Great cities are home to events that carry on traditions that resonate far beyond their official boundaries. Think strawberries and cream at Wimbledon, or mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby. There may ...

SEATTLE — Saturday is the first Saturday in May which also kicks off the unofficial start of boating season in Seattle. While boating happens all year round, tt marks the the beginning of what is ...

SEATTLE — On Tuesday nights in the summer... Seattle's Lake Union becomes the setting for one of the silliest sailboat races around - Duck Dodge. "Duck Dodge" is a loosely organized regatta where ...

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 ...

Seattle Police Harbor Patrol officers call it the “break-in” — the moment after aerial acrobatics conclude each day during Seafair weekend and the part of Lake Washington that has been closed during ...

The faithful who turn out every year for the festival of sails, oars and diesel fumes that launches Seattle’s boat season know better than to expect good weather. But when sunshine is superimposed on ...

With Seattle’s boating season opening on Saturday, things are looking up for boat builders, if they could just find enough skilled people. With Seattle’s boating season opening on Saturday, things are ...

SEATTLE - Sales of boats keep cruising along at a brisk pace, after setting a new 13-year record in 2020, the last year the Seattle Boat Show took place in person. The show is back in 2022, with ...

This Saturday marks a big day for Seattleites: Opening Day for boating season. And really, could we mark the occasion any better than a weekend of temperatures in the lower 70s (potentially)? For ...

This article appears in print in the May 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. In Seattle, the annual tradition of boating season’s opening day, the first Saturday of May, means one thing: Crowds will ...