Cruising Puget Sound?

serenitymay1995 · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 11:21 pm Post subject: Puget sound

You know it is really funny how we never appreciate what we have, we always hear at gettogethers how everyone wants to get to our area to cruise every year and we love to head south once a year if we can to cruise in Puget sound waters. It is definately beautiful where we are and just north in the broughtons but there are beautiful areas in the sound also. The facilities in places like port Townsend, Poulsbou, gig harbour, Vashon are second to none and we have always been very well received anytime we have been there. I guess it is just the differences that attract us, aren't we blessed to live in such a place. I just hope the new "wall" doesn't extend into the water!

JamesTXSD · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:59 am Post subject:

localboy · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:34 am Post subject:

Grumpy · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:55 am Post subject:

http://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/business/cafe-langley-closes-after-27-years-in-business/

Grumpy · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:20 pm Post subject:

Good News in Langley:-)

Prima Bistro
1 hr ·
We are extremely excited to announce that we are opening a second restaurant in Langley – Saltwater Fish House and Oyster Bar. After 27 years of hard work and dedication to their successful business, Café Langley sold their building to a Langley loving Seattle family. They asked us if we would like to open a second restaurant in the space. We had been looking for a chance to grow and have dreamt of opening a seafood restaurant for years so we were thrilled with the opportunity.
We are sad to see Café Langley close its doors and it will be missed by so many. We hope we can infuse the space with the same love that the Garibyans have over all these years, and we intend to honor their legacy of serving great food to our wonderful community. Just as we felt honored and humbled to move into the Prima space 10 years ago after the long run of the Star Bistro, we are equally humbled to expand into this one.
Transformation begins this month. We will cover the windows so the new restaurant is a surprise for all of you. As the name implies, Saltwater Fish House and Oyster Bar will be a seafood restaurant featuring fish and chips, clam chowder, crab and shrimp louies, crab cakes, oysters and more oysters, salmon, etc. It’s a concept we believe is missing in our seaside town and we’ve spent a lot of time researching, menu planning and visualizing so we can bring you the restaurant we can all be proud of. We can’t wait to take the paper off the windows and welcome you later this year.
Here’s to a happy and prosperous new year!

localboy · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:44 pm Post subject:

We will give them a try this summer!

colobear · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:07 pm Post subject:

Hi, we've been all through the region including down to Tacoma and Olympia. We second the many good ideas you have gotten thus far. We especially like Dock Street Marina in Tacoma where you moor literally at the foot of the famous and worth visiting Glass Museum. The Washington Museum is also right there with really good exhibits. There is a one mile free trolley that takes you along the frontage. A really spectacular automobile museum (LeMay) is within walking distance-it's great even if you're not into cars, the craftsmanship on some of the early cars is amazing. Further up, go through the locks at Seattle and stop at Fisherman's Terminal then on to lake Washington. You have another good but tight marina right at the foot of Pike Place market, and on and on. Puget sound is too often ignored but is full of neat things. I'll PM you with some other news.

Byrdman · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:58 am Post subject:

Hey Casey man!!!
Bottom line there is simply different levels of greatness in the waters in the PNW area. Day trips, weekend trips, week long trips then of course just great extended stay trips or just go live aboard summers. To the point I bought one of my previously owned c-dory boats to leave out there. Great boat loving folks in all areas to help others visiting their area waters. Just be sure to mark the " boundary lines" on the endless "areas" of water and what is open and what is closed. Easy to drift a bit while tending to pots, traps, lines, nets and just taking in the beauty's of it all and suddenly you are in a different area and rules change and sure enough mr happy will show up with a blue light special just for you. But even then every time I have been pulled over for my own safety, they have been polite and professional. Maybe we can get together this summer.

Casey · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 5:52 am Post subject:

Hey Byrdman!

We'll look forward to crossing wakes with you one of these days, but it looks like we're back on the Trent-Severn Rideau Canal option.

Interesting idea about keeping a "west coast boat." We actually considered buying another Cape Cruiser and keeping it in Wrangell (AK) for no-hassle SEAK Cruising. But reality intruded (...a bitch when that happends) and we decided that one boat was enough. ...and, we've adopted a boating-summer followed by a non-boating summer, so that great idea became somewhat less realistic.

Still, we're managing to keep busy.

Best,
C&M

Gratitude · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:59 am Post subject:

We too are planning an upcoming trip to the Sound with C Pelican in a couple years. Being a member of the American Legion Yacht Club with reciprocal rights, are there any Yacht Clubs in the Sound that are particularly special? It seems that one could likely stay at a variety of Yacht Clubs for a night or two and then move on to the next Club or another port mixed in.

Thoughts?

Many thanks,
Gratitude
Jim Garner (C Pelican)

thataway · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:10 pm Post subject:

Jim, reciprocity with yacht clubs out of your area can be tricky. (Actually in your area may also be tricky). Don't count on free mooring, and being able to charge food and beverage to your home club. In some areas moorage is more than prevailing private marinas. In some cases it may be free, with "sister clubs". It would be a good idea to get a list from the A L Y C to see exactly what is offered out of the area. Many of the larger club or more prestigious clubs will not give any reciprocity. Some who are not on the list may..

Part revolves around what your home yacht club has to offer to members of the reciprocity club. I am familiar with ALYC, and have been there a number of times. They hosted several SSCA west coast meetings back a number of years ago. (A fantastic bargain, especially if you have a boat on a mooring in the Newport area.)

My personal suggestion would be to find the areas you want to visit because of their features--and if there is a club there, who gives reciprocity, so much the better.

In S. Calif. there are two levels of clubs; The Southern California Yachting Association, includes basically all clubs in S. Calif. (87 clubs) The Yacht Racing Union of S. Calif. has only "landed" clubs, which have full service facilities, and includes 31 Yacht Clubs--and not ALYC. Many of the YRUSC will have "out stations"--as do many of the larger YC in the PNW. It is extremely rare that any club will give reciprocity with their out stations. For example in S. Calif. Newport Harbor YC and Balboa Yacht Clubs have the facilities at Moonstone beach and White's landing at Catalina, which are not shared. Same would be true of Seattle YC, Which operates 10 outstations for the exclusive use of their members.

We have the same type of situation in Florida; The major yacht clubs belong to the Florida Council of Yacht clubs--and usually only give reciprocity to other clubs from FCYC. On occasion Pensacola YC has allowed boats from other clubs and member clubs of the Yacht Clubs of America reciprocity--But not consistently.

Gratitude · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:24 am Post subject:

Thank you, Dr. Bob, for your suggestions and insights they are always welcomed
Gratitude,
Jim

colbysmith · Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:57 pm Post subject:

I was about to start a new thread, but found this one, and decided to resurrect it. I am planning to attend the Friday Harbor gathering 2025. But along with that I also plan to spend time in the south sound. Right now I'm looking at launching in Lake Washington. (Usually I do the sling launch at Annacortes) I've been to Gig Harbor and Olympia via land, along with some other locations, and thought it'd be great to check them out by boat next time I'm in the area. Launching at Lake Washington would give C-Traveler a fresh water rinse before heading home, and keep the trailer out of salt. So my first questions would be, advice on where to launch that I could park the rig for a couple weeks up to possibly a month. Also, recommended routes out to Friday Harbor and the San Juans. (Using auto routing on Navionics has me coming out south of Whidbey and crossing the Strait of Juan De Fuca.) TIA. Colby

robhwa · Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:38 am Post subject:

Colby; If you want to explore REALLY South Sound you are welcome to come to Anderson Island and park your rig. We have about 2 acres with waterfront (with float for mooring boats) on Anderson Island and there is a marina with a concrete launch in the Riviera community. A word of warning...it is a bit expensive to take a long rig here on the ferry from Steilacoom, but you do only pay to come onto the island. We also have a guest house you can stay in.