Harley Marine Seattle Maritime Festival Free Family Fun Day on Saturday, May 12, at the Seattle Maritime Academy Features More than 30 Free, Hands-on Experience Maritime Activities

    SEATTLE, WA, May 03, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Want to learn to pilot a tugboat or a ferry boat? Take a free Argosy Ship Canal Tour? Try your hand at welding? Fire an emergency flare? Or be in a Survival Suit Race?

Those are part of the free hands-on activities planned for the Harley Marine Seattle Maritime Festival Family Fun Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, at Ballard's Seattle Maritime Academy, 4455 Shilshole Ave NW – just east of the Ballard Bridge. (Map below). The Seattle Maritime Academy is part of Seattle Central College.

In addition to the Experience Maritime Activities, there will be music on the Port of Seattle/KEXP Entertainment Stage, Argosy Ship Canal tours, food trucks, fire boat tours, photo booth, and other events. The festival, which is Seattle's largest maritime industry celebration, is presented by the Seattle Propeller Club and Port of Seattle, with Harley Marine.

"Family Fun Day is a tremendous opportunity to experience the maritime industry and learn about the incredibly important role it plays in the region," said Susan Chesney, President of the Seattle Propeller Club and National Sales Manager for National Fisherman magazine.

The full schedule of all the free family fun can be found here.

Experience Maritime Activities
Free Argosy Ship Canal Tours - 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. - Presented by the Port of Seattle
Pilot a workboat at the full mission bridge simulator and engine room - Seattle Maritime Academy
Kids – Build your own boat! - Center for Wooden Boats
Ballard Locks - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Oceanography - NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Damage Control Trailer - U.S. Coast Guard
Try your hand at tossing a heaving line and a life ring - Seattle Maritime Academy
Learn about the Schooner Adventuress - Sound Experience
Abandon Ship! – Learn about the 7 steps of survival at sea - Seattle Maritime Academy
How to use flares and emergency signals - NPFVOA
ROV demonstration - Port of Seattle
Join in Survival Suits Races - Compass Course and Seattle Maritime Academy with Fisheries Supply
Salish Sea Expeditions
Vessel Traffic Monitoring System - Marine Exchange of Puget Sound
Learn about nautical charting - NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey
Knot Tying – Sea Scouts, Seattle Maritime Academy and Northwest Marine Trade Association
Life Boat Display - Compass Courses Maritime Training
Dive Team - Port of Seattle
Sea Scouts
Washington Sea Grant
NOAA Diving and Photography
Oil Removal Demonstration - Global Diving and Salvage
Say Hi to a Fish - NOAA Fisheries
Nordic Heritage Museum
NOAA Age and Growth Program

Port of Seattle / KEXP Entertainment Stage
Noon – 12:45 p.m. The Not-Its!
1:15 - 2 p.m. Knut Bell and the Blue Collars
2:30 – 3:15 p.m. The Knast

Special Events
Water Display - Seattle Fire Department, 11:15 a.m.
Tour a Seattle Fire Department Fireboat
Tour a U.S. Coast Guard vessel – on the plaza
Evergrey Photo Booth

Food Trucks
Trident Seafoods' Fin and Fork
Full Tilt Ice Cream
Secret Sausage

Other Displays
Port of Seattle
Seattle Propeller Club and Festival Information Booth
Youth Maritime Collaborative

All events subject to change.

The Seattle Maritime Festival and the Maritime Matters campaign are sponsored by a unique partnership between business, labor, industry associations and government.

Presenting Sponsors - Seattle Propeller Club, Port of Seattle, and Harley Marine Services.

Industry Sponsors - Crowley Maritime and Foss Maritime.

Supporting Sponsors - The Northwest Seaport Alliance. Seattle Maritime Academy - Seattle Central College, and Vigor.

Industry Partners – Columbia Bank, Compass Courses, Global Diving & Salvage, Island Tug and Barge, Jones Stevedoring, Manson Construction, Marine Exchange of Puget Sound, Maxum Petroleum, Markey Machinery, International WorkBoat Show/WorkBoat magazine, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, Pacific Marine Expo/National Fisherman, SSA Marine | Carrix, Puget Sound Pilots, Washington Chain and Supply, and Western Towboat.

Industry Supporters - American Seafoods Group, Argosy Cruises, Bauer Moynihan Johnson, Fisheries Supply, Pacific Seafood Processors Association, Port of Everett, Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen, Track Your Truck & Straight North, Transportation Institute, and West Coast Insulation.

Maritime Friends - American Waterways Operators, Ballard High School Maritime Academy, Center of Excellence, Marine Manufacturing & Technology, Skagit Valley College, The Center for Wooden Boats, Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County, King County Maritime, Lake Union Working Group, Manufacturing Industrial Council, Marine Exchange of Puget Sound, Maritime Folknet, Museum of History & Industry, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North Seattle Industrial Association, Northwest Marine Trade Association, Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, Northwest Seaport, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, Puget Sound Maritime, Puget Sound Ports Council, Maritime Trades Department AFL-CIO, Sailors' Union of the Pacific, Sea Scouts, Seattle FIREBOAT Duwamish, Seattle Marine Business Coalition, Seattle Maritime Academy, Seattle Propeller Club, Tacoma Propeller Club, Transportation Institute, Virginia V Foundation, Youth Maritime Training Association, Washington Maritime, Washington Maritime Federation, WorkBoat Maintenance & Repair Conference and Expo, and Youth Maritime Collaborative.

Media Partners – KOMO Television, KEXP Radio, KIRO Radio, The Evergrey, National Fisherman, and WorkBoat Magazine.

About the Seattle Propeller Club
The Seattle Propeller Club is Seattle's premier and largest maritime membership organization. The Club represent all sectors of the commercial marine industry and coordinates a year-round schedule of luncheon programs, marketing activities and special events. www.SeattlePropellerClub.org

About the Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle manages international trade and travel in King County and operates harbor facilities and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. www.PortSeattle.org

About the Seattle Maritime Academy
Part of the Seattle Colleges, the Academy provides the classroom instruction and hands-on training on working vessels that you need to prepare for a career in the regional and global maritime industry. www.maritime.seattlecentral.edu

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