Salty Tales :: Travel Writing

“We love working with Marianne and even when she’s under the deadline gun, she still does a superb job with the best of humor.”

Bruce Hedrick, editor, Northwest Yachting

“[Your] tone is smart and edgy, with the kind of biting humour and clever observation which we love. You’re a good writer.”

Denise Ryan, assistant editor, Vancouver Magazine

	Marianne Scott writes about her worldwide travels, afloat or on foot. Afloat on a boat in New Zealand and British Columbia, or on foot through Shanghai, Marianne brings her animated observations and photos alive on the page. Recently, she has described an eco-journey in New Zealand’s Fiordland; Manihi, a pristine atoll in French Polynesia; a whirlwind tour of Shanghai; a multi-part exploration of Puget Sound; circumnavigations of British Columbia’s Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island; and, a description of how award-winning cheese maker Natural Pastures makes its products. Below are just a few of Marianne’s travel tales. To read sample PDF articles, click on the highlighted titles. To view PDFs, CLICK HERE to download free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

	*Canadian Yachting*
	“Cruising the Great Bear Rainforest.” Sailpast 2002

	“Ecological Adventure in Fiordland.” Sailpast 2001

	*Power Cruising*
	“Splendor on Pender — Poets Cove.” October 2004

	*Northwest Palate (USA)*
	“Natural Pastures: The Big Cheese.” November - December 2002

	“Lingering at Long Beach Lodge.” September - October 2002

	“Port Townsend’s Castle on the Bluff.” September - October 2001


	*Cruising World*
	“The Twin Faces of Manihi Atoll.” April 2002

	*Stitches*
	“Powertouring Shanghai.” February 2002

	*Pacific Yachting*
	“Supernatural Sucia.” June 2004

	“Clayoquot Sound—On the Wild Side.” January 2004

	“Aboard During the Autumn Equinox.” October 2003

	Northwest Yachting
	“The Pull of Powell River.” November 2004

	“Serenity on Saturna.” August 2004

	“Sidney by the Sea.” June 2004

	“Let the Games Begin—Seattle Yacht Club’s Opening Day.” May 2004

	“Mayne Stay.” January 2004

	“Exploring Barkley Sound.” September 2003

	“Harbour Hopping in the Spring.” July 2003

	“North to Malaspina Strait.” January 2003

	“Silent Nights — the Joys of Yuletime Cruising.” December 2002

A carved aboriginal wolf totem reintegrates into its origins.

Once a cement quarry, this is now a sunken garden in Butchart Gardens.

Oxford.

Aboriginal tour guide Tom Sewid tells about potlatches on Village Island.

Carving soapstone on Salt Spring Island.

The historic hotel in Roche Harbor.

On the Yangtze River.

Dale Chihuly’s glass vision of sea life.