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5 years ago • Blue Marlin, Fishing Tournaments
The best places to see Seattle aren’t necessarily city streets. Boat tours can be a fantastic way to see more of what the city has to offer. Seattle is alongside the saltwater Puget Sound, which is a part of the Pacific ocean. There are all kinds of boat tours in these waters.
It isn’t possible to see whales year-round. However, if you visit Seattle at the right time of year, you may be able to catch a glimpse of a whale. These tours will take you to the areas where whales are most likely to be active. While tour guides aren’t able to guarantee that you’ll see a whale, there is an excellent chance that you’ll be able to see a whale up close.
These tours can take an entire day, so they may not be your best option if you have a limited amount of time to spend in Seattle. However, if you have room in your schedule for a tour like this, it’s certainly something that you’ll want to consider.
Also, if you want to learn more about the local marine life, you can read more here.
The waters around Seattle Harbor are incredibly beautiful. There are a number of stunning views that you can glimpse here, and the best way to see them is around the water. This is a uniquely beautiful environment that you won’t be able to see from land.
These boat tours provide excellent opportunities for photographers. Because your boat will move fairly slowly through the waters, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to set up a shot and take breathtaking photos of your surroundings.
Seattle has a rich and fascinating history. Because of its waterside location, it has an intriguing maritime past. You can learn all about that side of Seattle on a history tour. As you ride through the water, a guide will tell you more about the history of Seattle.
Many of these guides are experts on Seattle’s history, which means they’ll be able to answer many of your questions during the tour. These tours can be very educational, but they can also be a ton of fun. There is a range of history tours available. You can find tours that are focused on maritime history or tours that will give you a broader view of Seattle’s past.
If you’re looking to relax while you’re in Seattle, a cocktail cruise can be a lot of fun. These tours can show you the sights in Seattle. The twist is that you’ll be provided with cocktails while you’re on the boat.
Naturally, these tours aren’t a great option for anyone that gets seasick easily. With that said, if you can tolerate being on a boat, a cruise like this can be a lot of fun. Some tours like this provide a party atmosphere, while other cruises are more elegant. Explore your options so that you can find a tour that’s a fit for you!
If you’re visiting Seattle, you’ll want to make sure you see a lot of popular attractions. Why not view these sights from a boat? On a sightseeing tour, you’ll have the chance to see Seattle from a different point of you. You’ll be guided through Seattle and shown numerous sights.
You might be surprised when you realize how much of Seattle can be clearly seen from the waters. When you’re on a tour, you can expect the tour operator to give you great views of a lot of Seattle’s sights. Because you’ll have a tour guide with you, you’ll also have the chance to learn more about the area.
You don’t necessarily have to venture out into the ocean if you want to go on a Seattle boat tour. There are also a number of tours that will take you around Lake Union. This freshwater lake is entirely within Seattle’s city limits, which makes it a wonderful place to see more of the city.
Exploring Lake Union can be a lot of fun, and there are plenty of terrific tours available. Don’t rule out Lake Union when you’re exploring your options for boat tours. There are all kinds of different tours, and you’ll want to find the best options to enjoy.
If you’d like to travel to a nearby area, like San Juan Island or Victoria, you may be able to get there by boat! Travel tours can be a very relaxing way to get from one place to another. In some cases, traveling to an area by boat may also be faster than taking a plane.
If you’re going to be spending time in Seattle, Washington, you’ll definitely want to think about going on a boat tour! These tours are one of Seattle’s most popular attractions. As you can see, there are many different types of tours. From shorter tours to long tours, from entertaining tours to informative ones, you’ll have no shortage of choices.
5 years ago • Blog
With more than 50 employees and a six-year history behind it, Sailogy, the Italian-Swiss boat rental company, is no longer a startup. But the startup remains the strong attitude to growth and the bets on advanced technologies. Thanks to an analytical and predictive algorithm, Sailogy aims to digitalize a sector – that of charters – still analog and to intercept a growing demand of the public that, even in the band of luxury, increasingly chooses the rental to the possession.
Affordable boat holidays
Sailogy offers an online platform that shows the boats available in real time with updated and comparable offers. In addition, the site allows online booking directly on the site by dividing the fee with the participants in the trip. A small revolution that allows access to a wide audience of what was, up until a few years ago, an experience for the few. Sailogy prices are affordable with a share of 70 euros per person per day for the sailboat and 150 for a catamaran.
The predictive algorithm
But the real innovation is the algorithm that crosses various factors of boat performance, sales volumes and customer reviews. “There is an analytical part – explains Manlio Accardo, founder of Sailogy, after experiences in Ferrari and Bain & Company – and there is a predictive part that analyzes a series of parameters such as the volumes of previous years, the research of the moment, the availability of expenditure is able to predict peak demand “.
A mechanism that allows you to play ahead in the intersection of demand and supply and in pricing.With benefits for everyone. The charter is not found at the last minute forced to sell the odds, which indeed collects upfront. “And the buyer finds himself deferring the spending for the holidays, splitting the boat quota over time, from air transport or other” adds Accardo.
A growing business
The market has rewarded Sailogy, which this year will ask 35 thousand travelers, thanks to agreements with thousands of charters that provide 22 thousand boats in 800 destinations worldwide. The audience is made up of many Germans, a presence that has been strengthened thanks to the digitalisation of Master Yachring GmbH , a historic German boat rental agency, acquired last year. Sailogy plans to scale further with new acquisitions in a travel sector that is up 6.5% annually and estimated at 50 billion euros globally. The goal for 2020 is to reach 65,000 travelers.
The other countries of origin of travelers beyond Germany, Italy and Switzerland, are the United States, Great Britain, France, Spain and South America. The public is also expanding: “Even those who could afford to buy boats of one or two million euros are interested in renting,” explains Accardo, “to avoid having to manage anything, a bit for the curiosity to do new and different experiences “.
5 years ago • Blog, boat tours, Pacific Northwest, Seattle
The Parisian one is not a random location, since Sailsquare is located inside Station F , Europe’s largest startup incubator founded by Xavier Niel, and from here it controls the foreign expansion process supported by an international team led by Maxime Courtaigne and assisted by 4 different country managers – for France, the UK, Spain and Germany – with skills in digital marketing and tourism. A strategic path that aims to focus, in the immediate future, on markets in France, the UK, Spain and Germany and to focus, over the next three years, on making Sailsquare the reference player also in the US and Latin America .
By applying the concept of Airbnb to boating, in which the local skippers themselves propose boat experiences, Sailsquare has imposed a new concept of democratic sailboat, transforming tourism linked to the sea and making it more accessible and suitable for everyone, thanks to a versatile and adaptable offer according to the individual needs of users. A model translated by the sharing economy, which privileges the real needs of consumers with an intelligent and, above all, technological sharing capable of reducing costs, making nautical tourism accessible to all.
The 3 million foundraising
The constant acceleration of Sailsquare’s path has been made possible also and above all by an ambitious industrial plan supported by important rounds of investments, which has led to a collection of around 3.3 million euros (of which € 900,000 only in 2018) . To date, the business model that also aims at sailing newbies has allowed Sailsquare to establish itself as the largest market place in the world for booking sailing holidays with a community of 100,000 travelers, over 1,900 skippers and more of 20,000 holiday proposals.
“I am convinced that the success opportunities of a startup like ours are significantly influenced by the quality of the ecosystem in which it finds itself developing its offer and precisely in Paris, thanks to Station F, in which we entered after a strict selection, we have increased our opportunities for visibility and we are preparing for new and important challenges ”commented Riccardo Boatti , co-founder and CMO of Sailsquare.
5 years ago • Blog, boat tours, Seattle
This one-of-a-kind dragon boat festival is the product of many years of planning by local Seattle residents. In 2019, the festival was in jeopardy of being cancelled. High Five Dragon Boat has always loved this venue and the residents that make the event so exciting and colorful. So we decided to help keep the magic alive for the Puget Sound!
Truly “Big Time Paddlin’ Fun”, the Battle in the Bay Dragon Boat Festival is full of fun in the sun as well as serious dragon boat competition! Participants spend the day on the water paddling, in the sand playing volleyball, cheering each other on and eating and drinking to support the Canned Food Drive and Food Bank of Seattle.
Teams that participate are from right in the Puget Sound, as well as from around the Southwestern United States. Local teams participate in fundraising efforts for Canned Food Drive and Food Bank of Seattle and the visiting teams get to enjoy the true southern hospitality of the Puget Sound!
Racing begins at 8:30 am and concludes between around 2 pm. Post racing celebration includes awards, music and celebration!
Spectators can watch all of the action from Bottlecap Beach from the comfort of their beach blanket!
5 years ago • boat tours, Pacific Northwest
Trolling for Marlin: The Best Lures and Spots To Fish
Marlin are the king of the sportfishing world. They are the most exciting fish to catch for any experienced angler. They are fast aggressive and some of the largest fish in the sea.
Marlin evoke the classic images of a fishing battle at Sea. The Old Man And The Sea written by Ernest Hemingway was written about fishing for blue marlin.
Among the many things that make this such a prized fish to go after is that once they take the bait all species of marlin exhibit in athletic display worthy of a dancer or maybe even a raging bull.
Every angler has seen the image of a Marlin rising out of the water battling the fish hook. Marlin can give you the fight of your life and to bring a Marlin on board a fishing boat often takes hours of battle that has physically worn out many that have tried to do it.
4 Different Species of Marlin
There are several different varieties of marlin. Of course, Blue Marlin are the most famous of the species but there is also Black, White, as well as Striped Marlin.
The Marlin is part of the pelagic species of fish which is a migratory animal that usually prefers warmer and more tropical ocean climates.
An interesting fact about the very biggest Marlins, the giant Marlins, is that they are all female. Male Marlins never really grow that large topping out at 300 lb, whereas the largest female Marlin was more than 1500 lbs.
Marlin primarily feed, interestingly enough, on other pelagic fishes like tuna and mackerel and they also like to snack on squid.
So, are you interested in fishing for some powerful Marlin?
Trolling Lures for Marlin Fishing
Well the best trolling methods are to use large entire complete baits like mullet, bonefish, and even bonito. You can also have success with SR squids as well as dolphin lures with the occasional dead bait setup.
These are all artificial lures.
The reason why they work is because marlin lures are aggressive and they respond well to the bubble trails that these artificial lures produce. Plus, you can troll these lures at a higher speed which also is good at getting the Marlins attention.
As well as artificial lures work, you don’t want to forget about testing with live bait. Live bait we’ll work if the area that your fishing in is relatively small. And it is important to remember that if you are trolling with live bait, you’ve got to dramatically lower your speed to keep the bait alive.
Places to Fish for Marlin
You might be wondering where you can catch these athletic fighting fish. Well, they are only in a select few spots around the world.
Sportfishing Mag has also written a great article covering this very topic that you can read here: https://www.sportfishingmag.com/10-top-places-to-catch-monster-marlin/
Here are the best places in the world to fish for Marlin.
Australia
Australia is home to more 1000 lbs. Marlin catches, also known as granders, than anywhere else in the world.
The best time of year to go to Australia to fish for Marlin are during the months of September through January. While this is the winter time in North hemisphere, which is not good for Marlin fishing, in the southern hemisphere it is during their summer and it’s the optimal time to attempt to catch these pelagic beasts.
The best places to go in Australia for Marlin fishing are the fishing grounds that are located near the Great Barrier Reef.
This is a prime area for Marlin, just a few dozen miles from the continental shelf, because of the food supply. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s largest underwater ecosystems. It is teeming with food. So, there is no surprise there is an abundance of wildlife, everything from Marlin to Dolphin to Great Whites, under the water.
It just makes sense if there is a lot of food for Marlin, there’s going to be a lot of very large Marlin to fish.
Hawaiian Islands
If you want to try your hand at landing the mythical giant Pacific blue Marlin there is only one place to go, and that of course is Hawaii.
Hawaii is the most remote island chain in the world, surrounded by the deepest waters in the world of the Pacific Ocean. It is no wonder that this oasis in this vast blue ocean is teaming with all manner of aquatic wildlife including Marlin.
The best thing about hunting the mythical Giant Blues in Hawaii is that even if you don’t catch anything you’re still in Hawaii and it is still an awesome experience.
Portugal
One of the lesser-known places that is perfect for Blue Giants is the island of Madeira off of the coast of Portugal.
Better known for its fortified wine, the island of Madeira has been a hot spot in the northern Atlantic Ocean for some of the best blue marlin fishing in the world.
One of the peculiarities or challenges of fishing out of Madera is trying to pick the best season to go.
The peak seasons seem to change depending on the year. This is highly unusual and it may have something to do with the ocean currents that engulf this island.
Before you go be sure to talk to several different charter operations in Madera and see what the current fishing season is.
East Coast of USA
The East Coast of the United States is not really known as an exotic place to go and fish for this exotic fish. But the truth is that the East Coast of the United States is a prime hunting ground for all types of marlin. From the lower Florida Keys to the top is a prime spot for Marlin as well as the coast off of North Carolina is ideal for catching large Blue’s.
If you go higher up the coast as far as Maryland, those cool northern Atlantic Waters are great for White Marlin. White Marlin are a smaller species of marlin but they are they might be the most prized.
Evidence of this is the White Marlin Open (this is their website: https://whitemarlinopen.com/), which runs out of ocean City Maryland. It is the world’s largest billfish tournament. It is also the world’s richest billfish tournament with over six million dollars in prize money in 2019 alone.
This just goes to show you that you can catch excellent Marlin all up and down the east coast of the United States.
5 years ago • Blog