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).
Shilshole Prepares, the emergency preparedness arm of your Shilshole Liveaboard Assoc., has just updated their Earthquake Readiness Guide for boaters. Please take a moment to read through it and think about what you and your family would do when a disaster strikes our marina…
You can always find it, and other resources, under the Shilshole Prepares tab on the front page of this site.
Here’s another example of how we, as boaters, should be prepared for the unexpected. Last weekend, there was a fire with extensive damage to the south end electrical vault. This shut down power to A-E docks. The Port was quick to react to get generators to the marina as backup and notify those of us affected (thank you Darrel).
What is your plan? A power outage, a landslide blocking entrances, an oil spill from the train, a tsunami…all are unexpected, and all will affect your boat-whether you are liveaboard or not. Take a few moments to think about how this would affect you and your family and please review some resources that we have at Shilshole Prepares.
Yet, another sewage spill in Eagle Harbor! Second this month! Many boaters visit Eagle Harbor, with their pets. The Kitsap Public Health District has issued a no-contact advisory for the Eagle Harbor and Wing Point areas as a result of the spill.
https://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/2nd-sewage-spill-on-bi-this-month/
https://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/another-sewage-spill-in-eagle-harbor/
Last weekend’s volcano explosion in Tonga 5700 miles away and our subsequent tsunami alert here is a reminder to us boaters of our exposure to a potential tsunami event in Puget Sound. The Tonga tsunami affected Santa Cruz harbor and forced the evacuation of 115 liveaboards at the Berkely Marina. This was a 6–8-hour window to evacuate. What if it was closer? See the WA State DNR simulation…
Do you have a plan in place? If you have time, deep water is your best bet. Otherwise evacuate to higher ground and take what you can-the marina and/or your boat could be heavily damaged.
See more information on emergency preparedness on our Shilshole Prepares page.
This past Wednesday was our quarterly Dock Captain meeting with the Port where we have an opportunity to hear the latest updates from the Port regarding security, construction, proposed changes, and any other issues concerning Shilshole Marina.
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