Prior to being known as “A Natural Destination”, Anacortes was known as the gateway to the San Juan Islands as it is a great place to keep your boat in you want to cruise through the San Juan Islands. Anacortes offers a lot of moorage for boats to lease by the month or year, transient [...]
One more reason that BOATERS LOVE ANACORTES! The boating enthusiasts of Anacortes, gateway to the San Juan Islands, will soon have a new small boat hoist at the Cap Sante Marina. A ribbon cutting ceremony on the P/Q dock is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, April 9. The old pier has been replaced with a [...]
April 10 “quiet” ANACORTES will host the sailing world’s most prestigious prize, the America’s Cup trophy recently won by BMW’s sailing yacht ORACLE in the 33rd America’s Cup competition. This 19-ft. multi-hull boat was built by Core Builders in ANACORTES, and now the community is being invited to view the Cup and learn more about [...]
Boating Season is almost here…Be Ready! This weekend in the Anacortes Spring Boat Show ! The Anacortes Boat Show will take place from March 18 through 21 at Cap Sante Boat Haven. What makes this show so special other than it is in our georgeous city? The Anaocortes Boat Show is FREE! Free parking and free admission! The Anacortes [...]
This year’s Anacortes Boat Parade is sure to be well atortestended. For the past two years the boat parade was cancelled due to high wind so boatersare anxious to cruise up and down Guemes Channel showing off the lighted and decorated boats. The Anacortes boat parade will start at 5 PM, and the weather forecast looks [...]
Anacortes, WA is the boating capital of the NW, and Anacortes will be hosting an additional boating event in the summer of 2010. Thanks to the great efforts by the Port of Anacortes’ and the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce, The Port of Anacortes Cap Sante Boat Haven will host Latitudes & Attitudes, in August. [...]
Bob Hyde, Port of Anacortes Executive Director, will speak next Tues., Feb. 3, 10 a.m., at the Newcomers’ Plus meeting held at the Anacortes Public Library. Bob gave a presentation at the Jean Groesbeck & Associates Anacortes Real Estate Expo last Feb. to a standing room only crowd, and many of us have been wanting [...]
La Conner, WA along with Anacortes make up the boating capital of the Northwest. Now La Conner has a new fire boat according to an article on goskagit.com The La Conner fire department is made up of volunteers. Their new tool is a 19-foot $124,000 inflatable fire boat which they tested this weekend in the Swinomish Channel. Boat [...]
New regulations have been proposed by the state Department of Ecology to require boatyards to filter runoff water that results from working on boats. The goal is to reduce the amount of pollutants, entering the marine environment. For example, copper paint ships can wind up in Puget sound through run off when boats are pressure washed. A federal study [...]