Boating season officially kicks off in Seattle this weekend
May 2, 2014, 3:44 PM | Updated: 3:44 pm
This weekend marks the opening of boating season in Seattle. (AP Photo)
(AP Photo)
People will be taking to their watercraft and the shores of the Montlake Cut to celebrate the opening day of boating season in Seattle this weekend.
The official opening of the season always takes place the first Saturday in May. Festivities start with the Windermere Cup races beginning at 10:20 a.m. Saturday on the Montlake Cut.
UW women’s rowing coach Bob Ernst said they’ve got really strong competitors coming this year with the Great Britain National Team appearing.
“Great Britain has the best National and Olympic rowing Team in the world, winning more Olympic medals in London than any other country, and we are honored to have a team of this caliber coming to Seattle to race our Huskies. We have not faced a team this good since the Soviets visited here in the very first Windermere Cup in 1987.”
The races are followed by the opening day parade which launches with the blast of a canon and the opening of the Montlake Bridge at noon.
The theme for the celebration this year organized by Seattle’s Yacht Club is “Toys Ahoy.” Boats will be decorated in accordance with that theme.
For those who don’t have a boat, there’s lots of spectacle to see from the shoreline.
