The best seat at Seafair is your own bow. Someone else should be at the helm.
Your boat, our captain, flat rate. Event dates are the first to fill — request yours early.
The log boom at Genesee Park is the single hardest day of the year to run a boat on Lake Washington: rafting to strangers, anchoring in a crowd, wakes from every direction, and a no-fly-zone schedule that shuts down movement for hours. It's also the best party of the summer.
We handle the boat — early positioning, boom tie-up, fenders and lines, holding station through the airshow, and the slow-motion exit with a thousand other boats — while you host your crew.
How the day runs
We plan the day
Departure time, fuel, moorage strategy, and a boom position plan based on when you want to arrive. Early boom spots go fast — we'll tell you honestly what your timing gets you.
You host, we drive
From your dock or launch to the boom and back after the hydros. Coolers, guests, music — your day. Lines, anchors, traffic — ours.
Everyone gets home
The post-Seafair exodus is bumper-to-bumper on the water and most of it has been drinking. Your captain hasn't.
Seafair Log Boom questions
How do you tie up to the Seafair log boom?
Boom spots are first-come. You approach slowly bow-in, tie to the boom itself with bow lines, set fenders on both sides, and raft to neighbors as the row fills. It's tight-quarters boat handling next to strangers' gelcoat — exactly the situation a professional at the helm is for.
Can we drink if you're driving?
Your guests can. Washington's BUI law applies to whoever is operating the boat — that's us, and we don't drink on the job.
What time should we get to the log boom?
For a boom-front spot, morning. The airshow closure typically locks boat traffic mid-day, so we plan arrival and departure around the Blue Angels window.