Puget Sound: South Central: Dockton
PUGET SOUND,SOUTH CENTRAL
PUGET SOUND,SOUTH CENTRAL
- SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MAURY ISLAND
- EASY TO GET TO,QUIET, CLOSE TO TACOMA
- HEAD UP QUARTERMASTER HARBOR, BETWEEN VASHON AND MAURY ISLANDS, WILL BE TO STARBOARD JUST PAST THE OLD COMMERCIAL FISHING DOCK
- WE LIKE IT BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE TO OUR MOORAGE, ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS, ITS QUIET AND PEACEFUL, IN THE OFF SEASON, YOU CAN BE THE ONLY BOAT THERE. YOU CAN TIE UP TO THE FLOATS, OR ANCHOR OUT, IT HAS SHOWERS AND RESTROOMS ON SHORE,RESTROOMS AT THE HEAD OF THE RAMP OPEN DURING SUMMER, YOU CAN TAKE A BUS TO TOWN IN THE MORNING AND BE A TOURIST, OR WANDER THE BEACH, PLUS THERE IS A PLAYGROUND FOR THE SMALL PEOPLE.
- DON'T CUT THE CORNERS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SHALLOWS OFF THE POINTS. PAY ATTENTION TO THE RED BOUY AT THE ENTRANCE TO QMASTER HARBOR, AND WATCH OUT FOR A FAIR NUMBER OF CRAB POTS. STAY CLOSE TO THE FLOATS COMING AND GOING OUT OF THE MOORAGE,ASIT IS SHALLOW PAST THE POLES TO THE NORTH.
- BY THE WAY, THIS FACILITY WAS A JOINT VENTURE OF THE LOCAL BOATING COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY, SO IT CAN WORKSOMETIMES.
- HAPPY SAILING, HAROLD AND JESSIE S/V MISCHIEF MAKER