The Center for Wooden Boats
Maritime museum · South Lake Union ·
Museum of maritime history offering sailing lessons and rentals.
Museum of maritime history offering sailing lessons and rentals.
"Take a break out of your busy day and try your hand at a little sailing. This small museum offers lessons and rentals on the art of sailing traditional wooden boats." - Wexley School For Girls
"The Center for Wooden Boats, South Lake Union by Wexley School For Girls. Take a break out of your busy day and try your hand at a little sailing. This small museum offers lessons and rentals on the art of sailing traditional wooden boats."
Admission is always free; walk the historic docks, explore exhibits, and catch monthly free Public Sail rides in season. Lonely Planet spotlights it, and KING 5 has celebrated its Free Boating Day—pure maritime Seattle without the price tag.
"This non-profit living museum on Lake Union preserves an impressive collection of usable antique wooden craft and offers scenic docks with views of the lake and the Seattle skyline. Visitors can rent rowboats or canoes, and on Sundays a popular free public sail program—staffed by volunteer skippers and crew—takes passengers out on wooden sailboats, steamboats, schooners and yachts; sails are free but fill up quickly, so arriving early is recommended." - Megan Hill
