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Posts Tagged ‘Aquila’
January 26th, 2015 - 11:14 pm § in The Ave Scene
Death of A Ferry
Art Chantry The Kalakala was so fucked up and rotted-out that it actually fell apart when they managed to tow it in for demolition. How many years of restoration and how many millions were spent on saving this thing? seriously? and this is the result of all that work and $$? Where did it all [&h[...]
October 13th, 2014 - 1:53 pm § in The Ave Scene
“Aquila” Encountering the Thea Foss in Nanaimo
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September 30th, 2014 - 1:32 am § in The Ave Scene
Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Fishermen’s Terminal
100 Years for The Seattle Fishing Fleet! Anyone who watches reality TV knows that the fish and crab are caught off of Alaska. What the couch potatoes do not know is that the fleet of intrepid fisher folk has its home base in Seattle at Fishermen’s Terminal. Before the Lake Washington Ship [...]
August 30th, 2014 - 4:07 am § in Misc.
Yachts As The New LIfe Style
Some families opt for yacht living in new lifestyle[...]
May 28th, 2014 - 12:09 am § in Misc.
SMS Family: As summer spproaches I remember the Black Eagle
When I was 12, my Dad promised me a boat. The promise was because I actually died. I bled out .. I even had a friendly priest secretly give me last rights .. my Dad never knew about that! My Dad told me if I survived we would get a boat, and we did … […][...]
March 30th, 2014 - 11:52 am § in The Ave Scene
Reasons to love Seattle
READ ABOUT THE MV Gyrfalcon – an 88 foot wooden fantail About the Gyrfalcon The Gyrfalcon is our 88 foot wooden fantail. She was built in Seattle in 1941 for the Coast & Geodesic Survey, and spent the next 20 years doing survey work in Alaska. Since then she has been converted to a private [&h[...]
February 22nd, 2014 - 10:25 am § in The Ave Scene
Marina Fire in La Conner
This video of voyeurs at the fire at Shelter Bay is very disturbing. Worse may be coming. I think Shelter Bay is leased from the Swinomish People. This raises a LOT of questions? What sort of lease is there? Whose fire department answered the call?[...]
December 18th, 2013 - 4:40 am § in Environment, Misc.
North America to Drown in Oil as Mexico Ends Monopoly
Confession: We Own a Boat! A few years ago, faced with 3 gallons of gasoline per mile. we upgraded the Aquila to diesels. That cots us tens of thousands of dollars but … aside form safety issues … it was nice to get three miles to the gallon instead of three gallons to the mile […[...]