Opening Day of Boating Season is one of the Seattle area’s oldest traditions

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 not be a sugary dessert or cocktail of choice, but the Seattle Yacht Club’s Opening Day of Boating Season – with its members’ dress code of blue jacket, white shirt, tie, white pants or skirt and white shoes – may be the closest the Pacific Northwest comes to having an annual tradition along the same lines as what happens each year at the All England Club or Churchill Downs.

After being canceled by COVID in 2020 and held

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