How many mooring buoys?

We were anchored in Port Madison a few evenings ago. We’ve been here many times. When we kept the boat on Lake Union, Port Madison was often our last stop on the way home. One of the things I notice is that there is very little room for anchoring compared to years ago when we first started coming here. There are mooring buoys everywhere. I find it hard to believe all of these buoys are legally placed and permitted.

Update 6.21.19: Received a nice response from the DNR. Will post more shortly.

Robert at Windbourne in Puget Sound posted additional information regarding my post. You can find it here.

Update 6.14.19: Later this afternoon … I received a response from the right resource at the DNR stating they would respond to my inquiry next week.

Earlier this morning … No response to my second email. I sent a third email to the DNR’s aquatic resources devision’s general email address (ard@dnr.wa.gov). Waiting …

Update 6.6.19: It has been a week since I emailed the folks at the DNR (aquaticleasing.orca@dnr.wa.gov). So far no response. I resent the note. Will see if I get a response …

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Poulsbo’s Third of July Fireworks

The yellow arrows are the three Poulsbo marinas. Leftmost is the city marina. The Poulsbo Yacht Club is in the middle, and Liberty Bay Marina is to the right. The purple arrow is the fireworks barge. We are the blank spot in the center.

Everything else is boats here for the show. Big boats, little boats, rafts of boats, lots of boats.

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The Third of July in Poulsbo

Lots of boats are here now. This is about 10:00 am. That’s us. The arrow. Well where there arrow points.

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Poulsbo Today

I know. The boat lives here in Poulsbo anyway. So why do we anchor out half a mile from our marina for the Third of July fireworks? It’s fun. It’s fun being a part of the mass of boats swaying with the breeze. Much better than tied to the dock.

This is Monday morning. We arrived from Gig Harbor about 9:00. Not many boats here yet …

Gig Harbor Tonight

We are in Gig Harbor tonight. A beautiful evening.

Last night we were at Blake Island. Tomorrow we are headed for Poulsbo. Fireworks on the Third of July!

A fix for flaky flares

My last post showed the sad state of the flares we had in our dinghy. Moisture took its toll.

We keep the most recent, expired set of flares in the dinghy. The newest non-expired, legal set are in the big boat (for any CG folks that might be reading). This time I got smart (I think) and vacuum packed the flares before I put them in the dinghy. Continue reading