Anacortes is the sailor’s gateway


to the San Juan Islands, attracting thousands of yachtiers each year. It makes a great place to rest up for a few days after an extended cruise in the San Juans, or for re-provisioning before setting sail on a trip through the San Juans. With grocery stores within a few blocks of the marina, the downtown area is ideal for this. “Cap Sante Boat Haven is the


second most visited marina in the Puget Sound, with 12,000 guest moorages each year”, says Dale Fowler, Marina Manager. “We’re second only to Friday Harbor,” he adds. Amazingly, about 40% of their visitors come from outside Washington State, many from other countries around the world. The Cap Sante Boat Haven is the fourth largest port marina in Washington State. After falling across some hard times century history, due mainly


in its 20th


to the financial decline of fish canning and lumber, Anacortes has reinvented itself as a service town for commercial and recreational fishing, boat building, and tourism, largely centered around the marina. The town offers all sorts of other maritime activities including bareboat charters (the second largest charter fleet in the world), whale watching, and kayak tours. The salty, nautical influence is seen


everywhere you go in historical “Old Town,” an eight block stretch of old buildings ranging along Commercial Avenue, only two blocks from the marina. You’ll see brightly painted, life sized carvings of sea captains and pirates, beautiful scale models of windjammers and schooners in shop windows, bookstores with well- stocked nautical tomes, restaurants that appeal to the sailor, with names like Adrift, Rockfish Grill and Randy’s Pier 61. Anacortes also boasts a maritime center and the huge, 163-foot long sternwheeler steamboat/museum, the W.T. Preston, propped up on dry land, right opposite the marina. Start your tour of Anacortes


by visiting the Maritime Center and the W.T. Preston, to learn about “snagboats.” Constructed and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, snagboats kept the rivers and harbors safe from tree stumps, limbs, and other navigational hazards. Starting her duty in 1940, the Preston


was retired in 1981, and is one of only two sternwheel steamboats left in the country. In summer, the old railroad depot near the Preston is an arts center, and next door you’ll find a farmer’s market every Saturday from April through October. Your next stop should be at the Visitor Information Center (9th


and


Commercial), where you can pick up a brochure, “Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Anacortes.” The self- guided tour leads you past 30 historic commercial buildings and houses, several of which date from 1890, a year


before the town was incorporated. The Anacortes Museum, located and M Streets, is another historic


at 8th


spot not to be missed, with permanent displays of artifacts and paintings of Fidalgo Island, Native Americans, and early explorers and settlers. Built from a Carnegie Foundation grant in 1910, this building was originally the town’s library, presumably to keep the town’s young men from mischief. “In a town like ours, unless a young man goes to the reading room to pass away his spare time, he is almost necessitated to go to a bar for want of acquaintanceship”, says


Our Mainsail Why it’s different


Actually, sails are very similar.


Sailmakers mostly buy their cloth from similar sources, use the same basic techniques, and frequently the same designs. But there is one major thing that separates our mainsails from theirs.


The price.


The Lee mainsail. A rugged, well built sail, big on performance, small on price.


Our genoa. Why it lasts so long.


Details. We care about 'em. Things like panel reinforcing at the clew, head and tack. A tape reinforced clew cringle. Rat-tailed bolt ropes. Triple stitched seams where necessary. Leather


chafe protectors at head, tack and clew. Vinyl coated stainless steel luff wire.


The Lee genoa or jib. Priced right and designed for durability.


Our cruising spinnaker. Why you


need one. The wind. It’s fickle. From a stiff breeze to a


“Sailmaker to the world” Washington: Call Toll Free 1-800-533-9567 Oregon: 10997 NW Supreme Ct., Portland, OR 97229 • (503) 641-7170


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whisper. In less time than it takes to say “What happened to the wind?” Our radial head drifter was deigned specifically for light air performance. Plus, it sells at a price that leaves the other guys whistlin' Dixie. The Lee Cruising Spinnaker. A great sail at a price that won’t leave you gasping.


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