Tami sent me a note to tell me that their will be no power (and thus the pump out will be down) at City Dock over at Eagle Harbor on the 16th of October. Just a heads up… (no pun intended)

This short clip of what's like to be cruising down to Key West came my way via the Captains and Admirals yahoo group , Sailing in Paradise: Sailing in Paradise . A great video to check out on a Monday. :-)

I own a Pearson 424 and I was absolutely positive that I was going to get a Monitor windvane , but some of the P424 owner's are looking into Cape Horns which in all honesty I heard nothing about until they brought it. Well now I have all these choices...

This is one is headed for Japan right around Tokyo. Tropical Storm Sixteen - Western Pacific Wind: 40 MPH | Location: 30.5N 213.3E | Movement: WNW More Information: Tracking Map | Public Advisory | Discussion | Coordinates

It's time to get up early and see what's for sale over Seattle Fisheries Supply parking lot this weekend; 48 North is hosting another swap meet. It runs from 0700-1300 but if you can get there earlier, feel free. I can't get up that early...

Looking at how few named hurricanes there are in the Pacific as compared to the Atlantic, the name is starting to make a lot more sense. There are two active systems though Lowell in off the coast of Baja and a tropical depression NE of Philippines. Tropical...

How did this thing sneak up on me? I don't know but with a boat in the water I'm ready to gather info and buy some goodies. I'm very interested in looking into instrumentation packages and interop between vendors. I think I'm going to...

If you're a MAC (not me) or an iPhone (me) user you should head over and check out MacSailing.Net . It's a good forum about sailing software for the MAC and iPhone including Mr. Tides and iNavX the iPhone version of GPS NavX . Only about 800 users...

Image via Wikipedia This is direct from the Port of Seattle When: Saturday, September 20, 2008, 11 a.m. - 6:30 p.m Where: Fishermen's Terminal The 20th Annual Fishermen's Fall Festival is a free, fun, family-oriented event celebrating the return...

Morning Light is a movie about a bunch of 20' something inexperienced sailors who are picked to train and race in the TRANSPAC from LA to Honolulu aboard a 52 sloop. The trailer looks pretty good and the movie opens in theaters 18 October 2008. IMDB...

If you're looking for a pedal boat here's your chance. You'll have to go over to Bainbridge to pick it up. Here's the info from Tami... IMPOUND & AUCTION & DISPOSAL Impound/Public Auction Pelican Pedal boat Sealed bid. Deadline...

I'll keep my smart ass remarks to myself, but check out the CYC's recent restaurant inspection .

While Tropical Storm Fay is being tracked and predicted to grow into a Hurricane in the Gulf; Nuri, a full blown Typhoon, is headed towards the Philippines and currently looks as thought Manilla will take a direct hit. Depending on what happens after...

This is another unnamed storm on the W Coast of Japan. So far it seems like the Pacific gets more smaller storms but they don't seem to strike land as often or grow as large as the Atlantic or gulf storms. Tropical Storm 12W - Western Pacific Updated...

We've an officially named storm which is headed out to sea off the coast of Mexico Tropical Storm Iselle - East Pacific | Updated: 5pm EDT Wed Aug 13 2008 Wind: 40 MPH | Location: 16.6N 106.7W | Movement: WNW More Information: Tracking Map | Public...