Seattle’s vibrant working waterfront is home to an array of vessels. It is the port-of-call for a great deal of the North Pacific fishing fleet, made famous on Deadliest Catch, U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers and workboats for just about any maritime need. Seamlessly blended in among the working craft in the city’s Ballard district, even a landlubber’s gaze will be drawn to Teal, a charismatic, 78-foot motoryacht with a tale to tell.
“We’re the latest in a long line of caretakers,” says Amado Shuck, a retired
