If you own a boat, want a boat, if you need something for your boat or just have questions…. The boat show is for you! Take the time to go-you might find what you are looking for. The marina office usually has 2 complimentary tickets per slip, while supplies last.
There are a wide variety of seminars that cover everything from fishing & crabbing to engine maintenance to cruising Desolation Sound….
Now is the time to start thinking about cleaning out your storage locker, your bilge, and your van and get those items down to the Fisheries Supply Swap Meet, Saturday, April 12th! Get there early to get a parking/display spot. You may also find the one thing you need (or don’t need but want) to bring home to the boat. Get details here…
https://www.fisheriessupply.com/swap-meet
Winter is almost behind us and thoughts of getting away from the dock and going places are on our minds. Review this checklist to make sure you are ready and don’t run into any surprises this summer!
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary offers free boat inspections. Spring is a good time to review the checklist and then schedule an inspection, before they get busy…. and it may help make any Coast Guard boarding this summer go smoother!
Check out their website for more info…
A maritime flea market, full of boating goods, old parts, and new parts, outboards, buoys, dock line, coolers, heaters, chain, clothing, and so much more. Die-hard bargain boaters have been known to arrive the night before to stake out a good parking spot, although sellers are not allowed to use the lower tier of the upper parking lot (closest to the store entrance).
Thank you for helping keep this a nice place to moor and live!
This year the Seattle Boat Show has gone virtual, with online deals with exhibiters and a variety seminars. When you visited shows in the past, sometimes the seminar wasn’t the day or time you were at the show. Now you can view them all! Keep checking back to their website to get the latest updates.
The restrictions on the use of copper-based antifouling paint on recreational vessels have been delayed until January 1, 2026.
Senate Bill 6210 has just passed the House and Senate and is on the Governor’s desk to sign. The WA. St. Dept. of Ecology has recommended delaying the antifouling paint restrictions to allow time for further study, due to concerns some non-copper alternatives might be more harmful to the environment than the copper-based paints they replace.
Thanks to Arnold Amenda for sponsoring the Shilshole Liveaboard Association’s New Boaters Forum to be hosted at CYC club house. Flyers will be posted prior to each event.
December 5th, 2018
February 12th, 2019
April 9th, 2019
June 17th, 2019
All the programs will start at 7 and end at 9 pm.
Panel Members: Ned Kohlhauff, Dave White, Kristen Sierra and Richard Meeks . Other panel members maybe added.
Why an RV post on a boat site? Well…many systems on both RVs and Boats are very similar…galley, head, electrical, solar, etc. Most RV systems also tend to be less expensive than marine systems.
Here is an opportunity to check out the booths, layouts/systems, and get ideas of what may work on your boat. http://seattlervshow.com/seminars
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