SEKIU — The 2011 Sekiu Fly-In turned out to be the best-attended in the event’s six-year history, said Brian Harmon, who served as a chef for the annual event.
Twenty-two private aircraft from around the area attended Saturday’s Memorial Day Weekend Fly-In Lunch from noon to 2 p.m., Harmon said.
That is double the past high mark of 11 planes, set just a few years ago, he said.
The Clallam Bay/Sekiu Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual event to coincide with the Swiftsure International Yacht Race out of Victoria on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
“It was gorgeous day,” said Harmon, a member of the chamber, co-owner of Chito Beach Resort and Beachin’ LLC and owner of Brian Harmon Photography.
“We had all kinds of airplanes,” he added, saying that most were from out of the area.
One was a late arrival.
“A gentleman from Diamond Point was in his hangar, and he kept hearing all these people going to Sekiu, so he showed up at 2:30 p.m., and we still fed him,” said Harmon, adding that some 100 burgers and hot dogs were served.
Proceeds went to the local disaster team of the Olympic Peninsula chapter of the American Red Cross.
Volunteers with the Red Cross, the Clallam Bay/Sekiu Fire Department and the chamber manned the event.
