(UPDATED 9:13 PM with 15 more photos, including 3 more aerials!)
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(Aerial views of Pirates’ Landing by Long Bach Nguyen; click each photo to see a larger image)
The Seafair Pirates have landed!
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(That photo and next 2 are by WSB’s Patrick Sand)
More than anything, their annual Alki arrival is about the kids. And the photo ops. And more kids.
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And the occasional politician.
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LOTS more photos and video to come, of course. And though a cloudburst has dampened things post-landing, the beach festivities are scheduled to continue for a few more hours – the sun might just make a comeback.
P.S. Before they landed, the pirates tell us, they took time to remember last year’s Captain Kidd, the late Rusty Harper, with a wreath thrown toward the briny deep of Puget Sound.
ADDED 3:01 PM: Thanks to Alki photographer David Hutchinson for the next three views of the Pirates’ boisterous beach approach:
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Still adding more. The Pirates will be back in West Seattle for the Grand Parade on July 19th, by the way … if not sooner.
ADDED 9:13 PM: So much more to see. Here’s the crowd on the ground:
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(That photo and others from here are by WSB’s Patrick Sand unless otherwise credited)
Here’s another view from the sky:
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(Photo by Long Bach Nguyen)
Even with all those people, there were some singular moments – like this pirate fan who wanted to be first out in the water to greet them:
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Others were more content to sit and wait … and sit some more:
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The clouds menaced:
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One pirate was ready:
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Another just stuck with the sword:
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And then there were some modern, uh, weapons:
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Back up on stage, was this the key to the city?
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Or maybe the ignition key for Moby Duck?
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All over the beach, people were making new friends, like this possible future Hi-Yu candidate who posed with royalty:
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This one too:
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All the while, the battle for Alki raged … we think:
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Some watched from a distance:
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(That photo and next by Long Bach Nguyen)
And one last look at that crowd – note the pole-vaulting east of Alki Bathhouse:
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Tomorrow, the Pirates will be part of the Pride Parade downtown.
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