Renton Sailing Club in Parade of Boats

Published 11:06 am Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Renton Sailing Club will have two sailing boats in Sunday’s opening day of the boating season in Seattle.

The theme of this year’s Parade of Boats is the Wild, Wild West. The opening day is sponsored annually by the Seattle Yacht Club.

The parade begins at noon through the Montlake Cut near the University of Washington campus and State Route 520. The parade route will close to all boat traffic at 9:40 a.m. Before the parade, at 10:05 a.m. is a Dragon Boat exhibition, followed by crew races.

The parade route reopens to all boat traffic at 3 p.m.