While pirates are generally all about taking what is not theirs, the Seattle Seafair Pirates' 2010 Alki Landing was all about giving what was theirs, an unforgettable experience to Joseph Rackham, 13.

He became an honorary crew-member thanks to the pirates, and Make-a-Wish Foundation. See our previous coverage of his initiation here.

He got to ride with the pirates and, before their craft landed on Alki Beach, he and Captain Kid XVI (Mike Knowlton) hopped onto a modern motor boat with wheels that glided them ashore.

Although the tide was lowest at about 10:20 a.m., and ankle-deep out near the staging area for the landing, it would rise above the knees, and was even waist-high to some, when the pirates finally arrived two hours later.

Top Food & Drug sponsored the event.