PHOTO COURTESY OF STONE HARBORThe Yacht Harbor, while CenterPointe Marine
lies across the channel in a luxe commercial
and residential development appropriately
called The Shipyard. The marina can handle
boats from 16 to 200 feet.
“We’ve had unprecedented growth in slip
sales, service, storage, and boat and yacht
sales,” says General Manager Scott Strang.
“But we will always fi nd new transients a slip,
and we always fi nd a way to get your service
work done, no matter how busy we are.”
Friendliness and fl exibility are common up
and down the bay.
“You’ll want to make plans in advance for a
major holiday weekend,” Felhofer advises, “but
on a typical summer weekend, there’s ample
capacity. Try all the marinas and you’ll fi nd a spot.”
On the East Side, options include the
downtown Stone Harbor Resort and
Convention Center, home to Harbor Lady
Cruises and an appealing dockside tiki bar.
There's also Snug Harbor Inn and The Lodge
at Leathem Smith’s Madelyn Marina, both
near the Highway 42/57 bridge on Memorial
Drive. The lodge evokes a genteel, bygone
era; Leathem D. Smith built it in 1928 as part of
Door County’s fi rst country and yacht club.
A quick word about the bridges: If you
want to understand local directions and
traffi c advice, it helps to know that the threebridges are not the Michigan Street bridge, the
Highway 42/57 bridge and the Maple-Oregon
Street bridge. They’re simply the old bridge,
the big bridge and the new bridge.
Finally, southwest of town on Little Sturgeon
Bay is the Wave Pointe Marina & Resort. Here,
visiting boaters will fi nd a 124-slip marina with fuel
and pump-out services in a weather-safe harbor.
Sturgeon Bay also off ers plentiful water
access thanks to its many launch ramps. Some
of the best choices include Sawyer Park on the
West Side, Sunset Park on the East and Olde
Stone Quarry Park at the mouth of Sturgeon
Bay. Farther from town are the six-lane boat
launch at Robert M. Carmody Park in Union
Township and the multiple-ramp Potawatomi
State Park launch in Sawyer Harbor.Th “i” plac to b
Sturgeon Bay is all about accessibility. From
the marinas, hotels, and bed and breakfasts,
you can easily reach the East Side’s historic
shopping districts on Third and Jeff erson, as
well as the quickly redeveloping West Side.
“I love the walkability of it all,” Seiler says.
“The downtown bridge-to-bridge loop is only
1.2 miles. Everything’s close.”
With a laugh, she adds, “Just be sure you
know the bridge schedule.”
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