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

2003 AWARDS

2008 Awards

View photos of the 2003 winners

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

• San Diego Bay Parade of Lights Committee Award
  Sea Dragon

• Best Yacht Club Entry (perpetual award)
  Marine-Err

• Best of Marina
  Racontuer

• Best of Power (Commercial)
  Pilot

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

• Best of Power (Private) for boats 33 to 45 ft
  What Ever Floats Your Boat

• Best of Power (Private) for boats 32 ft and under
  The Anne Marie

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

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

• Best of Sail (Private) for boats 32 ft and under
  Kindred Spirit

• Best Self Powered
  Sea Lion

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.