The Shilshole liveaboard community: ‘demand continues to escalate’
A member of the Future Tides community asked about trends around liveaboards. Drawing on personal experience and Port of Seattle data, here's the current scene
Washington state’s maritime workforce
The maritime community is concerned about its future workforce. What does maritime employment look like now?
On the dock and in the classroom at Washington’s new maritime high school
On a gray, but not stormy, October afternoon, members of Maritime High School’s freshman class headed out for a field experience on Admiral Jack, a 40’ catamaran managed by MHS partner Northwest Maritime Center. The Port Townsend-based nonprofit retrofitted the passenger vessel to use for educational programs and tours
Spotted on the Sound: MarkSetBot
In 2021, one Seattle sailing fleet made a notable change to its race course with the addition of two robotic race marks
Sensing tsunamis now and in the future
A 2011 earthquake in Japan accelerated detection technology for tsunami warning systems on the West Coast.
What if smoked salmon, WA pinot noir or hops were exported by cargo sailboat?
Grain de Sail uses a cargo sailboat to sustainably transport its chocolate and wine.
NOAA’s system update and the next era of electronic charts
A Future Tides interview with NOAA navigation manager Crescent Moegling about the role of technology in the National Charting Plan, which will sunset raster nautical charts