COUNTDOWN: One week until Seafair Pirates Landing at Alki Beach

(2024 photo by David Hutchinson)

So far, next Saturday (June 28) looks to be a lot more like beach weather than today – good thing since Alki is likely to be thronged by hundreds more people than usual, with this year’s Seafair Pirates Landing set for early afternoon. If you haven’t been before, it’s a relatively compact event these days, with cannon fire sounding offshore as the Pirates approach on a borrowed barge that brings them close enough to wade ashore and mingle menacingly with their fans. There’s usually a bit of bluster as they seize the key to the city or county from a politician and/or Seafair royalty, and eventually they board their motorized landlubbing vessel Moby Duck to roll away. The current estimate for the landing is around 1:30 pm, but don’t procrastinate if you want to see them, because it could be earlier. (You can expect to see the Pirates back here three weeks after that, for the West Seattle Grand Parade on July 19!)

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