This is the season for waterfront and harbor festivals. Here are three that promise good food along with music and the sea air.
In Washington state, the first Gig Harbor Wine & Food Festival starts at noon today at the future site of the Harbor History Museum. The festival features tasting tent with more than 35 wineries, local restaurants and food businesses and is sponsored by the Harbor History Museum and the Gig Harbor Historic Waterfront Association.
About a thousand miles down the Pacific Cost, as part of the summer-long Long Beach Sea Festival, the 17th Annual Long Beach Crawfish Festival starts today, promising lots of crawfish and Zydeco music. A taste of Louisiana on the West Coast.
Down East on the East Coast, in Rockland Maine the 63rd Annual Maine Lobster Festival is in fill swing. It started on Wednesday and continues through Sunday.
An update to our 
Inspectors have identified traces of homemade explosives on the hull of the MOL tanker M. Star, confirming that it was the target of a terrorist attack. The ship was struck by an explosion just after midnight on July 28, as the vessel was traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. A group with ties to Al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for the attack.
We recently 
Sounds like a great evening for those in the New York area. Thanks to Al Cuenin for the heads up.
Over the last week, there have been no shortage of theories and often contradictory claims about what caused the damage to the hull and deck house of the MOL tanker M. Star while transiting the Straits of Hormuz. The initial suggestion by a port official in the United Arab Emirates that the
Happy birthday to the 
Utsch’s Marina in Cape May will be the port-of-call for New Jersey’s Tall Ship, the authentically restored 1928 oyster schooner A.J. Meerwald, from August 3 through Sept. 5, 2010. The Meerwald offers unique sailing experiences for visitors young, old and in-between. Join a pirate crew, sample some salty oysters, trawl for marine life, send the kids off for a day-camp on the high seas, or take an evening cruise after a day on the beach.
Just over a week after a 
It is that time of year again. For twenty three of its twenty five years, the 
Zheng He’s fleet of ships has been the subject of mystery and myth for centuries. Now a joint Chinese-Kenyan expedition to excavate where one of his fleet is thought to have been sunk in the 15th century may finally shed light on the amazing exploits of the legendary Chinese navigator. Thanks to 
Philadelphia’s tall ship, the barquentine 
In early July we celebrated the