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Join us for the 21st Annual
Metal Boat Festival!
August 22, 23 & 24, 2008
COME ONE, COME ALL!
Not a member? Not to worry!
The Metal Boat Festival is
open to everyone, Metal Boat Society members and non-members alike.
Come and see what the "other half" is up to. Non-members will have
$35 added to their registration fee, which includes a one-year
membership in the Metal Boat Society ... such a deal!
REGISTRATION!
Registration fees are again only $95 per
individual, couple or family. There is no additional cost for spouses/partners and/or additional
immediate family members. Registration includes all of the learning
sessions and panels and the Saturday evening events. The Friday evening salmon barbeque tickets
are only $17.50 each, which includes the evening program! Scroll
down for more...
RAFFLES AND PRIZES!
Watch for updates about raffles and prizes! There'll be plenty to go
around!
LOCATION!
The 21st Annual METAL BOAT FESTIVAL will be held at
the Bellingham Yacht Club and Squalicum Yacht Club facilities at Squalicum
Harbor in Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A. Scroll down for driving and
moorage information.
LEARNING SESSIONS!
We will again be covering a
varied mix of topics during information-packed learning sessions that will be
held in the lower level of the BYC facility and next door at the SYC
clubhouse starting at 8 AM on
Friday and continuing all day Saturday and concluding Sunday with
the ever popular Designers and Builders Forum and the 2nd
annual
Women's Forum!
Scroll down to see a complete festival schedule of events!
HEADLINERS!
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Join other festival
participants on Friday for an evening with Barbara Marrett, who
will present:
Tales from the
Remote South Pacific.
Barbara Marrett has sailed the North and South Pacific, the
Inside Passage to Alaska, the Caribbean and Europe in cruising
and racing boats from 31 to 75 feet. She is co-author of the
cruising classic, Mahina Tiare: Pacific Passages. Her
cruising credentials include a 100 ton Master's license and a
staff position with the School of Sailing and Seamanship at
Orange Coast College. She currently is also a Port Commissioner
in her home port of Friday Harbor, Washington.
Barbara's specialty is teaching ocean passage making skills
aboard the 65' aluminum sail training vessel
Alaska Eagle.
The Sparkman-Stevens designed boat won the Whitbread Round the
World race in 1978 as the Flyer. For the last 22 years
the Eagle has sailed all over the world with adult sail
training students.
Barbara is a frequent contributor to
Cruising World
and
Power Cruising magazines, and we give special thanks to
these festival co-sponsors for making it possible for Barbara to
appear at this year's festival.
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Barbara Marrett
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Designer in Residence:
Hal Whitacre,
veteran naval architect, owner of Whitacre Yacht Design, Annaplois,
Maryland, and US /
Canada
representative of Bruce
Roberts Design USA, began his
sailing and boating career on Lake Michigan while growing up near
Chicago, Illinois in the Midwestern U.S. Hal decided at the age of
12 to become a naval architect, a promise made good to himself when
he graduated from the U. of Michigan with a degree in Naval
Architecture.
Hal worked with Bruce
Roberts-Goodson and other well known designers and later founded
Whitacre Yacht /Design. Since then he has been intimately involved in
the design and engineering of not only Bruce Roberts boatbuilding kits &
cutting files, but many designs bearing the Whitacre name. Hal
continues to consult with customers and builders about design selection and
provides follow-up phone and technical support.
Hal is, needless to say,
extremely well versed in design issues. He will join us this year as
our "Designer in Residence" and participate in workshops, Q&A
sessions and the Designers and Builders Forum on Sunday
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Hal
Whitacre
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Sweat, tears or the
sea...
Faced with a “this can’t be
happening to me” life crisis, Jessica Stone (Jes) packed up her
Siamese cat, puppy and laptop and headed for the tropics. During a
magical twist of fate she found her life’s passion – the
sea. Dreaming of skippering her own vessel she created a plan to buy
a boat and learn to sail. Using the grit your teeth determination
found only in “stubborn women” she learned to tune a diesel engine,
invent husbands when threatened by foreign men and make fashionable
earrings from beach combings. She’s survived major storms at sea,
lived through a dismasting on the ocean and watched as a yard in
French Polynesia dropped her boat engine from eight feet in the air.
Her story, like many of ours, is one of discovery, blushing red
mistakes and wide-grinned triumph.
Jessica H. Stone, Ph.D. is an
author, educator and avid sailor. She alternates her time teaching
at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle and aboard her 41’ sailboat,
Blessed Be!, in the tropics. She is the author of a
bi-monthly column on cruising. Her recently released book, Doggy
on Deck – Life at Sea With a Salty Dog, is available at marine
book stores and at
www.doggyondeck.com. |
Jessica Stone,
Ph.D.
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David De
Villiers, principal of
De Villiers
Yacht Design, Auckland, New Zealand, not only designs both commercial and pleasure
yachts but has personally logged over 40,000 miles at sea,
making him uniquely qualified to take a leading role in any
discussion of yacht design.
You can see an example of his work in the Spring
MBQ, where his 36' steel cutter Shangri-La is featured in an
article about Tania Aebi, it's new owner.
David will join us on Sunday morning when he will
participate in this year's Designers and Builders Forum. |
David De
Villiers
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Margo
Wood is perhaps best known as the co-author of
Charlie's Charts.
Margo and her husband, Charles, began boating over 45 years ago.
She was, in her words, "a nervous non-swimmer with no boating
experience." Eventually she came to fully embrace life afloat as
she and Charles cruised the Americas and South Pacific. They saw
a need for better cruising guides and began to publish
Charlie's Charts – the rest, as they say, is history. After
Charles passed away Margo continued to sail and write,
single-handing on the B.C. coast and publishing her autobiography,
A Prairie Chicken Goes to Sea.
Margo will join us on Sunday
morning when she will co-anchor this year's Women's Forum. |
Margo
Wood
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FESTIVAL MOORAGE!
As an added incentive to bring
your boat, MBS will again provide FREE MOORAGE
at the
Squalicum Harbor transient dock and the BYC reciprocal moorage dock for
festival registrants bringing metal boats (what else?) to the
festival for display. So plan to BRING YOUR BOAT!!! Note that
moorage will be free for as long as we have space available, so it might
behoove some of you to register for moorage early. Once the
dock is full, there will be additional moorage available from the
Harbor Office at approx. .60/ft/night. But once the free space is
gone, it's gone. You can phone or
email the MBS office or Tom Purdy, MBS dockmaster, to reserve dock space. Scroll down for more information,
including Tom's email and phone, and a harbor chartlet.
(really fine print: up to 45' – longer vessels may be
moored at an alternate nearby location).
MORE FUN STUFF!
Saturday evening will begin with the now traditional Boat Walk, continue
with "burgers on the barbie" on the yacht club deck overlooking the
harbor, and be followed by an evening cruise around Bellingham Bay. This is
a great time for shop talk, comparing notes, getting to know other members
from far away places, and generally relaxing. The cruise will
depart at 7PM.
Festival Schedule
August 21st – Thursday
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2:00 pm |
Moorage
available.
Check in with the dockmaster.
Free moorage at the Squalicum Harbor guest dock and Bellingham
Yacht Club reciprocal dock while it lasts, so sign up early! |
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5:00 – 9:00
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BYC lounge open.
Festival participants
please sign in as guests. |
August
22nd – Friday
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7:30 am |
Continental breakfast in the Ward Room.
Join the other participants
in the lower level of the BYC to get
"jump-started" for a busy day!
Reminder:
Order (really cheap) lunch tickets now so the hostess can
get a head count! Available at the registration desk. Today's
lunch features the Northwest's best pizzas (I'm not kidding)! |
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8:00 am |
Welcome by
MBS President Steve Hayward.
Welcome and round table participant
introductions. |
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8:45 – 9:45 am |
The Care and
Feeding of the Magnetic Compass, presented by Bill Haimes
of Island Marine
Instrument Co. of Everett, Washington.
Bill
is a Seattle native who served as a US Navy officer for 20
years, then earned a masters degree in Marine Affairs. He has
been on the water since the age of 12 and has operated his own marine instrument
and compass adjusting service since 1995.
Bill's session has a
decidedly "hands on" flavor that MBS folks will appreciate. He
will provide insights into the selection of a proper compass for
your boat, mounting options, maintenance and repair. He'll also
provide an overview of the process of compass adjusting with
particular emphasis on the challenges presented by steel
vessels. |
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10:00 – 11:30 am |
Vessel Documents and Information: Requirements and
Suggestions, presented by Curt Epperson, JD LLM.
 Boat
owners are continually faced with requirements devised by
government agencies in response to various mandates. Some of
these are innocuous enough, but some have the potential to
become showstoppers if not dealt with correctly and in a timely
fashion.
Curt Epperson earned his JD from the Univ. of
Washington and an LLM in Law and Marine Affairs. He practiced
real estate and maritime law until retiring recently to be able
to spend more time cruising and writing. He is the author of
Keeping Your Boat Legal and the Keeping Your Boat Legal
Vessel Documents and Information Manual.
Join Curt today to learn how to prepare a manual that will keep
your boat legal and keep the owner/skipper out of hot water with
big bro. |
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11:30 am – 1:00 pm |
Lunch break and
information displays open at Squalicum Yacht Club.
Best
pizzas in the Northwest available next door
at SYC. Talk shop, meet the other
participants, check out the vendor and information displays and talk with
session presenters. Good time to buy that t-shirt and a raffle
ticket or two! Sign up for a BoatU.S. membership! |
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1:00 – 2:15
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Fitting Out Your Vessel's
Interior: What You Really Need to Know About Materials and Products, presented by
Fred Thompson.
Building a boat from plan typically means that you'll be
following those plans closely during the construction phases.
But once the metal work is done, you'll be faced with a
bewildering array of choices when it comes to fitting out the
interior.
Fred Thompson is a talented and seasoned professional who has
built out many vessel interiors. His expertise with wood working
and interior finishing has been on display at previous Metal
Boat Festivals in John VanWoudenberg's Slopoke. He
believes each boat should be fitted out as though it was to be
presented for sale to a very discerning prospective owner.
Join Fred for a discussion of the fitting out process and
some hands-on with materials and products that you really need
to know about! |
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2:30 – 4:00 pm |
Oxy/Fuel Safety
Training,
presented by Dan and Judy Enz of ENZCO, Inc. and
Central Welding Supply.
  Dan
and Judy Enz have been involved in the welding supply business
for some 30 years now, and work as a team operating their supply
business and presenting safety training to groups of
professional welders. Both are master welders.
The
Enzes will discuss and demonstrate cutting and heating fuels and
methods, and associated safety issues and best practices.
Join
Dan and Judy for this unique opportunity to learn how to use and
how not to use cutting gases and equipment.
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4:00 – 6:00 pm |
SYC open for shop talk, viewing
vendor and information displays and Q&A with vendors and speakers. |
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5:00 – 7:00 pm |
BYC lounge open.
Festival participants please sign in as guests.
More t-shirts and raffle
tickets! |
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7:00 pm |
Salmon Barbeque at Squalicum Yacht Club.
Salmon dinner fixin's, coffee and sodas provided
with $17.50 dinner ticket – bring your own alternative
refreshments, vino, whatever. Dinner tickets available online at the Ship's
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An evening with Barbara Marrett:
Tales from the Remote South Pacific.
Barbara Marrett has sailed the North and South
Pacific, the Inside Passage to Alaska, the Caribbean and Europe
in cruising and racing boats from 31 to 75 feet. She is
co-author of the cruising classic, Mahina Tiare: Pacific
Passages.
Barbara's specialty is teaching ocean passage making skills
aboard the 65' aluminum sail training vessel Alaska Eagle.
The Sparkman-Stevens designed boat won the Whitbread Round the
World race in 1978 as the Flyer. For the last 22 years
the Eagle has sailed all over the world with adult sail
training students.
With
her background in art and writing, Barbara pairs beautiful
images with captivating stories in her seminars and lectures.
Join Barbara this evening and be transported to Easter Island,
Pitcairn, Rapa and Rivavae Islands. The culture and history of
these islands will unfold with the sailing adventure!
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August
23rd – Saturday
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7:30 am |
Continental breakfast in the Ward Room.
Join the other participants
in the lower level of the BYC to get
"jump-started" for a busy day!
Reminder:
Order (still really cheap) lunch tickets now so the hostess can
get a head count! Available at the registration desk. |
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8:15 am |
Opening Remarks
and introductions by Candy Larreau, MBS Vice President
and festival committee chair. |
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8:30 – 9:00 am |
Member
Projects and Introductions, emceed by MBS member Mike Sharp.
Mike
has cobbled together, er, craftily created, a narrated slide
show about attending members' boatbuilding projects. Wondering
just what the guy next to you is doing with or to a boat? Here's
your chance to find out. |
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9:00 – 10:15 am |
Sickness of the Sea and Other
Maladies,
presented by Charles Kaluza, D.O.
 Charles Kaluza is a "mostly retired" surgeon who, as a MBS
member, shares our concern for health and safety issues at sea,
and what to do when things go wrong. Whether crossing oceans or
cruising the Sound, a medical emergency requires presence of
mind and a properly prepared medicine chest.
Join Charlie for a discussion of preparedness and how to keep a
bad situation from getting worse. |
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10:30 – 11:45 am |
Battery
Business: How to Produce, Store and Distribute Electrical Energy, presented by
Greg Filipek of Cruising Consultants of Everett,
Washington.
 Electrical power is at the heart of every cruising vessel. All
cruising sailors, whether power or sail, are confronted with the
need to provide for production, storage and distribution of
electrical energy.
Greg
Filipek began his varied and extensive marine career at a young
age, boating on Midwestern lakes and crossing Long Island Sound
on a Sunfish (not kidding). He and his wife, Nicole, presently
cruise aboard their steel 38' Kurlande sloop, Baraka,
when not working at his yacht consulting and outfitting
business. He has created training manuals for West Marine while
working extensively with product testing and evaluatin.
Join
Greg to learn more about the various components of marine
electrical systems and how they interact. From energy storage in
your onboard battery banks to energy production by means of
shore power-based charging systems and on-board energy sources,
Greg will show you how to calculate your energy needs and
present options to meet those demands.
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10:30 – 11:45 am |
Special Women's
Session: Share a Salty
Adventure with Dr. Jessica Stone.
 Jessica Stone has cruised the South Pacific
and beyond with her Siamese cat and a very salty dog on board.
She has endured and survived storms and a dismasting at sea and
encounters with French Polynesian boatyards. Her tale is one of
determination and survival, and she is an inspiration not only
to women sailors, but to all who would venture forth onto the
high seas.
Join Jes for a bit of rollicking high
adventure next door at the Squalicum Yacht Club clubhouse as she
helps us understand that whether it’s sweat, tears or the sea,
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11:45 am – 1:00 pm |
Lunch break
and information displays open.
Fixin's available next door
at Squalicum Yacht Club. Talk shop, meet the other
participants, check out the vendor and information displays and
talk with session presenters, several of whom will have their
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Above the Law:
The Boatyard Experience, presented by
Thomas Correll, Ph.D.
 Tom Correll, a
lifelong boater, has been a university professor, yacht broker,
boatyard manager, project manager, expert witness in marine
affairs, and boatyard consultant, and has contributed to writing
Best Management Practices for boatyards.
Join Tom for a look at boatyard issues,
offered from the point of view of the yard manager, including
discussions of:
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The microcosm of a boatyard.
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The facility: What kind of place is it really?
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The relationship: A marriage made in heaven or the
divorce from hell?
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The bottom line: How to read your Invoice and what to do
about it.
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2:30 – 4:00 pm |
Weights: The
Essence of Naval Architecture, or How to Float
your Boat at the Waterline, presented by
Hal Whitacre, principal of Whitacre Yacht Design of Annapolis,
Maryland.
 When one is building
a (heavy) displacement cruising vessel, excess weight should be
avoided not only from a deep draft standpoint, but from a
standpoint of stability, cost and other practical issues. When
designing performance oriented boats, that weight is a big enemy
of the very goal one is seeking: performance.
Join Hal for a
discussion of weight control methods and some examples, good and
bad, of how weight control, or the lack thereof, can impact your
vessel's trim and performance.
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4:00 – 5:30 pm |
SYC open for shop talk, viewing
vendor and information displays and Q&A with vendors and speakers. |
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5:00 – 9:00 pm |
BYC lounge
open.
Festival participants please sign in as guests.
Last chance for raffle tickets before the
drawings start!!! |
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5:00 – 6:00 pm |
Burgers
on the barbie and raffle
drawings!!!
Start your evening with a
hot-off-the-grill 'burger on the deck of the Bellingham Yacht
Club, overlooking Squalicum Harbor. Dinner tickets available
at the registration table or in the lounge. All the fixin's
included, with sodas and your alternative beverage of choice
available at the lounge cash bar.
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5:30 pm |
Sea-shanties
sing-along in the lounge!
Sheryle Kaluza and Cathy have something extra in store for us!
So tune up those voices, folks, and join in as our hosts present
a program of sea songs and shanties. No karaoke here, so don't
worry about performing, just join in and have fun as these
professionals take the lead! |
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6:00 pm |
Boat Walk at the
moorage dock!
"Show
and Tell" time, with festival participants' metal boats open for inspection. Skippers
please man/woman your vessels, and prepare to be boarded! |
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7:00 pm |
 Sunset Cruise on Bellingham Bay!
Go
out for a "turn about the bay" aboard festival
participants' metal boats (and they thought moorage was free!). Gorgeous
sunset guaranteed or your money back! |
August 24th – Sunday
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9:00 am – ??? |
Designers and Builders Forum
featuring Hal Whitacre, this year's Designer in
Residence, David De Villiers of De Villiers Design, and
Pete Silva of Iota Metalworks.
This
annual information-packed wrap-up event will include open
discussion of design and construction issues with the
professional panel, so bring your questions! This year's panel
will include designers Hal Whitacre of Whitacre
Yacht Design and David De Villiers of DeVilliers Yacht
Design, along with Pete Silva of Iota Metalworks and
shipwright Fred Thompson.
Talk
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9:30 am – 12:00 noon |
Women's Forum
with Dr. Jessica Stone and Margo Wood.
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Jessica
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Jessica and Margo will lead an open forum of
boating and cruising topics and issues of concern to women.
There is no set agenda for this session—it will be an open
format with discussion topics determined by interests and needs
of the audience. Bring your questions! Voice your concerns! This
session needs YOU!
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mid afternoon |
Committee
meetings and planning for next year.
Sit
in on committee meetings, or put your two cent's worth into a festival post mortem
and some initial planning for next year. What did you like or
not like? What would you like to see for next year? Less of?
More of?
Time to clean
the clubhouse! Volunteers appreciated!
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Festival Registration
Online Ship's Store:
To register for the Metal Boat Festival visit the
online
Ship's Store. There you can select a
registration
category and options and post payment online at a secure area of the website.
 By phone, fax or mail:
If you prefer not to send information
over the Internet you can print a registration form here
and mail or fax to the membership office. Please do NOT send financial
information by email – either fax, phone, mail or use the secure area at
the online ship's store.
Hotel/Motel Resource List
The three closest hotels/motels to the Festival
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Hotel Bellwether: 1-877-411-1200 toll
free. The local number is 360-392-3100. This is a new, relatively
expensive hotel on the water near the harbor. Very nice, and priced to
match.
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Rodeway Inn: 1-800-476-5413 toll free.
The local number is 360-738-6000. This is a moderately priced motel.
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Travel House Inn: Phone number
360-671-4600. This is a moderately priced motel.
Other Accommodations:
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Best Western Lakeway: 714 Lakeway Drive Bellingham, WA 1-888-671-1011/360-671-1011
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Chrysalis Inn & Spa: 804 10th St. Bellingham, WA 360-756-1005 info@chrysalisinn.com
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Comfort Inn: 4282 Meridian Bellingham, WA 1-800-228-5150 / 360-738-1100
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Days Inn-Bellis Fair: 125 E. Kellogg Bellingham, WA 1-800-831-0187 / 360-671-6200 daysinn36@hotmail.com
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Fairhaven Village Inn: 1200 10th St. Bellingham, WA 1-877-733-1100 / 360-733-1311 fairhavenvillageinn.com
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Hampton Inn: 3985 Bennett Drive Bellingham, WA 1-800-HAMPTON / 360-676-7700
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Holiday Inn Express: 4160 Guide Meridian Bellingham, WA 1-800-HOLIDAY / 360-671-4800
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Quality Inn Baron Suites: 100 E. Kellogg Rd.
Bellinham, WA 1-800-900-4661 / 360-647-8000
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Ramada Inn: 215 N. Samish Way Bellingham, WA 1-800-2RAMADA / 360-734-8830
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VAL-U INN: 805 Lakeway Dr. Bellingham, WA 1-800-443-7777 / 360-671-9600
Moorage Information
We have over 400 ft. of dock space
available for festival registrants, and the Metal Boat Society will be providing
free moorage for festival registrants while it lasts, so
bring your boat! There will be a boat walk Saturday
evening, so plan to be with your vessel then to do your "show and
tell" routine.
For the best moorage spots,
be sure to pre-register your vessel. Contact
Tom Purdy, MBS Dockmaster, at 360-733-3415 or 360-410-7031 (cell) or by email at
tpurdy at mail dot com.
Note:
Moorage will be free for as long as we have space available, so it might
behoove some of you to register for moorage early. Once the
dock is full, there will be additional moorage available from the
Harbor Office at approx. .60/ft/night. But once the free space is
gone, it's gone.
SQUALICUM HARBOR
 Selecting
the chart graphic will bring up a printable chartlet of the harbor
area.
The "3" on the chartlet indicates
Gate 3, which is the festival location.
To go to the transient dock, come in the east entrance to the breakwater (marked Entrance to Harbor on the chartlet) and proceed to the area in front of the Esplanade next to Gate 3. That is the transient dock.
If you have been told to moor at the Bellingham Yacht Club moorage, come in the west entrance to the breakwater, in front of Bellingham Cold Storage, and proceed easterly, rounding the fuel dock, and proceeding to the BYC moorage, just to the east of the Seaview North haulout facility.
Driving Instructions
If arriving by car, here are directions:
From the NORTH (e.g., the Canadian border crossing) drive south on Interstate 5 and exit at Meridian St. Turn right onto Meridian and proceed to Squalicum Parkway. Turn right and follow the parkway to Squalicum Harbor. Turn right on Coho Way and proceed to the area of Gate 3. There is a large parking area adjacent.
From the SOUTH (e.g., from the Seattle area) drive north on Interstate 5 and exit at Lakeway Dr. Turn right onto Lakeway Dr. At the top of the hill the street becomes Holly St. Continue on Holly and drive through downtown Bellingham to the stoplight at F St. Turn left onto F St., cross the RR tracks, then turn right at the stoplight. Proceed to Coho Way and turn left into the Squalicum Harbor area. Proceed to the area of Gate 3. There is a large parking area adjacent.
Area Information
Bellingham is situated in
Whatcom County, adjacent to the Canadian border. If arriving by
plane, you'll most likely fly into either Vancouver or Sea-Tac. They
are about equidistant from Bellingham. From Sea-Tac, just south of
Seattle, one can either drive up by rental car or take Horizon Air
to the Bellingham International Airport. There is also a shuttle bus
from Sea-Tac that runs several times a day.
More area information is
here.
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