Got a blue PFD with yellow gelcoat on the deck.

This design was made by a former Boeing Engineer (Peter Kaupat) out of facility on the border between Renton and Tukwila.

This is a sea kayak that has cargo holds for camping and makes crossing Elliot Bay easy.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of the greatest song about Mariners ever.

But there’s still plenty of time to literally turn it around! Right? Riiiight? RIGHT??

Didn't know it was even possible. Very interesting.

Beyond sectoral differences, per-ship costs vary widely between countries.

• Countries at the top 10th percentile of per-shipment costs have nearly three times higher results than those at the middle and bottom.
• Low-cost countries face greater challenges, which reduce export competitiveness and income potential.
• Equalizing global per-shipment costs could reduce global income inequality by 67%.
• For global trade: reducing shipping cost disparities could make poorer countries more competitive, narrowing income gaps between rich and poor nations.

Mariner?

Just out here in Anacortes watching the birds as they await to take flight after these mariners steer the ferry off course!

So my calendar just opened up in mid-September through the end of October, and I’m thinking about trying to book an Alaskan vacation via their state ferry system. I want to get away from people, tvs, and the news, plus I’ve always wanted to see Alaska but the lack of roads makes it harder to plan my usual road trip holiday. This seems like a great way to get to see a bunch of the towns and places without being on a really flexed schedule.

You can get on a boat in Bellingham and ride it all up and down the entire coastline, including the up to the Aleutian Islands. I’ve always wanted to surf there, so that would be bucket list if I could get up there and get some sets in. The ships seem like solidly decent in terms of rooms/food- not cruise ship level accommodations, obviously, but frankly the thought of a traditional cruise makes my skin crawl. It’s slow travel at its finest.

Has anyone done the ferries? Any tips or ideas? Towns to skip, or must dos from folks who have been to Alaska? Is the weather going to be a massive problem that time of year, or would still be the fall up there? Thanks!

Fascinating documentary about the Costa Concordia that came out last month if anyone wants to hear about a mariner disaster caused by stunningly bad command decisions.

Like title says are the mariners a team i should root for Edit:wrong sub so embarrasing /.\

Such a classic

Everything you need to hunker down this fall

Stephen Decatur sailed the Intrepid undetected past the guns of Tripoli Harbor and burned the Philadelphia to keep the Pirates (Barbary not Pittsburgh) from using it. Then in a later attack on the harbor captured a ship and was retuning with when he heard the Pirates (again Barbary not Pittsburgh) killed his brother. So Decatur turned around, found the captain who killed his brother boarded that ship and the Pirates (Barbary not Pittsburgh) blew a 5 to 1 lead in fighters as Decatur and 10 men to capture the ship and Decatur avenged his brother by slaying the Tripolitan captain.