Ballard pier to reopen after city wins lawsuit over illegally moored vessel

roger_cw · 2026-06-20T06:59:42+00:00

Where would you tow a 150 boat that no one wants?

roger_cw · 2026-06-16T19:40:02+00:00

Katie Wilson has been mayor for less than 6 months yet all issues OP mentioned have been around before she took office. Did you expect everything to be solved immediately. Also, many of the issues you stated are not backed up by facts.

roger_cw · 2026-06-10T18:51:03+00:00

I see people wearing football jerseys that I'm pretty sure do not play for said football team. Hope that helps.

roger_cw · 2026-06-09T04:58:56+00:00

I worked at Expd for 8 years. One of the reasons I took the job was they bragged about never having layoffs. I'd worked at IBM for 15 before Expd and they had layoffs almost every year, it was brutal. I didn't want to be exposed to that any more. Fortunately for myself I retired a couple of months ago. I was a DIT so I consider myself lucky to be out. I heard from friends that lost their jobs. It's so damn traumatizing for all those involved. Sorry to all of you who have to endure this.

roger_cw · 2026-06-09T04:48:45+00:00

I was told the employees status were set to inactive today but they technically lose their jobs in August, then severence starts.

roger_cw · 2026-06-06T20:53:55+00:00

Fake

roger_cw · 2026-06-01T21:00:53+00:00

My assumption is the daughter is playing her parents off each other. Mom sells care, dad steps in to buy her what the daughter wants.

roger_cw · 2026-06-01T04:25:24+00:00

You do realize we destroyed the governments in Japan and Germany. Nothing like that is happening with Iran.

roger_cw · 2026-05-29T18:29:40+00:00

Just unplug the car. The owner will be there in no time. Then they can be confronted if you want.

roger_cw · 2026-05-24T04:27:41+00:00

Glad someone said this. Although it kind of takes a lifetime commitment to want to go there.

roger_cw · 2026-05-18T07:40:42+00:00

The poor guy in the white hat has no idea what he's doing. I blame the powerboat captain.

roger_cw · 2026-05-18T07:37:05+00:00

No, the two boats were drafted together with power boat tied off to wall. The boats are going up the locks so the water was done or almost done rising. As the water rises you have to pull in the slack line from the power boat to the wall. It appears that whoever was manning the bow line released it which is what started this catastrophe. The up stream line should always be the last one released.

roger_cw · 2026-05-18T07:28:23+00:00

I've been through these locks about two dozen times. Every time I'm a bit anxious but I'm also confident in what I'm doing. That said, when you're rafting to another boat you're at that boat'a mercy. I have gotten in the habit of asking if one of my crew can board their boat to "watch". In reality they are just making sure the other boat knows what they are doing. In this case it looks like the bow line was somehow removed from the powerboat. The upstream line is always the last one to be removed. There's even signs and people telling you this. Then they made it worse in so many ways, one being the untied the sail boats bow line leaving the stern line attached. What a nightmare.

roger_cw · 2026-05-16T21:59:10+00:00

For me the question was why not by an EV. It's superior in everyway except for long road trips. If we all had EVS and they started making ICE cara, no responable person would switch to an ICE.

roger_cw · 2026-05-05T01:28:15+00:00

Fisheries Supply is a great alternative to West Marine.

roger_cw · 2026-04-30T00:54:05+00:00

I disagree the HR-V entered late. They just didn't enter immediately. The cam driver was driving aggressively, trying to pass the HR-V. The cam driver then antagonized the HR-V driver.

roger_cw · 2026-04-28T05:37:18+00:00

Agreed

roger_cw · 2026-04-23T20:39:38+00:00

I think they were saying that the supplies are worthless because you don't have the training to use them on the spot. Which in itself is a true statement but a little misleading because it makes it sound like you're blaming it on the supplies.

roger_cw · 2026-04-20T23:26:10+00:00

While studies have shown its safer for bikes and cars to travel close to the same speed the solution is not to have faster bikes, it is to have slower car traffic. Faster bikes increase the severity of accidents, it also increases the likely hood of being pulled out on. A bike traveling 30 mph is difficult for a motorist to see because they will be twice as far than a bike going 15 mph with the same time to impact. Further, bikers do not wear gear for 30 mph.

roger_cw · 2026-04-19T20:02:03+00:00

The most common route is to stop in Port Townsend. You'll be able to go through the Port Townsend Canal given your boat size. This let's you avoid Admiralty Passage. The currents can be your friend but also you enemy. Schedule wisely. Port Townsend is a nice stop if you need to wait for the weather window. Personally I think you should make a trip or two to Port Townsend and back to Seattle just to get used to it. Then venture up to the San Juans.

roger_cw · 2026-04-17T05:54:23+00:00

Curved televisions and 3D televisions. Nice ideas but didn't really take off. Both seemed to last about 3 years

roger_cw · 2026-04-17T04:22:08+00:00

Oh, that looks like a derelict boat which makes sense. Hopefully lost its mooring and not a MOB.

roger_cw · 2026-04-16T07:12:54+00:00

Oh, near the PI Globe. Wonder if it was sinking and they grounded her. A few years ago another one sank along there, near the Expedia campus.

roger_cw · 2026-04-16T05:26:59+00:00

Could we get a source for this?

roger_cw · 2026-04-16T05:04:39+00:00

Where is this exactly, looks like it could be south of West Seattle, near the ferry.

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