Tomahawk Floating Home Community is located on Hayden Island / Jantzen Beach. The moorage is one of the best moorages in Portland because it offers some great amenities. Of course, the most important factor in choosing YOUR floating home moorage is the location you prefer. With over 3000 floating homes registered with the Marine Board, you have some great options and I am going to write about some of them so you can get a good idea of what is offered.

Tomahawk Moorage is located on the East end of Hayden Island. It faces South, looking across the North Portland Harbor to the floating home communities in Bridgeton area. Tomahawk Moorage is charming, with two long docks splitting off from the ramp to the docks. The East docks are arranged in fingers, so that the houses face each other. The West end is arranged with half the houses facing directly South and onto the front of the open water of the harbor. The other half are facing the riparian bank with quiet views of wildlife, and enough room to bring both boats and dingys back to your private dock or swim float.  The homes in Tomahawk moorage vary from large to small; there are a very few boat houses….most of the homes are single family.

The amenities offered in Tomahawk Moorage are what makes it one of the premiere moorages in Portland. The moorage is all slip ownership, meaning the price of a home in this moorage includes ownership of the slip and partial ownership of the moorage community. The management of this moorage is done by the owners who live there, and this keeps the monthly fees among the lowest on the river. They include water, sewer, waste management, secure parking in a gated parking lot, and a healthy contribution to the savings account for moorage repairs.

Another factor to consider is what type of boating you plan to do. A moorage like Tomahawk is an excellent choice for sailboat owners because the access to the main river does not require opening bridges or long trips through the channel to open water. This moorage does not have a history of ‘grounding’ which means the water beneath the homes is deep.

Tomahawk Moorage was purchased by the Tomahawk Destiny Association (the members who live there) in 2000. It is a wonderful moorage and a great place to live. The people are friendly and responsible. Each house has capacity to dock a boat.