#SCUTTLEBUTT TAVERN PLUS#
#SCUTTLEBUTT TAVERN SERIES#

Why have sailors returned to Maddie’s, generation after generation, since its founding in 1946? It could be the location, less than a block from the harbor. Maddie’s Sail Loft, Marblehead, Massachusetts I am still concerned about a few of them.” Anyone, regardless of club memberships, may grab a seat in the Sloop Tavern itself, snack on the excellent fish-and-chips, and, if particularly thirsty, down a 33.8-ounce “Sloopersize” draft beer 206/782-3330 or. An excerpt from a recent club newsletter, under the heading “Membership”: “We have some. But it emphasizes fun over snootiness, befitting an organization founded over beers at this pleasantly divey watering hole (with a cool neon sign) in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.

#SCUTTLEBUTT TAVERN SERIES#

The Sloop Tavern Yacht Club runs a series of races and facilitates recreational cruising. M&M’s serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day except Tuesdays, cheerfully fulfilling its promises of “healthy and hedonistic cuisine” and “luscious desserts” 252/249-2000 or /restaurants/mandms.htm.Īny bar with a namesake yacht club definitely qualifies as a sailors’ hangout. Whatever the question, whether it concerns anchorages or sail repair or which Chardonnay goes best with the crab cakes, someone will have the answer. Newcomers seeking to learn should head for the bar in this rambling old house just an anchor’s throw from the waterfront.

All in all, it feels like a comfortable home port for anyone bewitched by the siren song of water 619/222-2216 or .Įast Coast sailors already know the charms of Oriental, a nautical village near the mouth of the Neuse River. One admiring Internet reviewer describes a visit here as “sort of like going to the yacht club without the membership fees.” Half-hull boat models and nautical gadgets scattered around the dining room contribute to the ambience. Apparently, the patrons would rather catch fish than eat it 808/941-0985 or.

The rest of the menu runs toward sandwiches and such typical bar fare as nachos and wings, but, oddly, almost no seafood. The pub overlooks Ala Wai Marina, so it’s handy for everyone from fishermen to island-hopping blue-water cruisers. Harbor Pub draws relatively few tourists―except for itinerant yachtspeople. The Pony provides excellent food, live entertainment, great views of Lake Huron, and, for the convenience of its sailing clientele, a private dock 800/241-3341 or. Competitors from the Port Huron-to-Mackinac and Chicago-to-Mackinac yacht races always end up here, where stories of their boats’ speed and the wind’s ferocity grow with each new round of drinks. And then there’s the Pink Pony, which isn’t quiet at all. Mackinac, a Victorian resort island, offers quiet charms. Pink Pony Bar & Grill, Mackinac Island, Michigan Even landlubbers will feel welcome, thanks to the friendly service and tasty seafood 410/216-6206 or. Sailboat photos, ship models, and other sea-theme paraphernalia fill the bright, airy space. A couple of years ago, Sail magazine named the Boatyard one of the world’s top 12 sailing bars. Foxy plays guitar and sings calypso, sometimes making up teasing songs about his guests on the spot 284/495-9258 or .īoatyard Bar & Grill, Annapolis, Marylandįormer investment banker Dick Franyo created this place for those who love the Chesapeake Bay lifestyle―especially from the deck of a sailboat.

#SCUTTLEBUTT TAVERN PLUS#

Foxy Callwood presides over this ramshackle, open-air beach bar at Great Harbour on the island of Jost Van Dyke, serving flying-fish sandwiches, grilled lobster, and other local delicacies, plus oceans of rum drinks and beers created in his own microbrewery. In the British Virgin Islands, one of the world’s great sailing playgrounds, everybody comes to Foxy’s. Here are ten good ones…įoxy’s, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands Aside from yacht clubs, every harbor needs a place where sailors can hang out.