Gallery: Everett host to Silver Lake Regatta mini hydroplane races

Seattle Outboard Association hosted their Silver Lake Regatta this weekend after last year’s annual hydroplane races on Silver Lake in south Everett were cancelled due to COVID-19. A one-day Regatta has been held annually on Silver Lake since 1954. This year’s regatta offered everything from 9-year-olds starting in their first hydroplane races to big names such as Albert Lee Cup winner J. Michael Kelly. While the weather wasn’t ideal, spectators braved the rain to watch and support the racers.

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Mini hydroplane racers in the junior class races prepare to head out on the water at Sliver Lake on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Kannon Cushing races his mini hydroplane through a rainstorm during the Seattle Outboard Association’s Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Harper Kelly-Moen and Carson Kelly high five after their races during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Katie Brown gets help from her father to secure her helmet before heading out to race on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Spectators watch as the hydroplanes race past the start during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

People prep their mini hydroplanes for racing before the start of the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Trevor McGregor talks with his father before the start of his race on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A spectator watches with binoculars as the hydroplanes make their first turn around the course during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Mitchell Sampson races around the first turn of the course during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Racers wait in the rain as people make their way into the pits during the on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Carson Kelly watches as racers make their way into the pits on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Sophia Vaillancourt sits in her mini hydroplane under an umbrella while her father, Dave Vaillancourt, holds her boat in place as they wait for her race to be announced on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Spectators watch races from the shelter of their canopy as a rainstorm passes through during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Torei McGregor navigates the first turn while being sprayed by another boats motor on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Water lilies bloom along the shore of Silver Lake during the regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Harper Kelly-Moen watches as racers come into the pits on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A racer holds onto his boat in the pits as a rainstorm passes through during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Torei McGregor, left, and Mitchell Sampson race around the first turn during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Spectators watch as racers make their way through the starting line on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Mini hydroplane racers in the junior class races prepare to head out on the water at Sliver Lake on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Kannon Cushing races his mini hydroplane through a rainstorm during the Seattle Outboard Association’s Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Harper Kelly-Moen and Carson Kelly high five after their races during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Katie Brown gets help from her father to secure her helmet before heading out to race on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Spectators watch as the hydroplanes race past the start during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

People prep their mini hydroplanes for racing before the start of the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Trevor McGregor talks with his father before the start of his race on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A spectator watches with binoculars as the hydroplanes make their first turn around the course during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Mitchell Sampson races around the first turn of the course during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Racers wait in the rain as people make their way into the pits during the on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Carson Kelly watches as racers make their way into the pits on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Sophia Vaillancourt sits in her mini hydroplane under an umbrella while her father, Dave Vaillancourt, holds her boat in place as they wait for her race to be announced on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Spectators watch races from the shelter of their canopy as a rainstorm passes through during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Torei McGregor navigates the first turn while being sprayed by another boats motor on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Water lilies bloom along the shore of Silver Lake during the regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Harper Kelly-Moen watches as racers come into the pits on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A racer holds onto his boat in the pits as a rainstorm passes through during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Torei McGregor, left, and Mitchell Sampson race around the first turn during the Silver Lake Regatta on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Spectators watch as racers make their way through the starting line on Saturday, June 5, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)