Its that time of year. Pictures of your Boat decorated for the Holidays

[pateco]

Well, the holidays are close. This weekend we decorated the Stargazer for the two Holiday boat parades we have next weekend. The Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade and the 55th Annual Pompano Beach & Lighthouse Point Boat Parade



We almost doubled the amount of lights we used this year.

My son Tristan was a big help.



We hauled long strings of lights up the main halyard.



Here are some finished pics.



This is what we looked like last year:

 

[BlowMeAway]

Looking good Chip. Ours is decorated with a tarp. Not picture worthy!

 

[walt]

Lake Havasu Arizona from last weekend.

 

[Justin_NSA]

on the hard in the boatyard. Nice Chip!

 

[pateco]

Lake Havasu Arizona from last weekend.

Great Pics Walt.

 

[py26129]

Nice, unfortunately I"m with Justin, on the hard for the winter, appropriately decorated with a winter cover.

 

[walt]

the first picture was taken by Gary Meyers (fellow Hobie TI sailer and local photographer). First boat is LeeandRick, second boat are some friends on a Catalina 22 and we are the third boat in the string. We had the smaller boats that can go under the London Bridge in the channel and this picture was taken just before we went under the bridge. Second picture.. "crew" on our boat



First picture photo credit Gary Meyers

 

[oldlaxer1]

Baltimore Harbor Parade of lighted boats.

 

[Amos Cape]

My boats on the hard too. But I have a old Snipe

 

[Will Gilmore]

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It looks like Elvis is getting ready to roundhouse kick Santa.
I am nowhere near a boat parade. The pictures are awesome.
- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[Kh3412]

Took one of all the boats in the marina

 

[Kermit]

Took one of all the boats in the marina

Probably a lump of coal in each slip.

 

[Will Gilmore]

No, aren't they all at the parade?
- Will (Dragonfly)

 

[pateco]

We had our Captains meeting for the Fort Lauderdale parade last night. Looks like over 100 boats. The Stargazer is going to be boat number 77.

 

[walt]

we sure got lucky with the weather. Very calm last weekend with a near full moon. Howling winds and chilly today.. I almost thought about putting long pants on.. (Justsomeguy says the shorts and open shoes during the winter give you away as a "tourist" here.. Oh well LOL..)

This year almost every sailboat used an inverter off 12 volts and 110VAC LED Christmas lights. The quiet plus the lights was really nice. Ten years ago there would have been lots of gensets running on the boats (noisy..) I had right around 1000 LED bulbs and the inverter was drawing 4 amps at 12 volt. A few of the boats must have been approaching 2000 bulbs.

 

[TomY]

We have our Holiday on the Harbor event in Rockport Maine this weekend. I took this shot of the fireworks last year. Looks like a good weekend coming up for it. You could still sail,...

 

[pateco]

we sure got lucky with the weather. Very calm last weekend with a near full moon. Howling winds and chilly today.. I almost thought about putting long pants on.. (Justsomeguy says the shorts and open shoes during the winter give you away as a "tourist" here.. Oh well LOL..)

This year almost every sailboat used an inverter off 12 volts and 110VAC LED Christmas lights. The quiet plus the lights was really nice. Ten years ago there would have been lots of gensets running on the boats (noisy..) I had right around 1000 LED bulbs and the inverter was drawing 4 amps at 12 volt. A few of the boats must have been approaching 2000 bulbs.
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I am also using an inverter. I need to test the inverter before the parade, since Fort Lauderdale requires a minimum of 1000 watts for their audio specs. I used a 1000 watt amp with the inverter last year with no issue but had fewer lights. Doubled up on the lights this year. Lets hope I have enough juice.

 

[oldlaxer1]

I ran my entire 12 volt LED light strings off of a spare battery. I used my inverter for the blow up Santa because I didn't have time to cut the plug wire and attach it to my 12 volt Christmas light distribution panel. I bought a $125.00 PA speaker that plays through bluetooth and is battery powered for the rehearsal dinner for my son's wedding. I was worried it might die before the end of the parade but it was still going strong after almost 3 hours of music and some dufus (that would be me!) imitating Elvis

 

[Will Gilmore]

Justsomeguy says the shorts and open shoes during the winter give you away as a "tourist" here..

Not where I live. That's a sure sigh of a native. Shorts on the snow. Or a college coed. I can't believe the weather they can put up with before putting on long pants.
- Will ("Floridian in New Hampshire", Dragonfly)

 

[DAVA390]

Management decided I can't hang the house lights off a ladder anymore but apparently it's ok to walk around a cluttered deck 6' above the concrete driveway.