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Transcribed from The Sunbreak 9/26/2011
Discover Seattle’s UW-to-SLU Mosquito Ferry
Say hello to my little friend! The Seattle
Mini-Ferry docks near Agua Verde at the south
end of Brooklyn St. in the University District.
(Photo: Jonathan Dean)
Special to The SunBreak by Jonathan Dean
Serendipity happens. I spent last Saturday morning
loading up my panniers at the Friends
of the Seattle Public Library Book Sale at
Magnuson Park, but picked up a flat riding back down
the Burke-Gilman.
I ended up getting back to South Lake Union by
boat—via the brilliant, audacious new Seattle
Mini-Ferry, which started linking SLU with the
University District three weeks ago.
 Run
by the same people who bring you the Sunday
Ice Cream Cruise ($11
adults) out of Lake
Union Park, the new ferry is a great addition to
our city’s transit options.
Currently they run passengers back and forth from
their UW dock at the foot of Brooklyn St. (near the Agua
Verde kayak
launch), on the hour, and the pier at South Lake
Union Park, on the half hour.
UW departures on
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday on
the hour from the UW. 8am through 6pm. Friday &
Saturday 8am through 9pm.
S. Lake Union Park departures (foot
of Terry Avenue N.) on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday & Thursday on the half hour from the
UW. 8:30am through 6:30pm. Friday & Saturday
8:30am through 9:30pm.
Cost is $5; assuming it isn’t raining, it’s a
delightful boat ride, and faster than biking,
walking, taking the #30, or taking a car through bad
traffic. They can take up to 14 passengers (and two
bikes). Plans are underway to open another route
linking South Lake Union with the landing just west
and north of the Fremont bridge.
WALL STREET JOURNAL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2005
Transcribed from the
WALL STREET JOURNAL Tuesday September 20, 2005, page D5
Off the Beaten Track
Seattle
Reporter and Seattle resident Nick Wingfield on how
to get out onto the water in this laid-back port city.
Where to ride: There's no shortage of
ferries
offering day-trips......Riders with a
sweet
tooth should check out the Seattle
Ice Cream
Cruise (www.SeattleFerryService.com).
On
Sundays, the boat cruises past Lake
Union's
many houseboats, including one
featured in
the movie "Sleepless in Seattle,"
and the
crew serves chocolate root beer floats.
* * * * * Seattle magazine December 2006Best of 2006, Most Affordable Family OutingFREMONT AVENUE SUNDAY ICE CREAM CRUISE ON LAKE UNIONThe Fremont Avenue departs from under the Aurora Bridge near Adobe, 206-713-8446 www.SeattleFerryService.com If you're looking for wholesome Seattle-style fun without dropping abundle, invite the family-including the dog- for an ice cream social aboard the Fremont Avenue. Every Sunday, Captain Larry Keznercruises around Lake Union, gliding past Dale Chihuly's studio, theSleepless in Seattle houseboat and other scenic points. Passage is$8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for kids 5-13 and kids under 5 ridefree. For just a few dollars more, you can indulge in refreshments from ice cream bars and signature chocolate root beer floats tocoffee, chai tea, hot chocolate and tomato soup in the winter months.Tours leave on Sundays on the hour 11am-3pm (winter) and 11am-5pm (summer) and last 45 minutes.
*****Sunset
Transcribed from Sunset June
2008 page 46 by Kathryn True
HOP AN AFFORDABLE
CRUISE Captain Larry Kezner is known for his merry
yarns and chocolate-root-beer floats. At the helm of the
mv Fremont Avenue, a 50 foot steel hulled, vintage-style
ferry, he puts around sparkling Lake Union each week on
his Sunday Ice Cream Cruise, regaling his passengers
(and their leashed pets) with tales of Lake Union's 400
floating homes, ingenious gardens, and glass artist Dale
Chihuly's studio. The 45 minute tours launch from South
Lake Union (park) near the intersection of Terry and
Valley Streets, not far from the Center for Wooden
Boats. Departs every hour from 11-5 Sunday's (arrive 15
minutes early) $11, $7 ages 5-13, under 5 $2, ice cream
$2-$4.
*****Sunset
Transcribed from Sunset December 2008
page 40 by Lisa Trottier & Amy Wolf
Top Holiday Spots.....A
Smart Strategy....How to turn potential tourist traps
into an insider experience: The Fave...ride
the ducks...Another Option...The m/v Fremont Avenue for
boat trips minus the quacking.
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****Rescue
on Lake Union**** December 23, 2008
Tuesday evening
December 23rd the m/v Fremont Avenue just
finishing our final Christmas Cruise for the
year. As we were making one last loop around
Lake Union taking in the city lights and the
boat lights. First Mate Sarah Jesser spotted a shape going into
the water from another boat. She came up to
the pilot house and said that she thought a
person was in the water. As I brought the
boat around Sarah confirmed with the
binoculars that there was a person in the
water about 200 yards away. She then
gathered up her life vest, the ring float,
night beacon, recovery line and opened the
starboard gate. During this time she was
continually shouting and whistling to the
person in the water that we were coming to
him. As we came alongside the man in the
water Sarah lowered the ring float and
recovery line. The man in the water was then
pulled aboard by Sarah and a volunteer party
guest Dan Pope. He was immediately brought
aboard, partially stripped and wrapped in
blankets and placed by the cabin heater. The
harbor patrol was called during the rescue
and was alongside soon after the rescue.
The man was
spotted at 10:05pm, brought aboard at
10:08pm and transferred to the Seattle
Harbor Patrol at 10:20pm.
GREAT JOB Sarah
!!
Larry Kezner, Captain, M/V Fremont Avenu
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