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The Friday Five - items that caught our eye this week.

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Dec 13, 2019, 10:51:58 AM12/13/19
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Start your weekend with these five items that caught our eye this week: 


1. Oversized Generators Don't Run Better or Last Longer

Truth be told, it isn't as complicated as brain surgery. Nor does it take a degree in electrical engineering to understand. The only prerequisite to properly sizing your genset is to grasp some fundamental principles concerning marine auxiliary power — coupled with a bit of sensible load analysis. READ MORE

2. Grizzlies, Gales, And Giant Salmon By Pat Ardley

When I was 13, my dad took me on a fishing trip to Rivers Inlet in British Columbia. I am certain that the fog of time has altered my memory of the experience—no doubt I complained and was cold and didn’t like getting up early to get in a small aluminum boat to go fishing—but today I keep it as one of the favorite experiences of my childhood. I wasn’t even interested in salmon fishing back then and didn’t understand how lucky I was to get to go on such a trip. But with salmon runs drying up and the future of recreational fishing in question, I look back on that trip with nothing but fond memories. It is because of those memories that I was so happy to see Pat Ardley’s Grizzlies, Gales, and Giant Salmon: Life at a Rivers Inlet Fishing Lodge hit my desk. I couldn’t wait to read about a place that lived in a fuzzy corner of my memory. READ MORE

3. Whidbey Island Race Week finds a new home

Whidbey Island Race Week LLC announced March 28 that Point Roberts has been chosen as the new venue for Race Week beginning in 2020. The event will be named Point Roberts Race Week and the date of the event will be July 13-17, 2020. READ MORE

4. Blue spaces: why time spent near water is the secret of happiness

Coastal environments have been shown to improve our health, body and mind. So should doctors start issuing nature-based prescriptions? READ MORE

5. NOAA Seeks Comment on Ending ALL  'Traditional' Paper Charts

NOAA is initiating a five-year process to end all traditional paper nautical chart production and is seeking the public’s feedback via a Federal Register Notice published on November 15, 2019. READ MORE
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