Unlimited Light Hydro Champ Kayleigh Perkins to
talk safety at Boats Afloat Show
Contact:
McQuaid & Co. Strategic Communications
Mike McQuaid
206-262-7301
Sept. 13, 2008
Free kids life jackets and
galley-style cooking demos by NW chefs
SEATTLE, Seattle’s Lake Union Boats Afloat Show heads into its final day on
Sunday with a guest appearance by champion hydroplane driver Kayleigh Perkins
of the unlimited lights Miss Boat Electric Team, free life jackets and sailboat
rides for the kids and on-board cooking demonstrations by noted Northwest chefs
from Daniel’s Broiler and Chandler’s Crab House. The show is open on Sunday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Throughout the week, late summer sun and boating bargains have attracted
over 7,500 boating enthusiasts to South Lake Union, including over 3,300 on
Saturday, to explore the 260 yachts on display from brokers in Washington,
Oregon, California, Florida and British Columbia, Canada.
On Sunday, the 20-year-old Perkins of Black Diamond, Wash., one of the
world’s few female drivers in high-performance motor sports and the 2007
unlimited lights national champion, will be on hand along with her 833 h.p.
Miss Boat Electric hydroplane to talk boating safety and sign autographs.
“Boating has always been major family sport for us,” said Perkins, who cut
her teeth in a hydroplane racing ā€“ and pleasure boating family. “My parents
were really careful with us around the water. We always had a rule - that if
you wanted to be on deck, you had to have your life jacket on.”¯
Perkins, who will be speaking at 3 p.m. on boating safety and her success
racing the lights, a lighter, more athletic version of the classic unlimited
hydroplanes, has the following boating safety tips for kids and their families:
1. Always wear a life jacket, they’re cool, 2. Be able to swim, 3. Don’t run on
the docks and 4. Always be a courteous boater.