http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/ Latest articles from Pacific Northwest Copyright 2008 YACHT VACATIONS & CHARTERS MAGAZINE Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:40:00 GMT YACHT VACATIONS & CHARTERS MAGAZINE 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/228580.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/228580.htm Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:30:00 GMT The amazing thing was the fish. They were everywhere... huge schools of China rockfish looked like something from the tropics. And the submerged walls were coated with life... plumose, sponges, barnacles, clumps of feather duster worms. http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/179086.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/179086.htm Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Marco Shipyard in Seattle built Norseman as one of their highly successful and seaworthy crabbers. Designed to survive the North Pacific and Bering Sea, she was a seasoned veteran of the demanding winter crab fishery in far northern waters, but in 2004 was bought out of the fishery with 24 other vessels as part of a fleet-size reduction program. My friend Phil Fuller, once an engineer for Marco and a former part owner of a sister ship, spotted her on the market in Seattle and quickly organized a partnership to purchase Norseman and give her a new life. http://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/97956.htmhttp://www.yachtchartersmagazine.com/read/97956.htm Sat, 07 May 2005 11:00:00 GMT A classic wooden yacht that resembles a warm cozy lodge provides the perfect refuge when exploring British Columbia's great outdoors.