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Time to book your wedding, bachelor and wedding rehearsal parties for 2008. Also available 4th of July, Seafair weekend, UW Husky cruises, Christmas and New Years 2008. Check our home page for pictures. Contact Captain Larry at Larry@SeattleFerryService.com or CELL anytime 206-713-8446.
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WALL STREET JOURNALTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2005Transcribed from theWALL STREET JOURNAL Tuesday September 20, 2005, page D5Off the Beaten TrackSeattle
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 Avenue
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