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When the Gold Cup left Seattle for Detroit in 1955, local officials decided to hold a race of their own, and the Seafair Cup was born. [1] The 1951 Seattle race was co-sponsored through 1960 by the Seattle Yacht Club. Greater Seattle, Inc. (later renamed Seafair, Inc.) became the sole sponsor of the race, starting in 1961.
The 2020 schedule for Seafair was cancelled on May 20, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on public gatherings. [1] The next edition of Seafair was also cancelled in April 2021, stating that "while encouraged by Governor Inslee's Phase 3 guidelines that support small and medium size events to return with limitations, Seafair leadership recognizes the guidelines will not ...
Built in 1912, it is named after Richard Wagner, who bought it in the 1950s. Wagner and his wife Colleen later founded the Center for Wooden Boats, which was based out of their houseboat. As one of Seattle's oldest houseboats, the Wagner Houseboat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 19, 1982. [2]
Seattle, WA 1960 N.A. (Note 1) No Contest- High Winds Las Vegas, NV 1961 Bill Muncey (3) U-60 Miss Century 21 Thriftway Stores Reno, NV 1962 Bill Muncey (4) U-60 Miss Century 21 Thriftway Stores Seattle, WA 1963 Ron Musson: U-40 Miss Bardahl: Detroit, MI 1964 Ron Musson (2) U-40 Miss Bardahl Detroit, MI 1965 Ron Musson (3) U-40 Miss Bardahl ...
Genoa International Boat Show: 311,000 m 2: 1,450 560 280,500 2009 Gothenburg, Sweden: Gothenburg Boat Show 32,950 m 2: 344 12 77,124 2010 Hamburg, Germany hanseboot - International Boat Show Hamburg 85,274 m 2: 765 124 96,059 2008 Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki International Boat Show 44,000 m 2: 345 8 74,551 2010 Lisbon, Portugal: Lisbon Boat ...
Location: Seattle, Washington, U.S.: Coordinates: 1]: Primary inflows: Lake Washington Ship Canal (Portage Bay from Montlake Cut): Primary outflows: Lake Washington Ship Canal (Fremont Cut to Salmon Bay): Catchment area: 571 square miles (1,480 km 2) [2]: Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 580 acres (2.3 km 2) [2]: Average depth: 34 feet (10 m) [2]: Max. depth: 50 feet (15 m) [2 ...
The locks can elevate a 760-by-80-foot (232 m × 24 m) vessel 26 ft (7.9 m), from the level of Puget Sound at a very low tide to the level of freshwater Salmon Bay, in 10–15 minutes. The locks handle both pleasure boats and commercial vessels, ranging from kayaks to fishing boats returning from the Bering Sea to cargo ships. Over 1 million ...
Northwest Seaport was founded in the early 1960s as the Save Our Ships project to save the 1897 Pacific schooner Wawona.Save Our Ships purchased Wawona in 1964, followed by Lightship 83 "Relief" in 1966 (subsequently changed to "Swiftsure" lightship station), and received the tugboat Arthur Foss as a donation from the Foss company in 1970.