Hundreds of people spent the day along the shores of Portage Bay for the 103rd Opening Day of Seattle Boating Season.
The historic tradition sailed through the Montlake Cut on Saturday, featuring 140 different boats, according to the Seattle Yacht Club."It is an opportunity to bring boaters and all of the Puget Sound together and also bring Seattle together," said Suzi Ward, member of the Seattle Yacht Club Board of Trustees.Ward has also been a member of the private club since 1976.
"Lots of action and lots of interesting boats going by."He and Erica Speights are new to the Seattle area and were told they should check it out. "It’s one of the things you have to see when you’re in Seattle," Speights said. They brought their two-year-old son Ray who was all "a-boat" the event."He’s been saying boats, boats the whole way here," Speights said.
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