The club has an entry fee, which varies by location and season, but expect the initial fee in Seattle area to be a few thousand bucks to join with a monthly usage fee of just under $400. There are locations popping up all over the sound with one in Tacoma, Poulsbo and Bremerton. The Seattle FBC has locations at Port of Edmonds, Elliot Bay Marina, Yarrow Bay Marina (Lake Washington) and Lake Union (both the AGC and the Nautical Landing). We haven't gone anywhere outside the Puget Sound yet but when we do, we will update this post. They even have some international locations which is cool because they offer reciprocity between locations. This is a nationwide club with thousands of locations. Here we are docked at Poulsbo for the night. Done until our next adventure.Īdventuress is one of many boats you can take out on Puget sound. Then, and this is the best part, we get off the boat and walk away. We enjoy the day on the boat and when we return, they help us land safely at the dock. They show us to the boat and help us cast off. We simply reserve the boat we want and show up at the dock where an FBC dockmaster is ready for us. There are dozens of boats to choose from at different locations around the sound. Using this approach you don't ever have to deal with any of the hard parts about boat ownership (maintenance, getting the boat in and out of the water, cleaning, gas etc.) and it's way cheaper than actually buying a nice boat. This is the largest boat club in the world and for good reason. We've been members for a little over 1 year and we are thrilled with the service. Boating made simpleĮdmonds hosts one of the Seattle area Freedom Boat Club locations at the Edmonds Marina in the same building as the Edmonds Yacht Club. We took Bosun which is a beautiful Defiance Admiral with a 200 hp Mercury outboard. Only 20 minutes or so from Edmonds, the Everett Marina is another wonderful location from which to take a boat. It was super foggy in Edmonds so we headed North and found some blue skies mixed with clouds. We just took a boat out yesterday from the newish FBC location in Everett. You have to brave the weather or get lucky and find a nice day. Winter boating on the sound can be challenging.
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