Sun shines bright on Sunday hydro action at Seattle’s Seafair

Originally published August 4, 2019 at 4:38 pmUpdated August 5, 2019 at 11:33 pm

It was a picture perfect start for the final race of the HomeStreet Bank Cup. From left, Andrew Tate in U-1 Delta/Real Trac, Jimmy Shane in Miss HomeStreet, Jamie Nilsen driving U-11 J&D’s presented by Reliable Diamond Tool, and far right J. Michael Kelly driving U-12. Graham Trucking (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Blue Angels jets fly low over Lake Washington on Sunday. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

In the final race of the day, the HomeStreet Bank Cup goes to J. Michael Kelly driving his Graham Trucking hydro (with a replacement fiberglass cowl from another boat), was declared the winner 60 minutes after the end of the race on a penality. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

J. Michael Kelly of U-12 Graham Trucking presents Beacon Plumbing gets a pat on the back from a pit crew member after his H1 Unlimited Heat 2A at Seafair on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

In Heat 3A, driver J. Michael Kelly hits rough water in the south turn, leaving his propeller exposed briefly. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

A hydro fan holds a piece of J. Michael Kelly’s boat, the U-12 Graham Trucking, which had the cowling come off during the H1 Unlimited Heat 3A at Seafair on Sunday on Lake Washington in Seattle. The fan was taking it to have Kelly autograph it. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Jimmy Shane of U-6 Miss HomeStreet, celebrates as his crew cheers from the dock, after winning the Unlimited Hydroplane 2019 HomeStreet Bank Cup H1 final at Seafair on Sunday at the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington. He later lost the victory because of a penalty. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Jimmy Shane, center, of U-6 Miss HomeStreet, celebrates after winning the Unlimited Hydroplane 2019 HomeStreet Bank Cup H1 final at Seafair on Sunday at the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington in Seattle. At left is Andrew Tate of U-1 Delta/RealTrac who came in second, and at right is Jamie Nilsen of U-11 J&D’s presented by Reliable Diamond Tool, who came in third. Shane was stripped of the title because of a penalty an hour after the race. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

The log boom was crowded with boats and boaters on Sunday. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Jamie Nilsen in the U-11 J&D’s presented by Reliable Diamond Tool gives a fist pump to his pit crew after winning the H1 Unlimited Heat 2B, at Seafair on Sunday, seen from the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Onlookers have a view of the Stan Sayres Pits, where cranes lift hydros into and out of Lake Washington at Seafair on Sunday in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Jamie Nilsen in the U-11 J&D’s presented by Reliable Diamond Tool is hugged by a pit crew member after winning the H1 Unlimited Heat 2B, at Seafair on Sunday, seen from the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

A dejected Jeff Bernard sits on his hydro Oberto after going dead during Heat 2B in the south turn Sunday. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Heat 2B Driver Jamie Nilsen pilots his boat, J&D’s presented by Reliable Diamond Tool, to first place in Heat 2B. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Jeff Bernard in the U-1918 Oberto Super Salami didn’t finish the race, seen at the south turn during the H1 Unlimited Heat 2B at Seafair on Sunday. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Jamie Nilsen in the J&D’s presented by Reliable Diamond Tool (foreground), is on his way to winning the H1 Unlimited Heat 2B, as he takes the lead from Jeff Bernard in the U-1918 Oberto Super Salami, heading into the south turn at Seafair on Sunday, seen from the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

The green flag starts a hydro race while a drone operator, left, flies one for the photo finish at Seafair on Sunday on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

In Heat 3A, J. Michael Kelly’s engine cowl came loose, getting stuck at the back of the boat and melting from the heat. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Jimmy Shane, of the U-6 Miss HomeStreet is off the water en route to winning the H1 Unlimited Heat 2A at Seafair on Sunday, seen from the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Four of the six Blue Angels jets fly low over Lake Washington on Sunday. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Andrew Tate in U-1 Delta/Real Trac, left, and Jimmy Shane in U-6 HomeStreet Bank are tight going through the south turn in heat 2A. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

J. Michael Kelly of U-12 Graham Trucking drives his hydro damaged after a cowling came loose during the H1 Unlimited Heat 3A at Seafair on Sunday on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

The U-6 Miss HomeStreet is taken off the water after Jimmy Shane won the H1 Unlimited Heat 2A at Seafair on Sunday, seen at the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Hydro fan Keith Coleman of Renton has his photo take on the winners stand during the races at Seafair on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 at the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

The Blue Angels fly by an American flag during Seafair on Sunday, viewed from the Stan Sayres Pits on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

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Hydro competition was as hot as the temperatures Sunday afternoon on Lake Washington for the conclusion of Seafair Weekend.

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