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

Email: paul@adventuresnw.com

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 35,000 readers enjoy each issue, either through paid subscriptions or by picking up a free copy at one of hundreds locations throughout Whatcom, Skagit, Island and San Juan counties, at great spots throughout western Washington (outdoor retailers, visitor centers, transit areas), and in select locations in central and eastern Washington and lower British Columbia.

More info on advertising, 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.

Their mailing address is PO Box 2426, Bellingham, WA 98227

Location: Where Mud in your Eye was
Hours: 10 am to 6 pm, every day of the week

Outdoor recreational sports accessories, travel accessories, outdoor clothing, t-shirts, souvenirs and more. Good stuff for hiking, camping, kayaking and sailing. Maps for hiking are available. They also have our Fairhaven Visitor Information Center inside.

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

Email: info@sailpaddlerow.org

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.

Location: 5 miles south of Fairhaven

Larrabee State Park is a 2,683-acre camping park with 8,100 feet of saltwater shoreline on Samish Bay near Bellingham in northwest Washington. The park features two freshwater lakes, coves and tidelands. Sunsets are gorgeous. A variety of non-motorized, multiple-use trails wind through the park.

Location: Docked at the Cruise Terminal
Hours: Mon - Sat, 9 am to 6 pm
Take phone calls even when sailing

Email: info@schoonerzodiac.com

Phone number: 206 719-7622

From March through November, the 160 foot long schooner Zodiac sets sail for adventures in the scenic San Juan Islands and beyond. You are invited aboard for day sails, evening sunset sails and several day long trips, including to lower Puget Sound and north to the Canadian Gulf islands and sometimes even further north along the inside passage to Desolation Sound. Check their website for a listing of trips.

Zodiac was launched in 1924 from a harbor in Maine. She has sailed the Atlantic and along the Pacific Coast. For years she was a pilot schooner off San Francisco. For the past 30 some years she has been providing sailing charters in Puget Sound with her base in Seattle. This spring she is transferring her home port to Fairhaven. You can visit and look her over from the Cruise Terminal dock anytime she is not out sailing. Easy to find her with those 127 foot tall masts. She can take 49 people out on a day sail or 26 for overnight sails through the islands.

She has been lovingly restored over the years. The ship is beautiful and it is enjoyable to stroll her deck looking at all the varnished wood and tall masts. She is a treasure and we in Fairhaven are very proud she has found a permanent home here.

Feel free to contact Christine Wallace, first mate and sail master on Zodiac, with any questions you might have about going sailing. You can book a trip with a phone call or an email to Chris.