This page has listings of sailboat accessible bars in Puget Sound.

This is an incredibly well researched directory to the Bars readily accessible by Sailboat in the Seattle/Puget Sound area. This presentation is furnished by the School of Hard Knots and may be used for navigational purposes!

The Tides Tavern - Gig Harbor.

The Tides is the best. Free moorage right in front. Good food and Micro brews are served from about 10 am to closing time. There is always a band on Friday and Saturday nights with a minimal cover charge. The crowd is mellow and the after hours parties on the dock are well lubricated.
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47'20.00 122'35.50

The Drifters - Kingston.

This is a non assuming tavern. The locals call this place "The Drifters", though officially it is known as The Schooner Tavern. The decor is early Kingston and what it lacks in haut culture, it makes up with sheer friendliness in a red neck sort of way. Weekends are celebrated here! A live band is usually on hand and the ladies make you dance.
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48'13.50 122'41.50

Toby's - Coupeville.

The one piece carved bar came around the Horn in the 19th century. There is a good selection of Micro brews and local burnouts; a combination of old and new. This bar is highly recommended by a power boater I know but I'll put it in anyway. A public dock is close and the town is a treat.
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47'48.00 122'30.00

Port Ludlow (the bar).

This bar is a good port in a storm. I recommend the rum and cokes or a Cuba Libra if you're political or if you suffer from scurvy. Its not uncommon to have a one or two person band playing. The sort with the electric piano. The moorage is relatively expensive but you can check in with the gas dock for a day visit and /or moor over as long as you're gone when the help shows up around 6 am. The inner harbor is a good anchorage and you don't have to vamoose at 6 am.
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47'55.30 122'41.00

The Beach Club - Poulsbo.

This bar is right in the middle of the public marina and an easy stagger to the plentiful guest moorage. The bar has a good selection of brews and booze. A large deck over looking the marina can be a summer night's dream. Poulsbo is a picture post card type of town and a good venue for an outing. Pick your tides getting here as the current behind Bainbridge Island is stiff.
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47'44.00 122'38.50

Charlies at Shilshole - Seattle.

Shilshole Marina is Seattle's big public marina and Charlies is in the Admin building along with a couple of restaurants, boat brokers and sailing schools. The bar is attended by the locals and is a friendly marina bar sort of place. The food is good and they have pull tab games to help you while away your money. The bartender, Spike is a professional.
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47'41.00 122'24.50

The La Conner Tavern.

La Conner is a great bar accessible by sailboat kind of place. The town is located on a channel in between Seattle and the San Juan Islands. The whole town is a pretty and unique. Its like Ketchican, Alaska; one big wharf. The Tavern is always friendly and the burger & fries are welcome after a few days in the Islands with a vegetarian crew. There is a liquor store on the north end and in a couple of blocks. This is handy for trips to or from Canada where the price of alcohol is absurd. I've heard the Swinomish Indians have put in a gambling hall across the channel. I have not been there yet but it might be fun.
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48'24.00 122'29.70

Ajax Café - Port Hadlock.

Hadlock is south east of Port Townsend and Indian Island. The Ajax is a restaurant but they have micro brew and it is a cool place. They usually have guitar playing folksingers that take requests. I always ask for Guthrie and see which one he plays. The beer is served in big canning jars. Moorage is iffy. The dock is a one float affair that seems to get cluttered up with locals' boats some years. There is a boat launch float which can be tied to on a up coming tide if your draft is less than four feet and provided its at night. The power boat crowd gets a little sensitive about clogging up their launch. There are plenty of vacant moorage buoys right off the Café. The food is excellent especially if you 're coming in from the wilds and haven't seen a restaurant in a while.
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48'02.50 122'45.00

Ivar's on Lake Union - Seattle.

Ivar's features NW Indian art and seafood. There is a lot of free moorage. Its location on the north shore of Lake Union in downtown Seattle is handy when you make the passage from Puget Sound through the locks and into Lake Washington. The happy hour each day at 5pm is well attended. It is a good place to muster courage for the Duck Dodge pick up sailboat race held each Tuesday evening in the summer where two hundred sailboats race in Lake Union.
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47'39.20 122'19.40

Beach Cafe Carrilon Point - Kirkland.

This place is packed with Microsoft yuppies. When I come here in my old beat up sailboat I can feel the scorn of these Gods of consumerism. Oh well!… Its paid for…You would think the parking lot was a Lexus show room. This is a good place to witness the mating habits of the techies. The guest moorage is plentiful but in the summer, dock attendants insist on having you moor some place other than where you've just aimed for. Usually where you're aft is to the wind. They really get excited when you sail in. The marina has several eateries and bars, all of which are greatly appreciated by this sailboat bar crawler.
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47'39.40 122'12.50

J & M Café - Seattle.

The J & M is a great bar in Pioneer Square at 1st and Main st. The Bar is Old Seattle and a real bar's bar. The moorage is rough. The Washington Street Small Boat Landing is a dock for smaller boats just south of the ferry terminal. There is some wake from the ferries. The large number of transients hanging around remind you that this is the terminus of skid road.
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47'35.50 122'20.50

The moral of the story.
Several years ago a sailor in a 23' sailboat returned to his vessel moored at the Washington Street Dock and witnessed a man jump from his forward hatch into the water. The sailor hopped into his dingy and belted the man with his oar.

He sank. No charges were filed as the thief had some stuff from the boat on his person. The point here is that this is a pretty raw dock and unless you are ready for trouble don't spend the night. But, by all means see Pioneer Square and tip a few at the J & M, lock up your boat and if you spook some yahoo, go gentle on him. Who knows….? You may end up here if you don't quit hitting all these bars.
Ho! Ho!…er…..Aarrrrhh!! Matey!.

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