Saturday, February 16, 2013

Goodland Boat Parade

Days on cruise:  280

The Village of Goodland sponsors a boat parade each year, and we happened to hit it today. It’s a fundraiser for the local Hospice organization. The theme for this year was Broadway Musicals, so boats were decorated accordingly, including playing music taken from the play over loud speakers.

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We walked to town and sat on the seawall to watch along with many hundreds of other folks. The wind was blowing 25 knots and even small boats had a lot of trouble turning into the cove off the main channel to swing past the crowds of observers. One gorgeous Chris Craft from Nantucket was parked on a restaurant dock to watch, and so many parade boats almost hit him that he finally left. We’ll let the photos of the parade boats speak for themselves.

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