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SHIPS OF THE HARBOR

Special HarborTouring Boats

Get your tickets online now at HarborDays.com

Cruise the harbor or watch the tugboats race on the Mosquito Fleet Steam Ship Virginia V. Excursion sails on Budd Inlet on tall ship Lady Washington.

Private schooner charters up to 6 people.

Tickets sold in advance. Links at HarborDays.com.

Hurry as spots are limited and sell out quickly.

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF VINTAGE TUGBOAT RACING HOSTED AGAIN BY SOUTH SOUND MARITIME HERITAGE ASSOCIATION.

With gratitude and open hearts, the South Sound Maritime Heritages Association wants to thank the thousands of tugboat, workboat, military, and historic vessel skippers, captains and crews who have set a course to Olympia and navigated the waterways of the Puget Sound to create the annual fleet of ships for 50 years. It is estimated that over 1,000 vessels, many multiple times, have travelled to historical Percival Landing and graced our docks with their presence, sharing their history, and participating in the walk aboard show and the historic and World’s Largest and Longest Running Vintage Tugboat Races.

Olympia Harbor Days was established in 1974 with a small gathering of tugboats and other historic vessels. The first organized tugboat race was held in 1975. In 1978 downtown merchants, artists and musicians created a companion shoreside event known as HarborFair. By 1983 both events were combined into one festival with the logo, designed by Karla and Chuck Fowler, to have a dual purpose as identity for the festival and as recognition and a coveted award for the attending vintage tugs and skippers. The tugboat in the logo changes annually. To become a “Logo Boat” the tugboat had to have been the oldest tug in attendance the prior year that had not previously been awarded the title. The logo is displayed on publicity materials, shirts and hats, and other festival merchandise.

Over the years the festival has provided the platform to an estimated 10,000 or more local and regional groups including: artists, businesses, captains, crafters, entertainers, food vendors, musicians, nonprofits, skippers, and more. The annual festival creates a place for them to share their work, lives, history, businesses, and passions with the community. The community receives a fun weekend filled with features for the whole family to enjoy, making the memories that live events create.

The South Sound Maritime Heritage Association, currently the host of Olympia Harbor Days, was one of the founders of the event. Other founders and stakeholders included the City of Olympia, the Port of

Olympia, the Historical Society, the Olympia Downtown Alliance, and many others who still support the iconic maritime heritage festival today. We specifically want to shout out to the Olympia Kiwanis Club and Foundation who hosted the event for eight years.

And thank you to two more amazing groups: the Sponsors and Community Partners of Olympia Harbor Days whose generous donations have supported the festival and kept Olympia Harbor Days a free to the community event for 50 years and still counting. The second group is the community of volunteers from all over Thurston County who assist with set up, check in, greeting, the tugboat races, take down and clean up year after year –your strength and commitment is to be admired.

And last but not least, a huge thank you to those that travel near and far to enjoy and celebrate the end of the summer along the beautiful waterfront of Olympia.

We hope you enjoy this year’s Olympia Harbor Days 50th Celebration!

Olympia Harbor Days

Friday, September 1, 2023 - 5pm-9:30pm

Saturday, September 2, 2023 - 10am-7pm

Sunday, September 3, 2023 - 10am-6pm

Info@HarborDays.com - For information about this year’s 50th Olympia Harbor Days celebration events September 1-3, 2023.

MaritimeOly.org - For a more information about South Sound Maritime Heritage Association (SSMHA), membership, and an extensive history of Olympia Harbor Days.

DONATIONS

Help keep the tugboats coming to Olympia - fueled by your support. Please join the community and the South Sound Maritime Heritage Association to help keep Olympia Harbor Days a FREE family festival with a suggested donation of $5 a person or $10 per family. Donations in the yellow collection boxes at the festival or online at HarborDays.com. Thank You!

FREE PARKING

Self park on the east grassy gravel lot at Market St. and Marine Dr. east of the Farmers Market. On street parking and private lots may also be available for a fee. Please, no event parking at the Olympia Farmers Market.

PLACES TO STAY

Visit HarborDays.com for links to our partner hotels.

TRAVELING BY BOAT?

Please note that the Port Plaza and Percival Landing docks are reserved exclusively for tugboats and vessels registered to participate in Olympia Harbor Days. Thank you for your understanding.

CONSIDER RIDING THE BUS

Visit Intercity Transit for routes and schedules.

STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE SCHEDULE AND SAVE TO YOUR PHONE. All activities subject to change.

Photo credit: OHD Archives

Photo Credit – OHD Archives

LIVE MUSIC LINEUP AT THE PORT PLAZA TOWER STAGE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

PORT PLAZA - MARITIME DISCOVERY PARK activities

The Just Clark Band (Americana folk) - 5:15pm-8:00pm

Amira’s Belly Dancers (Illuminated Mid-East Dance) - 8:00pm-9:30pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Rainier Riff (Jazz, rock, country, folk) - 10:00am-11:30am

Zumba (Dance) - 12:00pm-1:30pm

Mukana Marimba (Marimba) - 2:00pm-3:00pm

Coast Salish Tribal (Drumming & Dance) - 3:00pm-5:00pm

Tone Roller (Classic rock) - 5:30pm-7:00pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

JT Underwood (Folk) - 10:00am-11:30am

Erich R Ebel’s Maritime History Talk - 12:00pm-12:45pm

Budd Bay Sea Shanty Singers (Sea Shanty) - 12:45pm-1:45pm

Fisher Poets (Poetry/Song) - 2:00pm-3:00pm

Choro Tomorrow (Brazilian) - 3:30pm-5:00pm

Samba Olywa Pirates (Samba) - 5:00pm-6:00pm

The Maritime Washington National Heritage Area is a region-wide partnership program that strengthens, shares, and connects our state’s maritime communities. The many peoples and organizations along Washington’s saltwater shorelines often have limited opportunity to collaborate and celebrate their vibrant maritime cultures.

Anchor organizations in Thurston County are the South Sound Maritime Heritage Association, Experience Olympia and Beyond, the Port of Olympia and the City of Olympia. www.maritmewa.org

At the Dock

• Capital Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & ElectricShips of the Harbor

• Harbor tours Virginia V, Lady Washington (see page 8 for info)

• Schooner Charters (see page 8 for info)

• Sailing and Kayaking on water experiences

At the Plaza

• Squaxin Island Tribe History, Museum and Cultural Sharings – beading, carving, weaving, drumming, and dance

• Remote controlled tugboats demonstrations and displays

• Olympia Model Sailors remote control sailboats regattas and teachings

• Maritime Arts

• Marlinspiking & knot tying

• Arbutus Folk School – scrimshaw (Sat 10am-5pm)

• Tug Dominion Foundation - caulking, line throwing and workboat Pud

• Boat Building Demo with Dr. Lisa Parshley and two wherry shells

• Civil Air Patrol info booth

• Port of Olympia info booth

• Olympia Community Sailing info and sailboat kits

• Olympia Parks Kayaking info booth

• Mini Tugs - Chauny C and Jane B

• Exploring Maritime Washington book signing

• Maritime Washington National Heritage Area info booth

Kid’s Activities

Hands on Children’s Museum make, race, and take tugboats

NW Beerwerks

Beer Garden

beer / wine / cider

SEAPORT FOOD G’ALLEY

Breakthrough Hulihuli: Polynesian BBQ chicken and ribs

Family Education & Support Services: make your own smoothie bike

Johnson Insurance Solutions: Hamburgers

Puget Sound Pizza: Pizza & cheeseballs

The Village Perk: Coffee, espresso, redbull, cannoli

Unas Kettle Corn: Kettle corn and lemonade

Makers Market & Market Place

Get a start on your holiday shopping at Olympia Harbor Days – there is something for everyone on your list.

Unique Handmade Arts and Crafts

Find our four Makers Markets with the creative offerings from over 100 local and regional artists on 4th Ave/Kiss Statue, the Percival Prominade, Columbia Street, the Mother Hood Statue on the boardwalk, and Areas A B C D.

Local Business Services and Importers

Stroll the boardwalk booths from State Street to the Harbor House, Area G, to view offerings of goods and services. Enter the contest for a weekend getaway from radio station KXXO MIXX 96.1 at Row Plaza, the newest area at Olympia Harbor Days.

LIVE MUSIC LINEUP FOR PERCIVAL LANDING MAIN STAGE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

Squaxin Island Tribal Blessing / Opening 5:00pm-5:15pm

Mick Hart and the Classic Vinyl Band (Classic rock) 5:15pm-8:00pm

Beluga (Calypso) - 8:15pm-9:30pm

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Cosmos Dream (Acoustic) - 10:00am-11:30am

Funk Town Blues Band (Blues) - 12:00pm-1:45pm

River Ridge Taiko Ensemble (Japanese Drumming) 2:15pm-3:00pm

Jim Page (Folk) - 3:30pm-5:00pm

The Oly Mountain Boys (Blue Grass) 5:30pm-7:00pm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

Cavort (Celtic) - 10:00am-11:30am

Linda Carroll & Retro Grüve (Blues, soul, swing, jump) 12:00pm-1:30pm

Selassie Ites (Reggae) - 2:00pm-3:30pm

Rich Wetzel / Groovin Higher Orch. (Jazz) 4:00pm-5:45pm

Squaxin Island Tribal Blessing / Closing 5:45pm-6:00pm

MARITIME DISCOVERY PARK

At the Dock

• Tugboats &Workboats Walk Aboard Show (Sat 10am - 5pm)

• Tarry Not II - 30 Minute Harbor Tours ($12 at the dock)

Kids Activities:

• Heritage Bank’s Lego Harbor Build

• Build the OHD Logo in Legos

• Facepainting, Henna Tattoos, Balloon Artist

• Pirate Captain Patch High Seas Adventure Stories

• Puppets Shows (Sat/Sun at Row Plaza)

• Amazon of Olympia as Wonder Woman (Sat Noon – 2pm)

• Touch Tank (Sun 10am – 1pm)

• Puget Sound Estuarium Marine Center (Sat/Sun)

• Make a Pirate Hat with the Lakefair Princess (Sun 11am – 2pm)

• Kids Zone Fun – Cornhole, Jenga, Hula Hoops and more (Sat/Sun)

Maritime Discovery Park

• Main Stage

• Mini Tugs Smitty J and Kathy M

• Dragon Boat Club and Experiences

• Tugboat Art in the Making – Sand Sculpture, Chainsaw Carving (Fri/Sat), Stone Relief, Lego Model Tug

• Sand Carving Contest (Sun only Midway Stage E)

• Olympia Area Rowing (Sat only)

• Childhood’s End Plein Air Painters (Sat only)

• Photo Ops with Love Oly Heart (C) and Tuggy the Tugboat (G)

• Lucky Eagle Casino’s Traditional Tribal Cedar Smoked Salmon on Columbia St

• Sweetlee’s Ice Cream on Columbia St

PERCIVAL LANDING

Along the Boardwalk,

Prominade and Columbia Street:

• Harbor House Information Center, Art Gallery & Book Store

• Guest Artist at the Harbor House Christina Morrison – Painting the Tugboats of BC’s West Coast

• Night Market in Areas ABCD (Fri 8:00pm-9:30pm)

• Wings Aerial Acrobats (Illuminated aerial show).

• Squaxin Island Tribe Enterprises &Tribal Canoe

• Roaming Minstrals – Barbershop, Calypso, Sea Shanty Singing Pirates (days and times vary)

• Pirate Stilt Walker (Sat & Sun only)

• Olympia Harbor Days Logo Merch –Hats, T’s, Hoodies (while supplies last)

• Olympia Highlanders Bagpipes and Drums (Sun Noon – 1:00pm)

• Two Town Sound Quartet (Sun 2:00pm-3:00pm)

• Two Town Tuners (Fri 6:30pm-7:30pm, Sat 1:00pm-2:00pm)

FOOD G’ALLEY

• Bulgogi Hustle: Asian bowls

• Calvery Catering: Polish & German sausage

• Carlson Catering: Burgers, gyros, dogs, phillys, fries, lemonade

• Crabby’s Crab Cakes and Seafood Delights: Crab cakes and rolls

• Cute Dumplings: Dumplings, bao buns, shish-kabob, bubble tea

• Jert An Tingz: Jamaican BBQ chicken!

• Little Creek Casino: Open pit cedar smoked salmon

• Little O’s Donuts: Cinnamon & sugar mini donuts

• Mr Roasties: Roasted corn and Elote

• OlymPITA: Middle Eastern falafel, shawarma, and hummus

• Oyster Boys: Asian bbq oysters, shrimp or porkbellie tacos, shaved ice

• Sweet Dreams: 20 flavors gourmet cotton candy & caramel apples

• Sweetlee’s Ice Cream: homemade ice cream, vegan options

• Tacos la Esquinita: Tacos, burritos, tamales

• Tony’s Ynot Italian Ice: Ital Ice, sodas, slushies, pretzels, lemonade

MIDWAY E

Friday Sept 1 - 5:00pm-8:00pm

Saturday Sept 2 - 10:00am-7:00pm

Chainsaw Carving by Grizzly Artwork

Have you ever seen a chainsaw carving of a tugboat? Well, this year Grizzly Artwork is going to carve a tugboat into a plank of cedar.

Sunday Sept 3 - 11:00am-4:00pm

Quick Carve Contest with Form Finders

Sand Carving returns to OHD. Watch master sand carvers from Form Finders carve a giant tugboat sculpture on the Percival Promenade near the Food G’Alley Friday & Saturday. Sunday it is available for great photo ops while the carvers head to the Midway Stage on the boardwalk to compete in the famous Sand Quick-Carve Contest.

2023 Fleet Puget Sound Tugboats – Percival Landing

R. W. CONFER (1930) SKIPPER/OWNER JEFF WANNER

SAND MAN (1910) SKIPPER/OWNER SAND MAN FOUNDATION

ATKA (1975) SKIPPER/OWNER ALAN GLASSER

K DEZELLE (2019) SKIPPER/OWNER TIM LAUR

CHIPPEWA (1943) SKIPPER/OWNER JEFF MINCHEFF

COMANCHE (1944) SKIPPER/OWNER JESSIE SCHWARTZ

FAVORITE (1937) SKIPPER/OWNER JAN CARLSON

GALENE (1943) SKIPPER/OWNER SKIP SUTTMEIER

2005 LOGO BOAT

2006 LOGO BOAT 1983 LOGO BOAT

DANNI K (1916) SKIPPER/OWNER DAN CADMAN

2019 LOGO BOAT

TUGZILLA (2019) SKIPPER/OWNER SAM DEVLIN

CREOSOTE (1921) SKIPPER/OWNER ROBERT WOHLEB

2007 LOGO BOAT

2013 LOGO BOAT

THISTLE DEW (1986) SKIPPER/OWNER TOM BLACKWOOD

LILLIAN S (1912) SKIPPER/OWNER DAVE MINSHALL

2023 1/4 SCALE MINI-TUGS

Dr Robert Peck of Olympia has built the award winning incredible mini tug fleet seen at the festival and in many area parades. Find them on trailers around the festival.

HARBOR WORKBOATS

PELICAN REASERCH VESSEL

JOHN SYLVESTER/ PATRICK BURNS VETERAN FISHING TENDER

GUY HOPPEN, PAT LAPP

Logo Boat Story – Tug Chippewa

Tugboat Chippewa, built in 1943 for the U.S. Navy, is the logo boat of the 2023 50th Celebration. She was one of the last wooden tugs built in Puget Sound and served during World War II in Alaska. After the war, the tug was sold to Foss Launch & Tugboat Co. and was renamed Roland Foss. In 1976 she was sold and again worked in Alaska for over a decade and later renamed Donald R. and participated in Harbor Days in the 1980s. She was most recently purchased by Jeff Mincheff who homeports her in Tacoma. Chippewa is 85’ long with a beam of 22’ and a draft of 12’. Learn more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyzjpd2T-18;ab_channel=SteveBloom.

TORTUGA FISHING TROLLER PHIL SHIVELEY

OLYMPIA HARBOR DAYS

50years and the tugs & ships keep coming! Olympia Harbor Days hosts the largest and longest running gathering of the Vintage Tugboats of the Puget Sound for a Walk Aboard Show and the last of the Vintage Tug Races on the West Coast. Donation boxes are located by the tug viewing area. Please show your support to keep the tugs coming to Olympia Harbor Days. Thank you for your donations!

SHIPS OF THE HARBOR AT PORT PLAZA DOCK

See Olympia from the Water!

Sailing Excursions, Budd Inlet Harbor Tours & Race Viewing. Book your passage or make reservations now at www.HarborDays.com

TUGBOAT SHOW & TOURS

Saturday, September 2nd • 10:00am to 5:00pm

Kids and adults can climb, crawl, and lookout from the wheel house of the tugs in the show.

PROCESSION OF THE TUGBOATS TO THE RACES

Sunday, September 3rd • 12:00pm

Watch as these powerful vessels leave port for the races in the deep channel of Budd Inlet.

WORLD’S LARGEST VINTAGE TUGBOAT RACES

Sunday, September 3rd • 12:30pm

This is where excitement and competition runs high. Watch out for the mighty wake they leave behind as they pour on the power. Sorry, races cannot be seen from Percival Landing or the Port Plaza.

FAMILY FRIENDLY RACE VIEWING

Tickets: HarborDays.com

A limited number of tickets to watch the races aboard the Virginia V can be purchased through links at HarborDays.com, VirginiaV.org or at the festival until sold out. Bring a lunch aboard. Light refreshments available for purchase. Local KXXO 96.1 radio personality, Ty Flint will commentate the races.

Tall Ship Lady Washington

the Washington State tall ship, built in 1986, from Grays Harbor Historical Seaport offers sailing excursions daily.

Steam Ship Virginia V is an historic Mosquito Fleet Puget Sound Passenger Ferry built In 1922 residing on Lake Union, Seattle –Excursions daily.

Schooner Pterodactyl offers a variety of flat rate two-hour charters for up to 6 people over the weekend.

Schooner Pleiades can take 2 to 6 passengers on a per person fee for two-hour sailings, often cruising with Lady Washington.

Traditional Tribal Canoe

Traditional canoes were the primary transportation for Northwest Coast Salish Tribes along the vast waterways of the Salish Sea/ Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean, and remain in use for cultural gatherings and ceremonies.

Tarry Not II is a 1924 mail boat and small

The Port of Olympia is committed to serving as a model of environmental sustainability. Learn more at PortOlympia.com

Doing

good is part of our DNA.

Special Thanks to our Community Partners!

They are all Lifesavers!

TRIBAL PARTNERS

Squaxin Island Tribe / Little Creek Casino Resort, Chehalis Tribe / Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel, Nisqually Tribe / Red Wind Casino

BUSINESS PARTNERS

Capital Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electric, Washington’s Lottery, OlyFed, OSG Dozing, 1st Security Bank, TAS, Olympia Yacht Club, City of Olympia, Port of Olympia, Anthonys Restaurants, Budd Bay Café, Umpqua Bank, Heritage Bank, J Squared Investments, The Oyster House

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

Anthony’s Homeport, Northwest Promotions, Celebrations, Childhood’s End Gallery, Fashionably Frank Marketing, Urban Olympia, The Rants Group, Quality Storage, Dana Maher CPA PS, Seattle Media Lab, Seifert Law Offices, Shanna Paxton Photography, Stormans Bayview & Thriftway, Rainier Dodge, BeBold Marketing, City of Olympia LTAC, Olympia Downtown Alliance, ShowCase Media, Skye Lites, Thurston County LTAC, the Peeler Family, Timberland Bank, Hearthfire Grill

MARITIME PARTNERS

Brusco Tug & Barge, WestBay Marina

Fiddlehead Marina, ILWU Local #47

MEDIA PARTNERS

KXXO 96.1FM, KNKX 88.5FM

The Olympian/The News Tribune

Epoch Times/KQES 101.9FM

Showcase Media

HOTEL PARTNERS

DoubleTree by Hilton, Great Wolf Lodge, Red Lion Inn & Suites, Governor House

FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL

The Smyth Family, Capital Lakefair, Olympia Harbor Patrol, Pacific Stage, Experience Olympia & Beyond, Procession of the Species / Earthbound Productions, Puget Sound Estuarium, Hands On Children’s Museum, Retired Tugboat Association, Knot for Sail, Oly AHA, OPD & OFD.

Preserving THE Parthia

Plans for the historic tugboat Parthia maritime attraction and a new Tugboat Heritage Walk at Percival Landing are underway. A longtime participant in the Harbor Days tug festival and races, Parthia previously worked in the Olympia harbor for 40 years. She first towed and docked ships at the Port for Delta V. Smyth Tugs & Barges and later for what is now Foss Maritime. But under private ownership, Parthia sank in Hood Canal in early August 2017 and was donated to the South Sound Maritime Heritage Association (SSMHA) for restoration and shoreside public exhibit.

Together with Olympia’s historic tug Sand Man, the two historic icons of Olympia’s working waterfront history will be part of a new year-around “Tugboat Heritage Walk” (THW) attraction of the new Maritime Washington Maritime National Heritage Area (MWNHA) who will have a booth at the Port Plaza. To learn more about the Parthia and Tugboat Heritage Walk projects, and to donate, stop by the Harbor House on Percival Landing, see www.maritimeoly.org or write SSMHA at P.O. Box 2351, Olympia WA 98501.