By the Sea

What You Need to Know About a Trip to Steveston

South of Vancouver, BC, a seaside neighborhood dishes great seafood.

08/14/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

What's SUP

Paddleboards Have Transformed Lake Union

Cheap watercraft have made the seafaring life accessible to everyone. Can our little lake handle it?

07/18/2025 By Allison Williams

Explainer

The Past and Future of Washington’s Ferries

From the mosquito fleet of yore to the hybrid ships to come.

08/12/2024 By Ryan Packer

Go Fish

The St. Jude Is One of Seattle’s Last Commercial Tuna Boats

How a grizzled Seattle fisherman found himself trolling for tuna in the South Pacific and selling straight on the dock.

02/13/2024 By Eric Nusbaum

Puget Sound Ground

Blake Island Hides in Plain Sight near Seattle

With the long-running Tillicum Village show closed, what will become of Seattle's backyard island?

09/06/2023 By Allison Williams

Enclaves

Andrews Bay Is Where Seattle Spring Breaks All Summer Long

A tranquil Lake Washington cove has become Seattle’s rowdiest party spot—and a Nextdoor nightmare.

05/26/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Sailing Away

Fremont's SeaOcean Book Berth Closes at the End of October

This nautical niche shop chartered its way for more than two decades. But the bookstore owner’s recent passing marks its final sojourn.

10/03/2019 By Courtney Cummings

Feature

In the Straits: An Inmate Turned Millionaire Turned Lone Survivor

He was a convicted felon who found a niche in Seattle’s construction boom. As the region’s fortunes rose and fell—and rose again—so did his. Then a fatal boating accident came for Michael Powers’s fairy-tale ending.

08/19/2019 By James Ross Gardner

Dock Watchers

Where to Spot Seattle's Most Venerable Vessels

These seven boats have illustrious histories.

05/29/2019 By Allison Williams Illustrations by Jane Sherman

Float On

How Seattle Folk Fit Boat Life into a Crowded City

From fold-up dinghies to commuting by kayak, we do what it takes.

05/29/2019 By Allison Williams

Art & Craft

This Tiny School Builds Boats the Old Way

Out on the Olympic Peninsula, the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding brings new life to seagoing tradition.

05/29/2019 By Allison Williams

All Aboard

Sail the Local Seas on These 8 Boat Rentals and Cruises

How to travel our waterways the easy way.

05/29/2019 By Allison Williams

Boat Town

Seattle Is Defined by Its Maritime Pastimes

From Ballard’s shipyards to the madcap chaos of Duck Dodge, our culture is shaped by the sea.

05/29/2019 By Allison Williams

Editor's Note

Summer and the Sound

Society’s collective triumph over the bleakness of winter is the stuff catchy anthems are made of.

05/29/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Feature

The Boat at the Bottom of the Sea

More than a year after a Seattle-based crabber vanished in Alaska's Bering Sea, its final hours remain a mystery. The surviving family of the Destination’s crew—and one intrepid investigator—seek to uncover the secrets the ocean still keeps.

04/09/2018 By Eva Holland