Seattle Night Out is August 2, 2011

SNOIt's that time of year… time to start thinking about planning your neighborhood Seattle Night Out event.  This year, Seattle Night Out takes place on Tuesday, August 2, 2011.  

This is a great "excuse" for neighbors to get together.  Knowing your neighbors is key to preventing crimes.  

Past events I've attended on Beach Drive often include a casual pot luck and catching up with what's going on in our neighborhood.

If you're Beach Drive neighborhood is planning a night out event, please let me know.  You can email or comment below.  We also have a page on Facebook at www.fb.com/beachdriveblog 

Eww, What’s in the Water?

According to West Seattle Blog, it’s a bloom of microorganisims called noctiluca, read more here.  

Our intredeped reporter, Scupper, decided to check out the scene and is sharing these photos and video.

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Happy Father’s Day

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Extreme Low Tides

Check out the tides that we will enjoy this week:

Monday, June 13:

  • 11.76 at 2:18 am
  • -2.24 at 9:34 am
  • 10.82 at 5:08 pm
  • 7.07 at 9:59 pm

Tuesday, June 14:

  • 11.58 at 3:04 am
  • -2.94 at 10:20 am
  • 11.5 at 6:00 pm
  • 7.22 at 11:00 pm

Wednesday, June 15:

  • 11.32 at 3:52 am
  • -3.24 at 11:04 am
  • 11.9 at 6:45 pm
  • 7.14 at 11:56 pm

Thursday, June 16:

  • 10.96 at 4:40 am
  • -3.17 at 11:48 am
  • 12.07 at 7:27 pm

Friday, June 17:

  • 6.9 at 12:48 am
  • 10.49 at 5:29 am
  • -2.77 at 12.31 pm
  • 12.0 at 8:42 pm

Saturday, June 18:

  • 6.55 at 1:40 am
  • 9.92 at 6:20 am
  • -2.08 at 1:14 pm
  • 12.00 at 8:42 pm

Tides that are minus 3 and lower or 12 and higher is in bold.

Garage and Patio Sales today!

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Check out the patio sale at 5041 Beach Drive and don't miss the garage sale at 5407 Jacobsen.  Proceeds from the Jacobsen sale are going towards this young lady's college tuition.

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Remember, we're happy to help promote your garage sales.  Just give us a few days notice and we'll spread the word.  

Beautiful Seattle Sunrise

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Thank you to Rayetta for sending us this fantastic photo of Monday's sunrise.

Happening Now: Coast Guard Gun Boat trailing a Sailboat

We're not sure "why" but it appears that this Coast Guard gunboat is following this sailboat.

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How Are You Celebrating our Over-Due Seattle Sunshine this Weekend?

It looks like we're finally going to have some nice spring weather…just in time for summer!   From various forecasts, it looks like we're going to enjoy temps in the mid to upper 70s.  

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For added warm weather fun, we have some low tides too!   Today's low tide is a -2.38 at 1:15 p.m. and will be up to 11.78 at 8:44 tonight.  On Sunday, the low tide is a -1.99 at 1:58 in the afternoon followed by 11.87 at 9:22 p.m.

So how are you going to celebrate this warm weather goodness?  

 

 

 

 

 

Just Cruising by: The Rochade

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The Rochade flies the Caman Island flag and is a creation from Delta Marine that's out for a test drive in Puget Sound.  

Here's a little more we found:

She can sleep up to twelve guests in five cabins and up to ten crew members in five crew cabins. Rochade is classed to Lloyd's Register and compliant to the MCA. 

On the technical side, Rochade uses twin MTU V16 4000 diesel engines. 22 knots is the expected top speed with a cruising speed of 18 knots. At 12 knots, a healthy range of 2,700 nautical miles is expected, drawing from 53,000 LT tanks. This new Delta is up for sale through a reputable broker.

Delta Marine is the builder of the yacht Laurel, which we wrote about a few years ago when she too was off the shores of West Seattle.

Ship heading towards Bremerton

I'm not sure which one this is…I'm not seeing this vessel (#7) on www.marinetraffic.com

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