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Waterline is the brokerage side of the business. Helmsman is the new boat side of the business.

DDW - I have the pre-loaded charts that come with Garmin. My only complaint is the buoys, daymarks, etc. are not as large or intensely colored as they are on a paper chart. As far as accuracy goes, they seem very good.

I have transited Rocky Pass several times in last couple of years including last year, all NB. The winter of 20/21 definitely did some ice damage to the ATONS, don't know what this past winter did or did not due. As previously mentioned, the R"14" Buoy at Devils Elbow was missing but all the...

Clean air diesels run a richer combustion mixture to promote more efficient combustion than their older counterparts. Thus, they pollute less but burn more fuel doing so. We have observed this 1st hand on several of our tugs that have had older mechanical diesels replaced with their new...

I would also recommend using Furuno radar, given your planned use. My suggestion would be a commercial version with a control board, something like this -

Whales - Snow Pass and Cape Fanshaw area seldom disappoint. Maineman - how much fuel can you carry and what kind of range do you have with at least a 10-20% reserve? I can comfortably go 230+ NM (1.4 NMPG at 25 Kts.) before thinking about fuel on my 28' Crozier. A few reference points, from...

I have Garmin plotter & AIS on my boat. When I entered my MMSI I'm pretty sure it said that subsequent changes or re-programming would have to done by a Garmin tech or sent out to a service center. I did have to use a laptop to run the AIS setup disc with a USB cord going into a network plug.

Steamboat Bay Fishing Club Another 1st class and pricy operation, I'd imagine 2022 is probably booked out. www.elcapitanlodge.com Very nice, not as pricy as S-Bay. Both of these you fly to KTN then float plane to the lodge.

License insurance, for example MOPS, is indeed to protect an individual & his/her license against action by the USCG. Wither MOPS or other firms offer coverage for non USCG license holders I don't know. Maritime law treats a vessel like it's own entity - the tankers P&I Club will go to the...

Anyone know of or have a good solution for getting mic cords retracted into a console / dash so they are out of the way when not being used?

I see a lot of ECDIS / Plotters on many vessels, TRANSAS was one of the earliest to market and I still consider it one of the best. As far as radars go, Furuno or JRC are on 90%+ of what I see. That being said I have a Garmin for my 28' boat but would go Garmin plotter and Furuno (commercial)...

Welcome, I made a trip from KTN to Port Alex a couple of summers ago, had a nice stay.

Sam Devlin has been building "stitch & glue" epoxy / wood boats for decades in the PNW. https://devlinboat.com https://www.facebook.com/DevlinBoat/ You can follow his builds on FB, very interesting to watch...

https://solarsaljourney.squarespace.com/ Believed to be the 1st solar / battery powered vessel to make the transit. 20 days from Bellingham to KTN.

Looks stunning! Are you heading to AK this summer?

Any pics of your new boat? It must be one of GH's very early pilot boats if the hull is steel.

https://youtu.be/5q4wXwzb43U N6838 delivery to KTN - shows the route & anchorages they stopped at each night, starts around the 2:30 mark in video.

Does this boat have bottom paint? If not then the entire hull could be acting & wasting away as an anode. If it is outboard powered is the engine tilted clear of the water when not in use? Stainless propeller in salt water + unprotected alu hull = bad news. When anode(s) get installed make...

Thorne Bay should be fine, also there are public docks in Coffman Cove. If you have time to go to Point Baker, there is a dock there that's multi function, rafting up to local boats for the night is common.

I rarely see clearview's on commercial vessels anymore unless they are quite old. Heat traced windows, either filament embedded in the glass or as a film overlay have taken their place.

A functional downside to forward raked windows - if you boat in very cold WX where ice build up on the blades is a possibility, you need very strong springs to keep the wiper blade in contact with the glass along with heat traced glass, etc. That being said, my boats windows are slightly...

We have 9,000+ hours on a pair of QSL 9's (2,100 RPM rating) on a 40' pilot boat. Overall they have been good engines, only one injector has been replaced, all the rest are original.

FWIW based on 14 years merchant marine and 20+ years piloting ships - Radar - Furuno + JRC have about 90% of the market. Atlas, Kelvin Hughes, Raymarine, Simrad, etc have the rest. ECDIS / Plotters - Transas is the best but commercial only AFAIK. All...

The video around 4:10 discusses the 1st failure, around 4:50 discusses the 2nd failure.

Watch the video in post #13 - it explains quite well what happened.