The Northwest Marine Trade Association recently bought the Northwest Paddling Festival, the region’s largest event dedicated to the increasingly popular recreation. The acquisition follows recent efforts by the Seattle-based trade group to widen its footprint within the industry. “NMTA represents the boating interests of everything from stand-up paddleboards to superyachts,” NMTA president George Harris said […]
DiscoverBoating.com offers boaters quick tips to reduce their carbon ‘wake’ CHICAGO (April 13, 2010) – As Earth Day approaches and marinas prepare for peak boating season around the country, now’s the time for boaters to gear up to ‘be green’ this summer. Choosing to be a responsible conservationist on the water not only positively impacts […]
A Garden in Four Seasons: The Carl S. English, Jr. Botanical Gardens at the Hiram M. Chittendon Locks By Leslee Jaquette Each year 70,000 boats “lock through” the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard, Washington. Built and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Lake Washington Ship Canal, this popular Seattle […]
BY LESLEE JAQUETTE While beaching our 65-foot houseboat down a secluded arm of British Columbia’s Shuswap Lake, we sight a grizzly bear swimming to shore. Paddling leisurely, Ursus horribilis ignores us completely. He clambers up the beach, shakes like a dog and lumbers into the forest. Houseboating on the Shuswap, as well as a number […]
ActiveLifestylesNW.com will feature a different Northwest hike each week in Oregon and Washington. To start off, here are three of our favorite Northwest hikes: Catherine Creek Interpretive Trail, located in Washington the east end of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, is the ideal place to walk your dog while viewing spectacular gorge scenery. […]
For More Information: Kelly Kaylor, NMMA 312.946.6262 [email protected] Boating is not just for the rich and famous but is one of the most affordable and accessible recreational activities in the U.S. In fact, according to the boating industry’s trade group, the National Marine Manufacturers Association, 75 percent of boat owners in 2009 had an average […]
By Leslee Jaquette It’s a sunny, warm day at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Seattle with Lockmaster Terry Meyer overseeing the navigation from the control tower. He and I are reminiscing about the “wild old days” back in the 1970s and 1980s, when nearly twice as many boats transited the Locks each year and […]
By Leslee Jaquette In 1841 when Capt. Charles Wilkes charted the South Sound, he must have been tired. Or, perhaps, he had simply run out of names? You see, Wilkes named Gig Harbor, Wash., after the type of longboat, a gig, he used to survey the small bay. These days, perfectly protected and perfectly beautiful […]
By Leslee Jaquette On this warm spring day as I wander the docks at the Port of Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal (FT), I fall into a “Walter Mitty” daylight daydream. Transformed by the sights and smells here at the home of the Pacific Northwest fishing fleet, my reverie places me amongst purse seiners rolling […]
The Northwest Marine Trade Association recently bought the Northwest Paddling Festival, the region’s largest event dedicated to the increasingly popular recreation. The acquisition follows recent efforts by the Seattle-based trade group to widen its footprint within the industry. “NMTA represents the boating interests of everything from stand-up paddleboards to superyachts,” NMTA president George Harris said […]
