We’re getting festive on the water this year! Join the Shilshole Bay Marina Liveaboard Association on Saturday, December 7th for a holiday-themed Dinghy Parade.
If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we’ll roll with a backup date of December 14th.
Meeting spot: TBD
We’re still locking in the launch point, so keep an eye on this page for updates.
Bring your dinghy decked out in your best holiday decorations—lights, garlands, whatever makes it sparkle. Let’s make the bay glow!
Remember to set those clocks that don’t automatically adjust themselves.
The signs installed at the top and bottom of Golden Gardens Drive indicate it will be closed on 10/1/2025 and 10/2/3025. If anyone has a link to an official explanation of the closures please comment.
Sunset West Condominiums will be hosting two events before the November election, They will be held in the Sunset Room – located between the two building the guard at the gate can direct you.
City Attorney Ann Davison running for re-election 5 pm Thursday October 2nd
Mayor Bruce Harrell running for re-election 6 pm Thursday October 9th
Please RSVP to sunsetsecretary6535@gmail.com so we can set up enough chairs
Here are two disposable fire extinguishers that each have the gauge needle pointing at the green status indicator.
Serviceable fire extinguishers need recertification annually. Disposable fire extinguishers like these are good for 12 years and then need to be completely replaced.
The date code on the bottom of this reads 06, indicating it was produced in 2006. In 2025 anything less than 13 is out of date and should be replaced.
Because this is safety equipment, it’s best to remove old devices completely from your boat instead of risking that it won’t immediately work when you need it.
I went into the Shilshole Marina office and asked about disposal. Shilshole will accept your expired extinguishers via their hazardous materials service. Call the office for instructions 206-787-3006.
In January 2025 the Port of Seattle started testing a new device to deter Sea Lions from the docks at Shilshole. Broox Ultrasonic Pest Repellent.
The port employees have put the devices in problem spots temporarily and moved them to new locations as needed.
The sea lines seem annoyed enough by the devices that they have spent more time on the seawall than the docks. An independent university researcher has reported that the seals were spending more time on the breakwater than the docks.
There is an internal presentation by a Port of Seattle employee documenting many of the deterrents that have been attempted in the past, as well as both the damage and dangers encountered. Hopefully it will be publicly shared as a resource available to other marinas dealing with similar issues.
To have a comparison with the public charging station in Ballard that I looked at on Friday I took pictures of the north facility at Shilshole.
One of the two devices has no charge cables. The second device had both charging points in use.
I took pictures of the charging state on each of the vehicles. The PoS devices charge by time plugged in. The Seattle charger I looked at seemed to charge by KWh. Charging by power delivered seems to make a lot more sense. I was trying to get an idea of how much power these devices can deliver.
I’m learning about electric vehicle economics right now.
It looks like each of these cars is charging at about 1 kWh / 10 minutes. Because the rate at PoS is based on time, $5 and 4 hours might get 30 kWh delivered. The rate at the Seattle charger in Ballard was listed at $0.21 / kWh, with a maximum parking time of four hours. If the charge speeds are the same, 30 kWh in Ballard would cost $6.30. While the pricing structure is different, at least PoS doesn’t appear to be more than nearby.
Please leave comments about how usable the system is and how often you have to wait for available chargers.
While walking to the post office I noticed changes to the public charge point nearby. When the charge point was initially installed it had long cables hanging down to charge two cars at the parking spots on either side of the utility pole.
Today I initially thought that the cables had been stolen for $5 in copper. Then I noticed the standard plug up high and out of reach.
This design seems a great idea to reduce cable theft. I’d be interested in hearing from anyone that has experience with this system as to if it works well or otherwise. Simply not having the inactive cables stretched out on the ground seems like it would reduce wear, though the need for the motor to lower the cable on demand from the app is one more thing to go wrong.
For the Port of Seattle to install something like this would require moving the existing charging spots to be at the lighting poles or installing significantly taller poles at the current locations, but it’s the first real solution to cable thefts I’ve seen.
Remember to set those clocks that don’t automatically set themselves. My chart plotter is one that I usually forget to adjust from being UTC-8 to UTC-7 until a month afterwards.
Remember to set your clock. At least you may get an extra hour of sleep.
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