Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CENTER FOR WOODEN BOATS
MUSEUM, SAILING
( 206-382-2628;
www.cwb.org
; 1010 Valley St; sailboat/rowboat rental per hr $30/25, beginner
sailing course $375; 12:30pm-dusk Sat & Sun & by appointment Oct-Apr, 12:30pm-dusk Tue-
Sun May-Sep; Lake Union Park)
If you have an interest in the history and craft of
wooden boats then you'll definitely want to visit this place. A museum and enthusiast's
center, it features vintage and replica boats and offers sailing lessons, including an ex-
cellent beginner course that gives you as many lessons as it offers in a four-month peri-
od (usually eight to 12).
Seasoned sailors who are a little rusty can take a one-on-one lesson for around $50
per hour, and there are also classes on sail repair and boat building. You can rent sail-
boats and rowboats, but one person in your party has to know how to sail and must do a
checkout ($10 fee) before you'll be permitted to rent. It's pretty straightforward: you
need to demonstrate tacking, jibing and docking. The center also offers free boat rides
every Sunday afternoon.
LAKE UNION PARK
PARK
( ; Lake Union Park)
Opened in 2010, this welcome green patch occupies ex-Navy
land on the southern tip of Lake Union and has a wading pond (with model sailboats
you can use), an attractive bridge and a boat launch. It hosts the Museum of History &
Industry in the old naval armory building and the Center for Wooden Boats.
Various interpretive panels chronicle Seattle's maritime connections. The South Lake
Union streetcar stops outside.
DENNY PARK
PARK
( Westlake & Denny)
Seattle's oldest park was originally designated a cemetery - but
that status ended up being rather temporary, and the land was rededicated as parkland.
Formerly part of Denny Hill, the park was later flattened in the Denny Regrade of
1910, over protests by preservationists. Today it attracts homeless people and tentative
tourists from the nearby Space Needle.
TOP SIGHTS
LAKE UNION
