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Sailboat accessible bars in Puget
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The Tides Tavern - Gig Harbor.
| The Tides is the best. Free moorage
right in front. Good food and Micro brews are served from about
10 am to closing time. There is always a band on Friday and Saturday
nights with a minimal cover charge. The crowd is mellow and the
after hours parties on the dock are well lubricated. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 47'20.00 |
122'35.50 |
The Drifters - Kingston.
| This is a non assuming tavern. The locals
call this place "The Drifters", though officially it
is known as The Schooner Tavern. The decor is early Kingston and
what it lacks in haut culture, it makes up with sheer friendliness
in a red neck sort of way. Weekends are celebrated here! A live
band is usually on hand and the ladies make you dance. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 48'13.50 |
122'41.50 |
Toby's - Coupeville.
| The one piece carved bar came around
the Horn in the 19th century. There is a good selection of Micro
brews and local burnouts; a combination of old and new. This bar
is highly recommended by a power boater I know but I'll put it
in anyway. A public dock is close and the town is a treat. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 47'48.00 |
122'30.00 |
Port Ludlow (the bar).
| This bar is a good port in a storm.
I recommend the rum and cokes or a Cuba Libra if you're political
or if you suffer from scurvy. Its not uncommon to have a one or
two person band playing. The sort with the electric piano. The
moorage is relatively expensive but you can check in with the
gas dock for a day visit and /or moor over as long as you're gone
when the help shows up around 6 am. The inner harbor is a good
anchorage and you don't have to vamoose at 6 am. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 47'55.30 |
122'41.00 |
The Beach Club - Poulsbo.
| This bar is right in the middle of the
public marina and an easy stagger to the plentiful guest moorage.
The bar has a good selection of brews and booze. A large deck
over looking the marina can be a summer night's dream. Poulsbo
is a picture post card type of town and a good venue for an outing.
Pick your tides getting here as the current behind Bainbridge
Island is stiff. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 47'44.00 |
122'38.50 |
Charlies at Shilshole - Seattle.
| Shilshole Marina is Seattle's big public
marina and Charlies is in the Admin building along with a couple
of restaurants, boat brokers and sailing schools. The bar is attended
by the locals and is a friendly marina bar sort of place. The
food is good and they have pull tab games to help you while away
your money. The bartender, Spike is a professional. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 47'41.00 |
122'24.50 |
The La Conner Tavern.
| La Conner is a great bar accessible
by sailboat kind of place. The town is located on a channel in
between Seattle and the San Juan Islands. The whole town is a
pretty and unique. Its like Ketchican, Alaska; one big wharf.
The Tavern is always friendly and the burger & fries are welcome
after a few days in the Islands with a vegetarian crew. There
is a liquor store on the north end and in a couple of blocks.
This is handy for trips to or from Canada where the price of alcohol
is absurd. I've heard the Swinomish Indians have put in a gambling
hall across the channel. I have not been there yet but it might
be fun. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 48'24.00 |
122'29.70 |
Ajax Café - Port Hadlock.
| Hadlock is south east of Port Townsend
and Indian Island. The Ajax is a restaurant but they have micro
brew and it is a cool place. They usually have guitar playing
folksingers that take requests. I always ask for Guthrie and see
which one he plays. The beer is served in big canning jars. Moorage
is iffy. The dock is a one float affair that seems to get cluttered
up with locals' boats some years. There is a boat launch float
which can be tied to on a up coming tide if your draft is less
than four feet and provided its at night. The power boat crowd
gets a little sensitive about clogging up their launch. There
are plenty of vacant moorage buoys right off the Café. The food
is excellent especially if you 're coming in from the wilds and
haven't seen a restaurant in a while. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 48'02.50 |
122'45.00 |
Ivar's on Lake Union - Seattle.
| Ivar's features NW Indian art and seafood.
There is a lot of free moorage. Its location on the north shore
of Lake Union in downtown Seattle is handy when you make the passage
from Puget Sound through the locks and into Lake Washington. The
happy hour each day at 5pm is well attended. It is a good place
to muster courage for the Duck Dodge pick up sailboat race held
each Tuesday evening in the summer where two hundred sailboats
race in Lake Union. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 47'39.20 |
122'19.40 |
Beach Cafe Carrilon Point - Kirkland.
| This place is packed with Microsoft
yuppies. When I come here in my old beat up sailboat I can feel
the scorn of these Gods of consumerism. Oh well!… Its paid
for…You would think the parking lot was a Lexus show room.
This is a good place to witness the mating habits of the techies.
The guest moorage is plentiful but in the summer, dock attendants
insist on having you moor some place other than where you've just
aimed for. Usually where you're aft is to the wind. They really
get excited when you sail in. The marina has several eateries
and bars, all of which are greatly appreciated by this sailboat
bar crawler. |
| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 47'39.40 |
122'12.50 |
J & M Café - Seattle.
The J & M is a great bar in Pioneer
Square at 1st and Main st. The Bar is Old Seattle and a real bar's
bar. The moorage is rough. The Washington Street Small Boat Landing
is a dock for smaller boats just south of the ferry terminal.
There is some wake from the ferries. The large number of transients
hanging around remind you that this is the terminus of skid road.
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| North Latitude |
West Longitude |
| 47'35.50 |
122'20.50 |
The moral of the
story.
Several years ago a sailor in a 23' sailboat returned
to his vessel moored at the Washington Street Dock and witnessed a man
jump from his forward hatch into the water. The sailor hopped into his
dingy and belted the man with his oar.
He sank. No charges were filed as the thief had some
stuff from the boat on his person. The point here is that this is a
pretty raw dock and unless you are ready for trouble don't spend the
night. But, by all means see Pioneer Square and tip a few at the J &
M, lock up your boat and if you spook some yahoo, go gentle on him.
Who knows….? You may end up here if you don't quit hitting all
these bars.
Ho! Ho!…er…..Aarrrrhh!! Matey!.
This is an incredibly well researched directory to
the Bars readily accessible by Sailboat in the Seattle/Puget Sound area.
This presentation is furnished by the School of Hard Knots and may be
used for navigational purposes!
These listings were added by our site's visitors
Anthony's Restaurant - Pt Defiance Tacoma
Shenanigans Rest - Tacoma Waterfront
The Ram Bar Grill - Tacoma Waterfront
Dock Street Landing - Tacoma Waterfront
Johnny's Dock Restaurant - Tacoma Foss Waterway
Spiro's Restaurant - Gig Harbor Public Dock
Anthony's Shorline Rest - Gig Harbor
Harbor Inn Restaurant - Gig Harbor Public Dock
Steilacoom Deli Pub - Steilacoom Ferry Landing
Lennard K's Tavern - Allyn Public Dock
Breaker's - Des Moines Marina
Anthony\'s Rest - Des Moines Marina
Red Robin - Des Moines Marina
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