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Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center

Enjoy boating without owning

Now Open
501 Harris Ave.
(360) 714-8891

Location: Next to the public boat ramp
Hours: Wed thru Sunday, 9 am to dusk
Closed Mon & Tue

Your Community Boating Center is a non-profit organization offering classes, individual and group instruction, boat rentals and boat storage for kayaks, sailing dinghies and rowing craft. Rates are AFFORDABLE. Their goal is to support anyone who wants to sail, paddle or row on the Bay.

Members may take of advantage of any programs the center offers. Best of all, anyone can get out on the water without owning, maintaining or storing their own boats. Check their website for membership costs and rental and storage pricing. This wonderful organization has taken over the facilities of the old Fairhaven Boatworks, with the help of founder and owner Tip Johnson.

Adventures NW Magazine

Outdoor sports, recreation and lifestyles

PO Box 2426, Bellingham, WA 98227
(360) 927-1842

Location: Editorial office very near Fairhaven
Hours: Normal business hours
Call or write for an appointment for
advertising or submitting

Adventures NW is the area's favorite outdoor recreation, sports and lifestyle magazine, focusing on all that the region has offer casual outdoor lovers and serious athletes, adventure travelers and armchair enthusiasts, locals to the region (families included) and travelers from all over the country and world-- anyone who likes to experience the outdoors in some way.

A full-color magazine, ANW is published quarterly in Fairhaven by Paul Haskins and Alaine Borgias, who have a long history living, working and playing in the area. The pages are filled with an extensive outdoor calendar, plus in-depth articles and brilliant photos by contributors such as uber-kayakers Heather and Brandon Nelson, Seattle Times contributor Mike McQuaide, renowned photographer Jon Brunk, and others. More than 30,000 readers enjoy each issue, either through paid subscriptions or by picking up a free copy at one of over 350 locations throughout Whatcom, Skagit, Island and San Juan counties, in select locutions in Snohomish County, central and eastern Washington and lower British Columbia, and at all Washington REI stores.

More info on subscribing or obtaining previous issues can be found online.

A favorite among readers, Adventures NW magazine is a resource for discovering outdoor events and activities in "the northwest corner," and an inspiration to Race... Play... Experience... to try new adventures and delve into all our part of the Pacific Northwest has to offer.

Bellingham Bay Waterfront Tours


Hours: Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday thru Sep 4

Depart Cruise Terminal
12 noon, 2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm & 8 pm

Depart Gate 12, Squalicum Harbor
1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm & 9 pm

Two-hour round trip
Adult $12, Child 6-12 $6, under 6 free.

One-way fare is half price.

You can go one way and return on a later departure. A great value and great fun. Kids love it.