EVERETT – Ray Brown says he has the best office in Everett. It’s not an office, and he’s not exactly in Everett – he’s offshore. Brown, 58, is captain of the “Hat Express,” the private ferry to Hat ...

Aluminum boatbuilder Brix Marine said it has delivered the 45’ by 18’4” passenger ferry Hat Island Ferry, which recently entered service for the community of Hat Island, Wash. A small, private island ...

Boatbuilder Armstrong Marine USA has been selected to construct a custom passenger ferry for the community of Hat Island, Washington.The 49-passenger USCG Subchapter T vessel features a galley, head, ...

HAT ISLAND — On drill day, the Hat Island firefighters got a “call” before they even got to the station. The younger ones, with jobs and homes on the mainland, took the ferry from Everett to the ...

HAT ISLAND, Wash. — It's hard to get to. It's dusty. Harbormaster Barb may chase you off. But once you're in on Hat Island, you may never want to be out. Four miles of beach, a marina leads to the ...

Editor’s note: In Postscripts, we catch up with some of the people and places we’ve visited in Pacific NW magazine. I WENT, I SAW, I waved. Back in June, unable to mind my own business and assigned a ...

I WAS SURPRISED — and fascinated — to hear about Washington’s private residential islands. I had many questions. How do you get there? Who lives there? Do they have electricity? Is that where people ...

The rules are lax, it’s not public, and residents of the small isle off Everett like it that way. Ray Brown says he has the best office in Everett. It’s not an office, and he’s not exactly in Everett ...