Vendovi Island Up For Auction

A beautiful island off the coast of Washington state goes up for auction later this month. Vendovi Island is a a 216-acre island in the San Juan Archipelago that will be sold through J. P. King Auction Company on September 30. The island has 13,000 feet of shoreline and six beaches. It has been owned as a family retreat since 1966 and has a four-bedroom home. The island has self-contained utilities: a well, a water tower and tank, four generators, a septic tank, fuel trailer tank, two fuel storage tanks and two propane tanks. It can be accessed by boat or floatplane and has a protected harbor with a rock breakwater, 52-foot pier, a metal ramp and a floating dock. A video tour is after the jump.
"My family has always been into big projects, and when we ran across Vendovi Island, we knew what our next project was," said David Fluke, the island's owner. "It has kept us very close as a family, and it's been a great place for us to escape for the past 43 years."
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