Two boats have sunk in the Hylebos Waterway near Tacoma. The abandoned Helena Star and Golden West were chained together and moored at Mason Marina when they sank.
Two boats have sunk in the Hylebos Waterway near Tacoma.
The abandoned Helena Star and Golden West were chained together and moored at Mason Marina when they sank.
An oil containment boom has been put around the boats to prevent any fuel from spreading into the sound.
The Department of Ecology said most of the fuel from the boats was removed last March.
The DOE and Coast Guard are at the scene.
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Organizers of National Safe Boating Week, running through Friday, will continue to place emphasis on getting boaters to wear life jackets.
The Boat Club, a membership-based "boating club" offering individual, family, business, and corporate memberships, is holding an open house in Richland.
The open house will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday off of Columbia Point Drive, Richland.
For more information, go to boatclubllc.com.
For the first time since World War II, a boatbuilding company is constructing Navy warships in a 96-year-old shipyard at the mouth of the Hylebos Waterway.
Saturday’s warm and muggy weather gave way to cooler temperatures Sunday, but that didn’t deter hundreds, if not thousands, from attending the final day of the 34th annual Wooden Boat Fair at Percival Landing.
During National Safe Boating Week, the BoatUS Foundation is urging boaters to take a friend boating, sailing or fishing.
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