All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
Coco is the Great Dane pictured on the right.
Coco’s humans have reached out to see if anyone has seen her around Beach Drive and Jacobsen.
From the owners:
“Our silly dog Coco (black and white Great Dane) escaped from our backyard. If anyone sees her, could you please call either 206-227-9930 or 206-229-9970? Picture below. She will bark at you but if you stand still she may approach you slowly. If not, just please call or text either/both numbers with info in current location.”
Far Far Away and the two other boats that came to refloat her, are now all beached on the shores of Weather Watch Park. 
Last night, we watched the Coast Guard and Seattle Fire Department tow the two sailboats (with masts) with the mastless sailboat following behind, and honestly, I was surprised that they left these boats and crew anchored at this spot. With our current low tides, this seems inevitable that the boats would be beached again.
Photo Credit Meegan Corcoran
Last fall, you may remember the derelict motorboat, Gooey, that the authorities secured to a buoy off of Lowman Park, until the person aboard signaled he and his dog needed help as they were taking on water. They wound up being towed to Don Armeni where the boat sank at the dock later that night… there was a lot to this story too. It seems that more derelict boats are showing up along the shores of Beach Drive (and everywhere).
We are just past this morning’s low tide of -2.5 at 9:26 AM and are heading towards a high tide of 10.7 feet at 2:02 PM.
The story continues…
UPDATE 8:00 pm: Far Far Away is now being towed with the other sailboat by the Seattle Fire Department. “Jimothy” is following behind on it’s own power.
We missed the actual event of Far Far Away floating off of the beaches from Constellation Park today. Witnesses tell us that it was an amazing sight watching the female crew, Amanda, work the mast and halyards to finally free the sailboat.
Photo credit: Scupper, the Intrepid Reporter for Beach Drive Blog
It appears that Far Far Away is tied to their other sailboat and is currently drifting south. Meanwhile, the mastless sailboat (aka Jimothy) is still off the shores (in the water) of Constellation Park with the two dogs and the male crew member aboard.
As of the publishing of this post (6:30 pm) it looks like Amanda is trying to tow Far Far Away with their other sailboat and are somewhere in the Puget Sound between Emma Schmitz View Point and north of Lincoln Park.
Scupper and I happened to be passing by Constellation Park today and decided to check in on how the effort to refloat the beached sailboat Far Far Away was going. Plenty of people were gathered to watch the two people try to free the boat as they resourcefully strung line from Far Far Away to the mastless sailboat with a motor.
Someone in the crowd said “let’s help” and then a group of kind people gave it all they had to assist the grateful sailors.
Alas, it seems that the tides were just shy of being enough of what would free this boat this afternoon.
Scupper went back with water and wound up giving it a second try with another group of people who wanted to help.
I’m sure they’ll keep trying as tides will continue to get higher through the 15th of August.
I am very touched by those who paused their day today and came together to offer help.
Next daytime hightide is tomorrow at 4:45 pm.
Get the popcorn out people. The saga continues with SV “Jimothy” joining SV Far Far Away on the south beach of Constellation Park. (Pic of both)
The shallow draft, mastless boat was spotted yesterday motoring northward along the shores of Beach Drive stumbling over a few shoals before anchoring near the other grounded sailboat that’s been drawing crowds of onlookers for over a week now.
Refill that popcorn bowl for how the small sailboat anchored out about 200’ from the grounded boats made its way there. One of the two crew members, being cheered on by 2 dogs on the bow actually towed the sailboat with her small kayak all the way from the 4900 block of Beach Drive. That is approximately 1.25 miles!
The determination of these two boaters to refloat Far Far Away is pretty amazing. Tide levels will undoubtedly be key for this effort & tides are forecasted to increase up to an 11.9 by August 15th. The other obstacle is just how far the boat has been pushed by waves up the beach towards the seawall. Even a king tide might not free its keel from the beach. Maybe just maybe, the rumored owners of Far Far Away will “abandon” their hopes of refloating her and pull the mast & rigging for their shallow draft boat Jimothy which shouldn’t have any problem getting off the beach with a higher tide.
Scupper, reporting for the BDB
PS. I’ll be on assignment for the next few days so I will miss how this all unfolds. Please keep me informed in the comments section!
EDITORS NOTE: Scupper came up with the name “Jimothy” for the mastless sailboat that is now part of this ongoing story. The boat appears to be nameless and without registration.
It appears that the rumored “captain” of Far Far Away has returned to the boat that has been re-beached off the shores of Constellation Park. He and a crew member arrived sometime yesterday with two dogs in a separate sailboat that is towing another boat (sailboat without a mast) and are anchored off around the 4900 block of Beach Drive. 
The rumored captain and crew heading towards Constellation Park along the shoreline.
The SV Jimmothy as seen on the southside of Harbor West Condos
Our intrepid reporter, Scupper, has this from the field.
The Department of Natural Resources has issued a Notice of Intent to Obtain Custody for the vessel Far Far Away.
Photo Credit: Scupper – Intrepid Reporter for Beach Drive Blog
The boat has been declared as derelict and/or abandoned and per the attached notice, DNR intends to take custody of the vessel on August 24, 2026. The owner is responsible for all related costs.
The gentleman from the parks department who posted the notice mentioned that they are overwhelmed with derelict boats, much the same as the rundown RVs.
The notice was published due to the numerous calls they received.
UPDATE: The “crew” member managed to tow the sailboat that was off 4900-ish block of Beach Drive via a kayak with their two dogs cheering her on for 2 km!
The fleet was reunited on Saturday afternoon.
The sailboat that recently grounded near the condos off Beach Drive has landed ashore again off Constellation Park.
We’ll see if she’s able to float with the next high tides.
Photo Credit: Neighbor Bob
Our intrepid reporter, Scupper is on the scene of a sailboat that has grounded near the condos off Beach Drive.
We noticed the sailboat, Far Far Away – homeport Sequim, was anchored by Weather Watch Park while on a walk yesterday around noon.
Someone working on the project by Constellation Park informed Scupper that the incident has been called in and the Coast Guard was able to intercept a person leaving the sailboat.
A witness mentioned that the boat was about 400 feet off the shore near a buoy just south of Alki Point when it began its drift near shore.
A marine towing company has been contacted to remove the vessel.
Quick forensics would indicate that either the boat captain or Coast Guard stretched the anchor across the breakwater to the south of the boat to secure it from floating further towards the seawall. This should allow the tow company to float the boat by mid-afternoon. High tide is around 11.2 feet at 6:30 p.m.
The vessel appears to be currently registered and in decent condition other than the rudder shaft partially pushed downward through the hull. (See photo). This will likely need to be addressed before floating the sailboat.
UPDATE: A West Seattle Facebook group reveals that this boat went ashore the day before (Saturday) in the South Sound. A person discovered the “captain” while walking by it who said, “I just fell asleep and woke up beached. I’ll just wait for the tide to come in”.
Thanks to neighbor Michael for the tip!
UPDATE:Great news! The vet was able to locate the pup’s humans.
This dog was found near Mee Kwa Mooks Park along Beach Drive this afternoon. A neighbor is taking the dog to the vets to be scanned for a microchip. Hopefully the pup is reunited with their human soon.
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