Organizers for the first Waterfront Day declared it a success as participants paddled, sailed and/or danced with smiles.
See photos from the event here.
Visitors packed the John Wayne Marina Sept. 15 for a day on or near the water. Waterfront Day ran in conjunction with Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s annual Reach and Row for Hospice, which in its tenure has raised nearly $360,000 in 25-plus years for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County to help families pay for hospice workers to assist with respite care.
This year, the event added rowing to its activities with 21 entries along with nine sailboats in the afternoon sailing race.
Fundraising results were not available by press time, but last year’s event raised nearly $28,000 and organizers set the goal to beat that total.
Waterfront Day organizers said rowers had calm waters in the morning in Sequim Bay while later in the day the wind picked up for sailors.
Whether or not to continue Waterfront Day as an annual venture hasn’t been discussed yet among sponsors the Port of Port Angeles and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, organizers said.
Nearly 30 booths set up for the event as live music played throughout the day.
Sand sculpture artist Kali Bradford completed her piece “The Artful Sailor” during the event with help from her grandsons Jeremiah and Alexander Schroeder, too.
For more information on the John Wayne Marina, visit https://portofpa.com/186/John-Wayne-Marina.
Siblings, from left, Raven Taylor, Fiona Burk and Dublin Burk of Port Angeles wave to their mom Gina Burk as she rides in from the Reach and Row for Hospice fundraiser in Sequim Bay last Saturday. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
Kali Bradford looks to finish the face of her “Artful Sailor” sand sculpture on Sept. 15 at the John Wayne Marina for Waterfront Day with help from her grandsons Jeremiah and Alexander Schroeder. “He’s a sailor fighting a storm obviously on his way home,” she said. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
Chris Jafay of “Dun Rite” fish filleting shows a small crowd his work on the docks at the John Wayne Marina during Waterfront Day on Sept. 15. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
This year’s Reach and Row for Hospice featured nine sailboats along with 21 rowers throughout Waterfront Day at John Wayne Marina and Sequim Bay on Sept. 15. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
This year’s Reach and Row for Hospice featured nine sailboats along with 21 rowers throughout Waterfront Day at John Wayne Marina and Sequim Bay on Sept. 15. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
Skipper Rudy Hessels (second from right) and the crew of Wind Child celebrate a Division A win at the 2018 Reach for the Hospice on Sept. 15. Submitted photo
Celebrating a Division B win at the 2018 Reach for the Hospice on Sept. 15 is the crew of Malolo; skipper Alaan Clark is second from right. Submitted photo
Winners of the 2018 Row for Hospice on Sept. 15 include competitors with the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association Juniors team. Twenty-two entries and 54 people participated in the rowing portion of last week’s activities that included the Reach for Hospice sailboat races and Waterfront Day activities, event organizers said. Submitted photo
