West Marine Media Alert

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (March 9, 2011)
West Marine’s Olympia store will have its Grand Opening Celebration on Friday, March 18- Sunday, March 20.  Responding to the needs of South Sound-area boaters, the brand-new store is 7,600 square feet of boating equipment, marine electronics, maintenance, fishing, trailer and sailboat hardware supplies specifically selected for the region.  Doors open at 8 a.m. on Friday and festivities continue all weekend with activities, extraordinary discounts and prize giveaways, including $100 West Marine gift card, and more.

Friday, March 18 - Sunday, March 20
Family-friendly boating and fishing activities:

• High Tech Electronic Demonstrations with Raymarine, Icom & Standard Horizon
• Defiance Boats from Port Orchard, Washington will be on site offering great grand opening deals
• On site fishing seminars with a local expert
• See the Sperry’s newest fashions for the summer season
• Free BBQ with hot dogs on Saturday & Sunday (While supplies last)
• Free t-shirts for the first 100 customers
• Free raffle prizes and giveaways

Olympia West Marine
Olympia West Center
1530 Black Lake Blvd
Olympia, WA

Friday & Saturday
8 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Sunday
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.

To provide Olympia-area boating and fishing enthusiasts with the broadest and best selection of boating supplies, accessories and apparel.

ABOUT WEST MARINE

West Marine, the largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and accessories, has more than 325 company-owned stores located in 38 states, Puerto Rico and Canada and three franchised stores located in Turkey. Our call center and Internet channels offer Customers over 60,000 products plus the convenience of exchanging catalog and Internet purchases at our Store locations. Our Port Supply division is one of the largest wholesale distributors of marine equipment serving boat manufacturers, marine services, commercial vessel operators and government agencies. For more information on West Marine's products and store locations, or to start shopping, visit westmarine.com or call 1-800-BOATING (1-800-262-8464).