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Petaluma Turning Basin. Has anyone been there?
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There are a number of threads on this topic. Here is one from a little over a year ago with pictures.
http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=107420
http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=107420
Here a video of our cruise to Petaluma.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIUP9Yx1mbk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIUP9Yx1mbk
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Yes, I made the trip last year. I was a great cruise the whole time and we had plenty of water under us all the way although we made sure to go up and back at high tide. The turning basin is large and is right in the middle of town. The bridge will need to be opened but the tender is a phone call away with the number painted on the bridge. A great trip to the town where American Graffiti was made.
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Just a quick follow up. We made our trip in November and we were the only boat in the turning basin. In the summer, this place can get busy and all docking is stern in only. If you go and have seen the movie "American Graffiti" it is a kick in the pants to get a map of all the sites in Petaluma where the filming took place. There is a American Grafitti/Petaluma website thats a bunch of fun.
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Originally posted by deltabighat
Just a quick follow up. We made our trip in November and we were the only boat in the turning basin. In the summer, this place can get busy and all docking is stern in only. If you go and have seen the movie "American Graffiti" it is a kick in the pants to get a map of all the sites in Petaluma where the filming took place. There is a American Grafitti/Petaluma website thats a bunch of fun.And all this time I thought it was filmed in Modesto. But then Petaluma looks more like a town from the 50's than Modesto. Even today you feel like you're back in time.
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One last follow up. In the past couple years, a buddy of mine and I have cruised not only up the Petaluma River to Petaluma, but also up the Suisun Slough to the Suisun Marina and up the Napa River to downtown Napa. All were marveous, very scenic cruises and water condions were very adequate. I could not recommend a cruise to any of these places higher. We generally cruise up one day at high tide, spend the night and come back home the next day. I am running out of places to go so if anyone out there has some suggestions, let me know.
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