Seattle's best neighborhoods with marina access - Lake Union?

Nehalennia said:
Boating is year 'round, you just have to be prepared for more moist conditions but some of the calmest nicest days can be in the fall, winter and spring months.
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Todd is spot on. Less boat traffic and calmer. So, you may have to put up with some showers here and there - regardless, it's not so cold as to be uncomfortable.
 
Take a look at coming farther south, Lots of people in our marina (Tyee Marina in Tacoma, Wa.) live in Kent or Renton. I personally love our little community of Browns Point and we are only 5 minutes from the marina :grin:
 
I live in Bothell and currently keep my boat in Everett. Bothell is more of a "raise your family" type of place, although it is about to grow up a little bit with a downtown revitalization project under weigh. Kirkland is just south of Bothell, on Lake Washington and pretty close to all the Microsoft stuff.

If you are looking to really go cruising rather than hanging in the lake for the day, I would suggest mooring in Everett. As Todd said, you can get to the cruising grounds within a couple of hours and there are a number of places that are inside that range as well. Langley is great for a quick overnight and Kingston is just 15 miles away.

If you get to town and need a helpful boating friend, send me a note! Would love to lend a hand.

Troy Olason
troy@cruisingnw.com
 
Looks like we have settled into slippage somewhere along Westlake Ave. on Lake Union and living closeby in the Queen Anne neighborhood, at least as a starting point to our relocation plans. We aren't planning to buy anything right away, making use of corporate housing until we get a better feel for the area. If we stick around awhile, I can see mooring further north and directly across from the destination of San Juans.

We tend to bounce around alot - never in the same lake, river, marina for very long. I guess our goal is to experience as many unique destinations as possible, repeating few.

Again thanks for all the information and I look forward to meeting a few of you next boating season.
 
We spend September and part of October in Washington. The Seattle Yacht Club is a nice place but people have said it is hard to get in. There is a waiting list we were told. We have reciprical with them and they seem to have real boaters there. The locks are a pain if you want quick access to open water. If money is no object the float homes on the fresh water lakes look nice. We always see for sale signs. Of all the marinas I like the one at Everett the best if you go to the new part. The next best is the one as you leave the locks in Seattle, but it can be windy. There are commuter trains along the water that will get you to Everett quickly. We get a state park pass for mooring that gives you unlimited use of the ocean bouys and docks. It is nice not to have to find change to stuff in the park envelops. If you are interested in cruising in Canada you will find less people in the summer. PM me if you ave questions about cruising in Canada.
 
Was thinking about your cruising plans. To spend a weekend in the San Juans form Seattle is a long way. If the San Juans are your destination why not move your boat there and drive to it on weekends. There are two marinas we like on our way south that you could drive to. Oak Harbour and Anacortes. Both have nice marinas. To drive your boat to the San Juans I would expect you to burn $400 in fuel each way. The trip would get a little boring. You also stand a good chance of hitting a log at 20 knots. We have run into fog a few times you you might get stranded for a few days. In the fall of 2010 we got fog for 4 days just north of Anacortes. We could not see more than 100 feet. There are lots of big ships so stayed at a bouy until the fog lifted.
 
Well we made a 'date' with a lowboy semi for June 24th. That means TLI will be floating in Lake Union for the 4th of July! To say that my wife and I are excited about all the new destinations would be an understatement...we hope to experience lakes Washington and Union first, eventually relocating to a more northern marina for quick access to the San Juans once we are more familiar with cruising destinations. We are nomadic in that sense; never have stayed at a marina more than a couple seasons before moving on to see other lakes or rivers.
 
You'll love the boating up here there are so many areas to boat in it's hard to figure out what you want to see next starting at Lake Union gives you a lot of choices. The big fireworks is at Lake Union for the Seattle area. Welcome to the PNW we boat almost year around there are usually only a couple months you really need heat and pay attention to the small craft advisories.
 
From a former "Cheesehead", Welcome to the Left Coast Mark! You will absolutely love the boating out here and the best part is you don't need to shovel the rain!
Smooth waters....
 
Welcome Mark,

We purchased the Lina Lina out of Huntington Beach, CA. and she rode the low boy up I-5 to Hylebos Marina in Tacoma where we keep her in a boathouse. We are members of the Tacoma Yacht Club with 7 outstations and reciprocal privileges at another 50+ clubs. Our initiation is $750 and $100/month. 2 nights on any club dock and you have just saved money versus paying for guest moorage in a marina. I as several of us have boated in Puget Sound for our whole lives please reach out if you have any questions...
 
Roanoke Reef: Intersection of Roanoke and Fairview. Floating Homes, Condos, and private marina. We loved it their. Moved to Portland and miss everything about the location.
 
Well, we arrived in Seattle and unloaded at CSR Marine in Ballard. Had 24hrs on the hard to clean, reassemble radar, put props on, etc. and then motored over to Marina Mart on Westlake Avenue, where we found a nice covered slip for her at a reasonable rate and short-term commitment since we will likely be bouncing around a bit until we find our niche. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions!
 
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