President's Award from 1994	Best of Yacht Club Award	Best in Parade - Star of India Cup

2008 AWARDS

• Best of Parade - Star of India Cup (perpetual award)
  Amandavilla

  

• San Diego Bay Parade of Lights Committee Award
  Seaduction

• Best Yacht Club Entry (perpetual award)
  Argo (Navy Yacht Club)

  

• Best of Marina
  Seafarer (Marina Cortez)

  

• Best of Commercial (Power)
  Orion

  

• Best of Commercial (Sail)
  America’s Privateer Lynx

  

• Best of Power (Private) for boats 46 ft and over
  Racontuer

  

• Best of Power (Private) for boats 33 to 45 ft
  Pilon

  

• Best of Power (Private) for boats 32 ft and under
  Mary-Elsa

  

• Best of Sail (Private) for boats 46 ft and over
  Windswept

  

• Best of Sail (Private) for boats 33 to 45 ft
  Diana

  

• Best of Sail (Private) for boats 32 ft and under
  Green Flash

  

• Best Self Powered
  Hike Bike Kayak Sports
  

Parade of Lights Awards

Boats are judged on originality and the creative use of decorations depicting the parade theme. Boats are judged in four categories with scores ranging from 1 to 5 for each category. The categories and their criteria are:

• Holiday Lighting
  • Amount of Lighting
  • Creative use of Lighting
  • Difficulty of Lighting (i.e., small boat with incredible lighting effects)
• Music
  • Audibility
  • Live or Recorded
  • Applicable to the parade theme
• Special Effects
  • Crowd Engagement
  • Dressed in costume/boaters participation
  • use of ornamentation other than lighting
• Originality
  • More than just lighting
  • Adaptation and variation of theme