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These data represent marine waters used for sailing, which includes transit, mooring, motoring or anchoring by sailboats, including sailing kayaks and canoes. Excludes motorized boating, and paddling.
Sailing is most common in the Strait during the annual Swiftsure Yacht Race in May. Mostly transit sailing occurs along the outer coast with anchoring and refueling common in Neah Bay. Along the outer coast, the use tends to occur between 4-25 miles from shore except for boats coming into port. Some day use sailing occurs within the Strait, in Willapa Bay and around Port Angeles. There is an Annual regatta off Oysterville in Willapa bay, between the main channel and the high tide line.
Tribal uses of the ocean were not mapped explicitly, though tribal chairs and/or their designated representatives were formally invited by BOEM to participate in the mapping workshops. The sharing of tribal use information was dependent upon each tribe’s determination of whether the mapping workshops were an appropriate forum for sharing such information. Any tribal use information shared during the workshops was incorporated into the defined use categories. Thus, the atlas data and map products do not explicitly depict tribal use. |