue reading
LEE SHORE BOATS’ newest craft goes by the unceremonious name of UB45-1. Lee Shore, the boat manufacturer on Edgewood Drive in Port Angeles, launched the… Continue reading
Eric Bert, a well-known and highly regarded shipwright who operates his business, Modern Yacht Joinery, from a shop at the Port Angeles Boat Haven, recently… Continue reading
My wife, Mardi, and I took last week off and went to Victoria aboard the MV Coho to spend time with her mother, a dear… Continue reading
There was a fair bit of activity last week on the docks at the foot of Cedar Street in Port Angeles. Capella, a 332-foot-long tank… Continue reading
Among the many hieroglyphics that can be found on vessels sailing the ocean and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, there’s none more important than… Continue reading
DURING A VISIT to Armstrong Marine, the aluminum-boat fabricator based on U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim, I became fascinated by the amount… Continue reading
Lu-Lu Belle SPENT much of the week on the hard at the Port Angeles Boat Yard. The 75-foot boat is owned by Fred and Megan… Continue reading
