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Seattle, Washington held its first Christmas ship parade in 1941, but without any lights on the boats due to blackout regulations during World War II. [3] From 1949 to 1993, Seattle's Christmas ship festival was led by the Seattle Department of Parks. [3] Since 1994, it has been led by Argosy Cruises, and sails multiple times daily during December.
The first Foo Fighters show took place on February 19 above a boat house in Seattle and was performed for friends and family; the band's first public show took place on February 23 on the Jambalaya Club in Arcata, California; the band was in the area mixing the album and a local promoter asked the cover band The Unseen if Foo Fighters could open for them, which they agreed to; Grohl also ...
The Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show was voted one of the top such events in the nation, according to a USA TODAY / 10best readers' choice poll.
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 Show 30,000 m 2: 340 54 79,664 2009 London, England, United Kingdom: London Boat Show: 52,000 m 2: 520 40 103,000 2010 Miami, Florida, United States Miami ...
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is known) was first run in 1898 and is the oldest annual freshwater distance race ...
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.
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 Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) is a museum dedicated to preserving and documenting the maritime history of the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. CWB was founded by Dick Wagner in Seattle in the 1970s and has grown to include three sites; the South Lake Union campus in Lake Union Park, the Northlake Workshop & Warehouse at the north end of Lake Union, and The Center for Wooden ...