Monster Maritime has been off for a few days enjoying family and friends.  Look for an update after the First of the Year.

2007, who’d a thunk it?

Just a quick post to let our readers know that we have survived the windstorm in the Pacific Northwest. The wind blew 50+kts on the Puget Sound with gusts to over 90kts. I was working on the Ferry Puyallup (460ft) that night and we were rolling pretty good even in these inside waters. Landings at the terminal in Seattle were pretty spectacular with this stiff south wind and the 90 degree dogleg into Eagle Harbor (Bainbridge Is.) was a challenge for the conning officer with the wind on your stern and the beach looming ahead. The second ferry on the run (the Wenatchee), blew out a window from the torquing of the vessel and operations were stopped for the night.
By the time the storm blew through, the power was out to over a million people for 5 days. We just got the lights back on here in North Bend last night. There are still about 100,000 homes in the Seattle area who are still in the dark.

Unfortunately, no power, no website updates… Once the dust settles we will get back to updating content on the site. MonsterMaritime.com is totally web-based so the Knowledgebase and Marketplace are functional whether I am here or not.

Business is brisk in the Chandlery. I have taken your suggestions to heart and provided some of our biggest selling items on the front page of the Marketplace. Remember, click on the categories to the left and place ANYTHING in the search box. Chances are good that you can find it on MonsterMaritime.

Also, if you see a product and you like the manufacturer or brand, click on it and the Monster will bring up their entire catalog. It is a very impressive feature. Give it a try.

Dan