Leonard wrote:
Anyone know of a sailboat for rental by the week? My wife and I are
gonig too Seattle for a week in Aug 06.


I would encourage you to drive about two hours North to Bellingham, WA.
This is the closest jump off point to the San Juan Islands, which
would give you plenty of places to anchor or tie up to. Squalicum
Harbor (Bellingham Marina) has several companies which will rent you a
sailboat or powerboat, crewed or not, for as little as a day and as
long as you would like.

The following link will give you a picture of the marina. You will
need to do a little Google time to find the outfitters. If you look in
the back of Sail magazine, they always have several ads.

http://www.nwboat.com/squalicum/

If you are dead set on renting in Seattle, the large marina just before
you go into the locks (I can't remember the name) has a couple of
companies which also rent boats. But it is on an entirely different
scale. Also the marina is in the middle of a mutli-year rebuild and
the facilities are extremely limited.

-Mark
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