KINETIC SKULPTURE FANS got sneak peeks Saturday at the contraptions that will vie for glory in today’s 2011 Kinetic SkulPTure Race.
A wacky “wannabe” parade preceded the always buoyant flotation tests, where kontestants and race loose-organizers see where the race vehicles float.
Floating on the water will be a key aspect of today’s race, which launches at noon on the streets of Port Townsend.
This year’s race and parade theme is “A Kinetic Fairy Tale, Once Upon a Time,” which went even further at Saturday night’s Rose Hips Koronation Ball.
Here’s Port Townsend Mayor Michelle Sandoval and two “Kinetic” queen candidates, by freelance multimedia journalist Jack Olmsted:
Today is race day.
For those ready to handikap, skulptures will line up on Water Street by the American Legion Hall around 10 a.m.
The race starts at “low-noon” with a quick pedal around downtown; then the pilots put into the water, pedal up and down the bay and dry themselves off for the pedal up Monroe Street.
The grueling race continues up Lawrence Street, by Aldrich’s Market, and then heads for Fort Worden State Park and the always-popular mud bog at Jefferson County Fairgrounds, back down San Juan Avenue and up to Kearney Street for a brief break at Kinetic Koffee.
Then it’s off to the finish line at the American Legion Hall on Water Street.
A detailed map of the route awaits at www.ptkineticrace.org.
