M/V Madaket

10/01/2024

It’s that time of year again folks! Our season is quickly coming to an end, but there’s still time left to book your end-of-season tour. Give our ticket office a call or head to our website to book your spot.

08/30/2024

Fundraiser for Timber Heritage Association is coming up soon aboard M/V Madaket

07/17/2024

Want to spend your days on the water of Humboldt Bay?
M/V Madaket is hiring for a deckhand position!

Decking and Bartending experience a plus but not required. Must be able to pass a drug test (including cannabis).

Please contact Dalene Zerlang with questions or to submit a resume.

06/27/2024

Hello,

I recently took a ride on your harbor cruise over this last weekend. My brother and I had a great time and I wanted to give a shout out to Daisy. I made this video of our trip which includes the ride we took.

I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Lee Fries

My brother and I took a trip to the coast of Northern California. I was super excited to be able to ride the David's Chair on the beach as well as taking in ...

04/24/2024

MADAKET is looking for a full time USCG Licensed Master/Captain of 20 tons or greater--May 1 through October 6, 2024.

This is a rare opportunity to captain the oldest passenger carrying vessel in continuous service in the United States! If you hold a Coast Guard License to Captain a vessel and are looking for a “Fun Job”, call 707-498-4618

[email protected]

10/02/2023

Greetings to all. To a recent FaceBook comment and in response to letters in the past, we wish to inform and clarify for the public Madaket’s flag protocol.

The “Mariners Bible”, “Chapman’s Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling” and “United States Power Squadrons” state that the ensign (United States flag) shall be flown in the place of “Honor” on the vessel’s stern from a single mast or staff when operating on inland waters.

If underway on the high seas the ship shall show its “colors” (national flag) at the highest point to show all of her nationality and whether friend or foe.

The California flag is flown on Madaket’s main mast, the house flag of the Maritime Museum is sometimes flown from Madaket’s foremast. Both these masts can be used for any flags, signal flags or pennants.

The Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag, is flown from the Madaket’s jack staff located at the vessel’s bow. This flag is mainly used by military vessels when not underway but can be used by any craft when she is dressed for a special occasion. We continue the tradition that was started by the Madaket’s builder, Henry H. Cousins, in 1910.

Flag etiquette is much different on land than it is at sea.

Be assured all of Madaket’s flags are flown in accordance to United States maritime customs and are flown with great pride and respect. Thank you.

Leroy Zerlang, master mariner and senior captain of the motor vessel Madaket

10/02/2023

🧑‍✈️1 week left to get your Madaket cruise On!
Oct 8th is the last day of regular cruises for the 2023 cruise season. You may still hear her whistles here and there through October when private chartered party cruises depart.

10/02/2023

🛳 2 more cruise ships to visit Humboldt Bay.
The Ultra-Luxury cruise ship Seabourn Venture will visit Eureka tomorrow on its inaugural visit to the states.
Venture will head through the bay entrance around 6:45 am and dock around 7:45 am at the Schneider dock on Waterfront Drive.
Departure is at 5 pm. Another small luxury cruise ship Silver Wind by Silversea will visit on Sept 7th, entering the bay around noon.

Seabourn is celebrating the first time that both of its expedition ships, the Seabourn Venture and the Seabourn Pursuit, are in the continental U.S. on the same day with “A Toast On Both Coasts." The Seabourn Pursuit arrived in Miami in the early morning of Friday, September 29, 2023, while…

09/27/2023

🚢 Cruise ship Fridtjof Nansen is in the Port of Humboldt Bay, arrived at Schneider Dock around 12 pm and will depart at 7 pm tonight!

Step aboard Madaket’s 4:00 or 5:30 cruises to view the ship up close at its dock from the water.

https://www-153p.bookeo.com/bookeo/b_madaketcruises_start.html?ctlsrc2=MWMMJt7w8C60WTh8kQuh8xFR69Z1O0ZWJSLKA00nkBU%3D&src=03i

09/12/2023

Polynesian Voyage Society is bringing this vessel into Eureka tomorrow 9/12/23, it will dock at the Foot of F Street around 9:30 or so. https://hokulea.com/moananuiakea/

Leaders at the Polynesian Voyaging Society shares new details of its navigation of the Pacific Ocean, Moananuiakea.

09/01/2023

Cruz’n Eureka is coming up on September 7, 8, 9. Filling the streets of Old Town Eureka with a car show on the 9th, cruise on the 8th and a poker run through town on the 7th!
Check out all the happenings at:
https://bgcredwoods.org/cruz-n-eureka/

08/17/2023

We love a good sunset on the bay ⛴️☀️💙

07/16/2023

Critter Crawl

07/16/2023

Critter Crawl today, swim from Coast Guard Staion Humboldt Bay to Woodley Island Marina! 4.5 mile swim! The first of 31 swimmers are expected to arrive to Woodley Island around 11 am!

06/06/2023

🎂 Happy Birthday to M/V Madaket. 113 years cruising Humboldt Bay! The boat in the picture is Madaket. In the mid 1930’s the wheelhouse was lowered to the main deck sending the engineer “by-the-boards,” or done away with.

To find out more about Madaket’s history and the vessels that operated on Humboldt Bay pick up the book “Madaket Tells Her Story” at Madaket’s ticket office - Foot of C St., Eureka or stop by the Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum in Samoa. 10.00 each.

Come celebrate with us in June, take a cocktail cruise at 5:30 (Tue.-Sat) or a 75-min. narrated cruise, depart daily. https://www.humboldtbaymaritimemuseum.com/madaket-cruises.html

05/12/2023

👍We’re Back Cruise’n for the Summer Season!!

05/10/2023

Dredge Yaquina sucking out the mud from the Eureka Inner Reach!!!

09/14/2022

View the visiting Cruise Ship aboard our 1:00, 2:30, 4:00 or 5:30 cruises today!!