Ship's Log

High on ISO, Low on Sleep

Big love and a huge thanks to our incredible media team—the folks bouncing around the course on boats owned and skippered by badass volunteers, running on PB&Js and caffeine, dangling boat hooks over the water to pass ...

When More Is More

Humans are adaptation machines. On multi-day journeys, especially physically demanding ones, there’s a threshold beyond which that unusual thing you’re doing starts to feel normal, like you were made to do it. Day One: This is new ...

Gale Warnings and Engine Sins

Tis the season of “who knows what will happen" weather, and Tuesday decided that gale warnings should be on the menu across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, creating a decision point for teams heading south after the Point Roberts ...

Wa360 2025 Wind Division Winners Team Puget Sound Navigation by Jim Meyers

WA360 | The Winning Begins

The first team to finish in WA360 is a bit like a second start. A moment that reminds the rest of the fleet that the finish line is out there. It’s real, and it’s waiting. At 5:24 AM, Team ...

Team Longboat: Dabob Bay Adventure

Three days on the water, two nights under the stars, and one unforgettable adventure. This year, Team Longboat journeyed from Quilcene to Dabob Bay—eleven students, three adults, and two charismatic parrot mascots —returning stronger, more connected, and in awe ...

Real is Getting Realer

In every human endeavor, there is an unspoken but understood threshold where things go from clenched-jaw “fine” to real. Yes, desperation-driven cannibalism, but also the WA360. What do we mean? May 1846, the Donners were a nice family heading ...

Day 1 and a Dash of 2.

After months of hand-wringing and gear-fondling, WA360 2.0 cannonballed off the dock yesterday. 84 teams shoved off from Port Townsend on their 360-mile lap of Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, powered by hope, biceps, and a breeze that was more than ...

Team Longboat: The Purple Martin Bird Box Project

What you’re seeing are Purple Martin Bird Boxes, built and placed here by Team Longboat, a Northwest Maritime Program for OCEAN students, with help from Rainshadow Bird Alliance. For more information on these visiting iridescent aerial acrobats, explore Team ...

Maritime High School Celebrates Inaugural Graduation Class

Maritime High School Recognizes the Class of 2025 as First Graduating Class Maritime High School (MHS), a regional choice public high school in Des Moines, WA, marked a historic milestone on June 18 with the graduation of its inaugural Class of 2025. The ...

Visitor Services Provided By Northwest Maritime In Port Townsend

City of Port Townsend is partnering with Northwest Maritime for visitor services at the Welcome Center on Water Street. Northwest Maritime (NWM) has entered into an agreement with the City of Port Townsend to serve visitors to Port Townsend. ...