Like to hate it or hate to adore it, Seafair is undoubtedly a Seattle obsession.
Many of the metropolis fixates on the Blue Angels. However the summer season pageant has a lot extra to supply—and never simply by way of loud, quick autos, both.
Maybe you are a newcomer to the area. Or possibly after a few years of exuberant Log Booming, you simply want a refresher on one in all our metropolis’s most bewildering and beloved annual happenings.
Irrespective of why you are a little bit foggy on the small print, here is a primer on what all of the fuss is about at this yr’s Seafair Weekend Pageant on Lake Washington. Within the meantime, be careful for pirates.
Blue Angels
The US Navy jets taking off from Boeing Discipline and performing aerobatics above the town are maybe the weekend’s most important attraction. We have lined the place to look at them in full, however briefly: They’re going to be airborne round 3:30pm on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They’re going to make a variety of noise. And, with an array of synchronized aerial strikes over Lake Washington, they’re going to impress the lots.
Hydroplane Races
The Blue Angels draw the headlines, however the boats skimming over the floor of Lake Washington at greater than 220 miles per hour will be simply as breathtaking. A Boeing engineer honed the propeller that revolutionized this type of water journey in 1950. The Apollo Mechanical Cup will commemorate greater than 70 years of hydroplane tilts on Lake Washington with a number of courses of races held north of Seward Park and south of the I-90 bridge. This yr’s slate additionally consists of races from classic hydroplanes. Examine the day by day schedule and watch from shore or the Log Increase as these vessels go full-throttle, leaving clouds of water of their midst.
Log Increase
“Introduced by Bud Zero” says all of it. Not essentially an occasion, however an anticipated scene nonetheless, festivalgoers tie up boats to anchored logs alongside the perimeter of the hydroplane races and check out to not get too tipsy. The bacchanalia conjures the rowdiness of Andrews Bay which, by the way, is closed for Seafair. Log Boomers with stamina are rewarded with killer views of the Blue Angels later within the day. There’s nonetheless room to register.
Different Army Jets
To not be outdone by the Tremendous Hornets and “Fats Albert,” much less ballyhooed planes just like the US Navy’s Growler and US Air Drive’s F-35 Lightning II will function de facto openers for the Blue Angels. Plus, there shall be historic bombers and military helicopters. Here is the complete Boeing Seafair Air Present schedule.
Parachuters
The Golden Knights, members of the US Military’s aerial parachute squad, will soar out of planes on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The place will they land? You will should go to search out out.
