JOIN THE CLUB
The Fish Creek-based Mariner’s Club offers unlimited access to Door County. If you’re looking to explore Door County waters, but either don’t own a boat or cruised in on a large vessel and are looking for a smaller boat to tool around, then you might consider joining The Mariners Club. The Mariner’s Club, based at Alibi Dock in Fish Creek, isn’t a yacht club; it’s a boat club, entering its second year of operation, that offers members unlimited use of its boats from May to October. Trial memberships are priced at $695, and the club provides complimentary training through the Mariners School. “Our Seasonal Unlimited package is $3,995, flat, for May to October,” observed the Mariners Club’s Jay Chomeau. “That’s the cost of a slip in a Northern Door marina.” For the same price as an empty slip, club members will enjoy unlimited use of the club’s boats, 2008 Everglades 210CCs and 2009 Sea Ray Sundecks. The center console is perfect for anglers, while the open-bow sundeck models will appeal to families, couples and groups of friends. The club handles all tasks associated with ownership, including cleaning, slip fees, fueling and provisioning. Members simply show up, enjoy quality time on the water and drop off the keys at the end of the day. Seasonal Unlimited members will receive training for two captains and get an extended Green Bay area orientation. Seasonal Limited and Weekly Membership packages also are available. To learn more, call 920-868-1177 or visit doorcountymariner.com. — H.S. 42 LAKELANDBOATING.COM J U N E 2 011
Kayaking is a popular pastime in peninsula waters. Favorite spots include Cave Point County Park, the Mink River Estuary, Rock Island State Park and the Peninsula State Park coastline, pictured here.
You also can pick up provisions—from certified Angus beef, homemade bakery, fresh produce and specialty cheeses to fine wines and beers from around the world—at the well-stocked Main Street Market, voted Door County’s No. 1 food store in Door County Magazine. Then enjoy a locally crafted beer and a sandwich on the patio at Shipwrecked, a restaurant and microbrew pub with legendary mob connections and its own resident ghosts. A footnote: If you’re a golfer, you won’t want to miss the Alpine Resort’s Blue Nine. Make sure you have your camera for the mesmerizing 9th hole. This is one view you’ll never forget. Next is Fish Creek, nestled beneath the escarpment bluffs south of Peninsula State Park. Tie up at the Fish Creek Municipal Dock or the Alibi Dock, and allot plenty of time to wander the celebrated shopping district. Take in a traditional Door County fish boil at the 1896 White Gull Inn. Or maybe you’d rather have breakfast; the inn’s cherry stuffed French toast recently won the national Best Breakfast Challenge on “Good Morning America.” Fish Creek also is a great place to become acquainted with some of the many talented artists who live and work on the peninsula—and with the world-class galleries that showcase their work. Perhaps the best known is Edgewood Orchard Galleries, located south of town on Peninsula Players Road.