" (The Tacoma News Tribune)

Includes reference pages covering such topics as: equipment checklist

Diagrams are included to show locations and directions as well as marina layouts

"If you are contemplating spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a cruising catamaran

Portland's Lost Waterfront Modelmaking " (The Tacoma News Tribune)Today, Portland, Oregon, is a city of majestic bridges crisscrossing the deep swath of the Willamette River. A century ago, riverboat pilots would have witnessed a flurry of stevedores and longshoremen hurrying along the wharves. Situated as the terminus of sea lanes and railroads, with easy access to the wheat fields, sawmills and dairies of the Willamette Valley, Portland quickly became a rich and powerful seaport. As the city changed, so too did