The Adventures of Shatoosh and Pashmina

Shatoosh, an Albin 25 HN 1124, and Pashmina, a 9 foot Porta Bote have cruised over 8,500nm on 70 navigable waterways in the California Delta, the Columbia, Snake, Willamette Rivers and the Salish Sea of Washington and British Columbia. In 2011 they crossed the Columbia River bar to cruise the Washington coast and in 2012 they replicated Peter Puget's 1792 exploration of the southern waters of Puget Sound. In 2015 and 2016 the boats were sold. In 2018 Shatoosh was sold again and is in AZ.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Geoducks

Geoducks are mollusks. Big ones, the largest. The Indian tribes in Puget Sound make big money on them. Boats go out and divers dive and bring up many lbs. The boat we watched the other day went out for a half day, came in with 1600 lbs. They are shipped without refrigeration or water and they stay alive for the 18 hour flight from Seattle to China and are sold @$50.00/lb.Amazing.

On our trip we saw lots of barges with bags of PVC pipes about a foot in length. These provide protective nurseries for the new seedling to grow.
see wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoduck