What’s Happening at the Northwest Maritime Center
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Maritime Meeting Room
Salty Cinema: Captain Blood
After being wrongly convicted as a traitor, Peter Blood, an English physician, is sent to exile in the British colonies of the Caribbean, where he ...
Classrooms
Northwest Maritime CenterEssentials of Safe Navigation
An 8 hour course that introduces you to all of the basics of navigating safely in our Pacific Northwest waters: paper charting, rules of the ...
Classrooms
Northwest Maritime CenterUnderstanding the Wind (Weather Series 1 of 4)
Weather Series: Working with the Wind Gain a firm grasp of the invisible but powerful force of the wind! In this series of seminars you will ...
Chart Room & Pilothouse Simulator
Intro to Radar Navigation
Learn to interpret the images your radar is displaying with hands-on radar exercises in our Chart Room. This class includes an introduction to true and ...
Chart Room & Pilothouse Simulator
Radar & Night Navigation
Build on your basic radar skills with simulated collision avoidance exercises. Use vectors, bearing lines and range rings to navigate safely. You will learn to ...
Classrooms
Northwest Maritime CenterCoastal Winds (Weather Series 2 of 4)
Weather Series: Working with the Wind Gain a firm grasp of the invisible but powerful force of the wind! In this series of seminars you will ...
Classrooms
Northwest Maritime CenterEssentials of Safe Navigation
An 8 hour course that introduces you to all of the basics of navigating safely in our Pacific Northwest waters: paper charting, rules of the ...
Classrooms
Northwest Maritime CenterClouds (Weather Series 3 of 4)
Weather Series: Working with the Wind Gain a firm grasp of the invisible but powerful force of the wind! In this series of seminars you will ...
Maritime Meeting Room
Salty Cinema: Jaws
A local sheriff, a marine biologist and an old seafarer team up to hunt down a great white shark wreaking havoc in a beach resort. Join ...
Classrooms
Northwest Maritime CenterGusts and Lulls (Weather Series 4 of 4)
Weather Series: Working with the Wind Gain a firm grasp of the invisible but powerful force of the wind! In this series of seminars you will ...
Chart Room & Pilothouse Simulator
Intro to Radar Navigation
Learn to interpret the images your radar is displaying with hands-on radar exercises in our Chart Room. This class includes an introduction to true and ...
Chart Room & Pilothouse Simulator
Radar & Night Navigation
Build on your basic radar skills with simulated collision avoidance exercises. Use vectors, bearing lines and range rings to navigate safely. You will learn to ...
Classrooms
Northwest Maritime CenterEssentials of Safe Navigation
An 8 hour course that introduces you to all of the basics of navigating safely in our Pacific Northwest waters: paper charting, rules of the ...
Maritime Meeting Room
Salty Cinema: Overboard
A cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats over a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to ...
Maritime Meeting Room
Salty Cinema: Lifeboat
In the Atlantic during WWII, a ship and a German U-boat are involved in a battle and both are sunk. The survivors from the ship ...
Pope Marine Park & NWMC
R2AK Pre-Race Ruckus
COME ONE, COME ALL TO THE PRE-RACE RUCKUS! Let loose like you’re about to set sail for Alaska… with people who actually are about to set ...
Northwest Maritime Center
R2AK Stage 1 Race Start
Stage 1 Race start: 0500 June 3rd, Port Townsend, Washington Stage 2 Race start: 1200 June 6th, Victoria, BC The Race to Alaska is like the Iditarod, ...
Victoria Inner Harbour
R2AK Stage 2 Race Start
Stage 2 Race start: 1200 June 6th, Victoria, BC The Race to Alaska is like the Iditarod, on a boat, with a chance of drowning, being ...
Point Hudson & Northwest Maritime Center
43rd Wooden Boat Festival
Port Townsend's Wooden Boat Festival is the most education-packed and beautifully located wooden boat event in the world. Featuring more than 250 wooden vessels, hundreds ...
Point Hudson & Northwest Maritime Center
43rd Wooden Boat Festival
Port Townsend's Wooden Boat Festival is the most education-packed and beautifully located wooden boat event in the world. Featuring more than 250 wooden vessels, hundreds ...
Point Hudson & Northwest Maritime Center
43rd Wooden Boat Festival
Port Townsend's Wooden Boat Festival is the most education-packed and beautifully located wooden boat event in the world. Featuring more than 250 wooden vessels, hundreds ...