RudderPosts: Signature Seattle

This report, from Eric Sorensen, recently arrived at the RudderPosts weather desk. Eric, recall, is the fellow who wrote about Sam Devlin's new cruiser-runnabout for WB No. 188.

“For nearly 30 days now the Pacific Northwest has faced one of the key features of living on the lee shore of the Pacific Ocean: rain. Often, the region's reputation for wet weather is misplaced; in the warmer half of the year, the climate is downright Mediterranean. But the winter rain gets even, with storm pulses coming in daily. Puddles are growing puddles. The ground is a gumbo, sliding off hillsides and dissolving trees of their moorings. On the waterfront, boat covers and spring lines are growing green with moss. Sailors, facing the eternal choice -- sail or work on the boat -- are defaulting indoors to refinish oars or strip varnish from a hatch. The stove in the work shop at Seattle's Center for Wooden Boats is on a steady diet of scraps. Foot traffic on the docks is so light that the resident heron sits for hours unfazed, using the pilot gig DAN as a perch. With so much water, boats and shore birds are all the more in their element.”

Comments

Hello Matthew,

Very nice post about Seattle's South Lake Union Park. I've added your blog link to my blog at http://mhnblog.blogspot.com. Any chance you could reciprocate?

Best,

Joe

Posted by: Joe Follansbee | January 24, 2006 at 10:03 AM

I'll be happy to, Joe. In fact, I thought I just did, but apparently I didn't. Stand by... and, in the meantime, readers should have a look at Joe's blog. "MHN" stands for Maritime History Network. It's well done.

Posted by: Matt Murphy | January 24, 2006 at 01:15 PM