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Saturday, August 29 – ‘Round Bainbridge Cruise, in central Puget Sound, starting with a rendezvous in Eagle Harbor (Winslow) and continuing to Miller Bay, Port Madison and Blake Island State Marine Park, before returning to our respective launch ramps. (Nice thing about this event is that you can launch at so many different locations and participate: Edmonds, Ballard, West Seattle, Manchester, Brownsville or, of course, the starting place in Eagle Harbor.)
Starting Point?
I was chatting briefly with Marty about maybe starting at Miller Bay since people can sit on the beach rather than go around in circles for an hour waiting for others to arrive. We will finalize that choice soon. Added note: The tides are great in the afternoon in the bay and maybe too low until around 11 am so that option might not work as well as staying with the Eagle Harbor start.
Camping option at Miller Bay. Our extended family owns the medium sized sandspit at the entry of Miller bay where boats stopped last year for lunch. There is a large sandy flat area at the end of the sandspit where people could camp either Friday or Saturday night. If you maquest Miller Bay you will see the sandspit on the let/west side of the bay. The entire sandspit is owned by our family so there is no issue of sharing it with other random campers. This sandspit is a mother nature special with no water or facilities on the sandspit. There is city water at the various family houses on the property. I will be at our house that does have standard plumbing but it is a short walk down the beach .
Boats could be pulled up on the beach most of which is sandy not rocky and let the boats sit overnight within 30 feet or closer of where you could camp. Anchoring in front of the property is limited due to the channel configuration but there are pockets further in the middle of the bay where one could anchor as well. Low tide is supposed to be .67 feet at 7am on Saturday morning and .52 on Sunday morning. Thus one should not expect to get off the beach very early. I am told by my brother that there is a large deeper pocket inside the bay where several boats could anchor overnight without problems.
One of the advantages of Miller Bay is that the large mudflats at the entry of the bay (extending to Indianola on one side and part way to Suquamish on the other side) is that the water is much warmer than most of Puget sound. The bay itself is very sheltered so small boats could play in the bay if Puget Sound off Bainbridge gets rough. It is a easy run over to Port Madison or Poulsbo as well but Agate Pass can get choppy. The sandspit makes a great beach for water skiing, wakeboarding or anything else wet. There are no stores nearby unless you walk to Suguamish about a mile away.
Boat Ramps on Kitsap Peninsula.
Kingston is just around the corner. – large boat ramp and parking.
Brownsville. Eagle Harbor/Winslow.
Miller Bay – there is a smaller private ramp linked to Bay Marina that is ok except at lower tides. The owner is part of the Glasspar G3 club so is supportive of this type of event. Very limited parking (but a smaller trailer could be parked at our property unless the grassy area gets muddy. The driveway and parking would be a challenge for a larger boat.)
Tides at Pt Jefferson
Saturday 29 7 am low is .67
Saturday 29 3:00 high 9.5
Saturday 29 8:00 low 7.29
Sunday 8:07 am low is .52
Pictures
One picture is entrance to bay with the larger sandspit on the other side. View is toward Indianola and Pt Jefferson. Second picture is looking further into the bay and the end of the large sandspit. Our sandspit is to the left outside the picture margin. The bay is relatively medium sized large with lots of room for boats to play around.
More information will be added.
Email: Willapabay@msn.com
Starting Point?
I was chatting briefly with Marty about maybe starting at Miller Bay since people can sit on the beach rather than go around in circles for an hour waiting for others to arrive. We will finalize that choice soon. Added note: The tides are great in the afternoon in the bay and maybe too low until around 11 am so that option might not work as well as staying with the Eagle Harbor start.
Camping option at Miller Bay. Our extended family owns the medium sized sandspit at the entry of Miller bay where boats stopped last year for lunch. There is a large sandy flat area at the end of the sandspit where people could camp either Friday or Saturday night. If you maquest Miller Bay you will see the sandspit on the let/west side of the bay. The entire sandspit is owned by our family so there is no issue of sharing it with other random campers. This sandspit is a mother nature special with no water or facilities on the sandspit. There is city water at the various family houses on the property. I will be at our house that does have standard plumbing but it is a short walk down the beach .
Boats could be pulled up on the beach most of which is sandy not rocky and let the boats sit overnight within 30 feet or closer of where you could camp. Anchoring in front of the property is limited due to the channel configuration but there are pockets further in the middle of the bay where one could anchor as well. Low tide is supposed to be .67 feet at 7am on Saturday morning and .52 on Sunday morning. Thus one should not expect to get off the beach very early. I am told by my brother that there is a large deeper pocket inside the bay where several boats could anchor overnight without problems.
One of the advantages of Miller Bay is that the large mudflats at the entry of the bay (extending to Indianola on one side and part way to Suquamish on the other side) is that the water is much warmer than most of Puget sound. The bay itself is very sheltered so small boats could play in the bay if Puget Sound off Bainbridge gets rough. It is a easy run over to Port Madison or Poulsbo as well but Agate Pass can get choppy. The sandspit makes a great beach for water skiing, wakeboarding or anything else wet. There are no stores nearby unless you walk to Suguamish about a mile away.
Boat Ramps on Kitsap Peninsula.
Kingston is just around the corner. – large boat ramp and parking.
Brownsville. Eagle Harbor/Winslow.
Miller Bay – there is a smaller private ramp linked to Bay Marina that is ok except at lower tides. The owner is part of the Glasspar G3 club so is supportive of this type of event. Very limited parking (but a smaller trailer could be parked at our property unless the grassy area gets muddy. The driveway and parking would be a challenge for a larger boat.)
Tides at Pt Jefferson
Saturday 29 7 am low is .67
Saturday 29 3:00 high 9.5
Saturday 29 8:00 low 7.29
Sunday 8:07 am low is .52
Pictures
One picture is entrance to bay with the larger sandspit on the other side. View is toward Indianola and Pt Jefferson. Second picture is looking further into the bay and the end of the large sandspit. Our sandspit is to the left outside the picture margin. The bay is relatively medium sized large with lots of room for boats to play around.
More information will be added.
Email: Willapabay@msn.com
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