It is time for the new parking sticks for your vehicles. They are available at the marina office now. The first one is at no cost, the second one will cost you $20.00 for each month that remains in the year, so if you get yours in February it will cost $220.00 for the year. The marina prefers that the sticker be placed on the driver side window in the front. The second option is the rear window on the driver’s side.
Remember to pick up your Seattle Boat Show ticket too, one per boat this year.
The focus this evening was on security in the marina due to the rash of car thefts, bike thefts, and vehicle smash and grabs. It was more of a roundtable discussion for everyone to express their concerns and hear any Port suggestions. Many suggestions are common-sense, but need repeating.
2016 Dock Captain meeting dates:
6PM-8PM @ CYC
Tuesday, 1/12/16
Tuesday, 3/8/16
Tuesday, 6/14/16
Tuesday, 9/13/16
The meeting dates are also available on the Port website:
http://www.portseattle.org/Marinas/Shilshole-Bay-Marina/Pages/Liveaboards.aspx
These meetings happen quarterly. They are open to all tenants of the marina. Attendance is required for all Dock Captains, or an alternate chosen by the dock captain that can not attend. Please come to the meeting, marina security will be one of the topic to be discussed. The Port of Seattle Police should be available to answer questions.
Early this morning at Golden Garden Park the Seattle Fire Department was called to attend a person who was found. At about 8:00 am the Fire Department called the Seattle Police Department; detectives were sent to investigate the situation. After a time it was determined that the person did not die of foul play.
Hello Neighbors…we heard through the Ballard District Council that there is a Foulweather Coat Drive to help the homeless. If you have some unused foulies that you want to donate, please see the attached…
https://shilsholecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/foulweather-gear.pdf
Thank you to all that participated in last nights Solstice Party!
Unfortunately, due to the nasty weather at 4pm, the parade didn’t happen . It did clear out by 5:30, but by then everyone had made their decision.
We had about 25 people at CYC for the party afterwards…great to meet new faces. Thank you to all that brought a potluck item to share and for everyone’s generosity that filled a large tub of food donations for the Ballard Food Bank!
In this dark, wet, chilly season I find myself clinging to any small comfort I can find. One thing that has brightened my mood lately is finding a dry dock cart on a rainy night to put my stuff in. I thank my lucky stars and send many thanks and good vibes to the lovely considerate neighbor who’s taken the trouble to tip the cart over so that the inside has a chance to dry before its next run (mine) down the dock. Thank you neighbor, I now tip my cart for you too.
Firefighters were called to the Shilshole Marina overnight where a boat was taking on water. Fire crews got the call about 1 a.m. Friday at 7001 Seaview Avenue Northwest in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. No one was on board the sailboat at the time. Firefighters pumped out the water …
No one likes doing laundry. I do not like it, but I have found that it is, worth the trip to Kirkland to do it. The place I usually go is clean, machines work well and the owner or a family member is there all the time. Today I could not make the trek so I gathered up the laundry & soap and headed to our marina laundry. I was the only one there at the time I arrived and used all but two of the washers. I drove back to the boat to get stuff I had forgotten and made it back before the wash cycle was finished.
Did I mention that the Port of Seattle electrician was working at replacing ballasts for all the lighting fixtures in the laundry. His name was Alex. What a thoroughly pleasant fellow. He did his work efficiently and conscientiously, working around those of us that had showed up. He made the lights work!!!! Have not seen that much light in there since June.
By the time I was finished drying my laundry there were 5 other boaters doing their laundry including a real estate gentleman, looking for a new boat that can handle blue water; a woman who is a writer who appreciates the environment that we live in here at the marina, animals included, and an enthusiastic young man who is a doctor, with a Bavaria 37. He had wonderful things to say about the world he sees for the people on our planet. Two other folks that I did not get to talk to, sadly.
The laundry was not clean and until Alex fixed the lights it was dark. The washing machines did not wring the clothes dry, the dryers took over and hour to dry the clothes but the best part of the experience was the people that came in and out. Generally, I spend hours commuting to Kirkland and back and $30 to $40 dollars, every two weeks. I want to believe that that having 50 more liveaboards is a good thing. That we can work around the facilities overload. That the designs for the new generation of laundries and bathrooms will solve the problems we have as residents of this marina. I want to believe that we will have a place to fold our clothes and a place to wait, that is clean and bright. As I said before I want to believe……after all this is the season of miracles, Santa Claus and good will to all!
Thank you Ned for editing this piece!
commisioners
http://www.portseattle.org/About/Commission/Pages/default.aspx
executives (we are in the seaport division)
https://www.portseattle.org/About/Executives/Pages/Ted-Fick.aspx
this will make it easier!
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