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2002 AWARDS

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View photos of the 2002 winners

• Best of Parade - Star of India Cup (perpetual award displayed at area yacht clubs)
  Moby Dick

• International Award
  Whatever Floats Your Boat

• Best Yacht Club Entry (perpetual award)
  Pilon from SDYC

• Best of Marina
  Racontuer out of Sun Road Marina

• Best of Power (Commercial)
  Spartan Crowley Marine Services

• Best of Power (Private) for boats 40 ft and over
  Serendipity

• Best of Power (Private) for boats 39 ft and under
  Marine-eer

• Best of Sail (Private) for boats 40 ft and over
  Marine-Eer

• Best of Sail (Private) for boats 39 ft and under
  Joyful Joyful

Parade of Lights Awards

Boats will be 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

JUDGING:

• There are two groups of judges.

First Set of Judges:

On board the Maritime Museum's ferry boat Berkeley.

Second Set of Judges:

On the docks at Peohe's.

• You must be judged by both groups of judges to be eligible for an award.
• You do not have to enter both parades to be eligible to win an award.
• Boats will lose points if parade route not followed (no water donuts, etc.)
• Boats that enter both nights will receive a bonus point.

AWARDS PRESENTATION:

• December 17th, 6:30pm
• Location to be announced
• Hors d'oeuvres and no-host cocktails
• All attendees are eligible for Special Drawing/Door Prizes
• Slides of the winning boats will be shown
• Parade photographer Marv Sloben (619-239-2828) will have pictures/videos of all boats
• All slides/photos/video will be available for viewing and sale at awards ceremony