Point Roberts Marina September 2009 Update...
Still so glad we chose it...Big Marina Party September 19th, with good food including a salmon bbq, several kinds of musical entertainment including blues bands,reggae, country and more. This should be alot of fun ! Benefits go to the Pt Roberts Food Bank, Senior Center, Volunteer Fire Dept.
The great facilities remain the same
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The Marina Club is wonderful, I held John's 5oth birthday party there last year with great help from the staff Jackie, Taunya, Leanne, and Roberto, all our guests enjoyed the beautiful views over the water.
The Marina still has the cleanest bathrooms, good garbage pickup, safe and well maintained docks, reasonable rules and regulations, good water and electricity available at all times during boating season. Water is turned off during the winter, which is not a problem as it is readily available from the washrooms. Good dog walking, blackberry picking, beach walking, bike riding.
Changes have happened, mostly on the positive side. Service at the gas dock is better, with ice, beer, and wine now available which is handy if you have forgotten what you have on board and are heading out, and Leanne knows what she is doing and is always helpful and friendly. The pumpout works better this year as well.
Provisioning is easy with convenient shopping at the International Marketplace, a short walk away, excellent prices on groceries, beer and wine.
This is still the closest away point in BC and Washinton to the Gulf Islands and San Juans.
Aproximately 40 minutes closer than Crescent Beach Marina without having to worry about tides and sand bars and dredging concerns. For those moored in the Fraser River, you do not have to deal with all the heavy and active waterway traffic, plus tides, mud, half hour to one hour commute to the ocean to find out that at Sand Heads it is way too rough to head out into the Straight, and if the tide has turned and you are a sailboat it is a tough slog back upriver.
Ben and his staff at WestWinds Marine have full service marine repairs and supplies. We have found them to be extremely helpful and reasonable.
We still really enjoy Point Robert Marina, M Dock (Party Dock), and getting fast to whatever island we want to go to next.
Kalena