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Encinal Yacht Club & Oakland Yacht Club will be hosting their 45th Annual Lighted Yacht Parade at the Oakland/Alameda Estuary on December 4th, 2021. The theme for this year is Deck The Hulls! If you would like to participate in the fun and showcase your boat, please register at www.lightedyachtparade.com , registration ends December 2nd.

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47th Annual Lighted Yacht Parade (Oakland)

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The 47th Annual Lighted Yacht Parade hosted by the Encinal and Oakland Yacht Clubs will take place on Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 5:30 PM on the Oakland/Alameda Estuary. The event will benefit Alameda County Community Food Bank and Oakland Firefighters.

The parade will start between Wind River and the Fortman Marina’s public pier (the parade ‘staging area’). Starting at about 5:30 PM the boats will proceed down the Alameda side of the estuary past Encinal and Oakland Yacht Clubs, where the judges are.

Continuing down the Alameda side past Pasta Pelican, the boats will then cross to the Oakland side and pass by the Port of Oakland, and Scott’s Seafood. Next, the parade will turn to make its way past Grand and Fortman Marinas on the way back to the staging area at Wind River.

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Oakland lighted yacht parade.

December  2, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

"Deck the Seas with Jolly Holly"

47th annual parade from Oakland Yacht Club and Encinal Yacht Club

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In 2023, the parade route starts between Wind River and  Fortman Marina public pier (staging area). At 5:30 p.m. the boats  proceed down the Alameda side of the estuary past Encinal and Oakland Yacht Clubs where  judges watch. Continuing  past Pasta Pelican, the boats cross to the Oakland side past the Port of Oakland, Scott�s Seafood and Kincaids continuing down the Grand Marina. The passes Grand and Fortman Marinas on the way back to the staging area at Wind River.

 In 2009 thirty-five boats participated in the parade, and each year since the organizers have seen tremendous growth. Hosted by Encinal Yacht Club, Oakland Yacht Club and Marina Village Yacht Harbor in the Oakland, Alameda Estuary.

The boat parade route includes Mariner Square, Marina Village YH, Oakland YC, Encinal YC, South Pole Buoy, Coast Guard Island, Fortman/Grand Marina, North Pole Buoy

In addition to being a magical evening of lights, it also raises money, toy and food donations for The Oakland Firefighter 's Random Acts and the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Sponsorship helps ensure that an even greater contribution can be made to both of these fine charity organizations.

The Oakland Yacht Club and Encinal Yacht Club have organized a beautiful lighted yacht parade that will sail throughout the Oakland/Alameda estuary. Jack London Square provides excellent viewing areas and restaurants to watch this magnificent holiday attraction. Please make sure to book your dinner reservations early at your favorite Jack London Square restaurant. Special performance by the Oakland Symphony Chorus will begin at 5:30PM. jacklondonsquare.com

For other fun events throughout the year, be sure to check out Halloween events, the Spring Egg Hunts , Oktoberfest and the Nutcracker Ballet .

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47th annual lighted yacht parade: deck the seas with jolly holly.

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Every year, the Oakland/Alameda Estuary transforms into a magical holiday experience for hundreds of spectators along the waterfront. Join us for the 47th Annual Lighted Yacht Parade.

Saturday, December 2, 2023, just after sunset around 5:30 pm

Viewing areas

Wind River Park in Alameda, Jack London Square in Oakland, waterfront restaurants along the estuary

** Spectators can even participate in the parade by riding on the San Francisco Bay Ferry.

Parade organizers partner with the Oakland Firefighters Random Acts and the Alameda County Community Food Bank to gather donations of food, unwrapped toys, or money at designated drop sites. These donations go a long way toward providing food and toys to deserving kids and families during the holiday season.

The Lighted Yacht Parade is organized by the Encinal Yacht Club and the Oakland Yacht Club.

The parade committee is hard at work procuring donations and sponsors for the parade. Parade sponsors enable the committee to expand promotion, increase participation, award prizes, and generate more charitable donations.

Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for Best Decorated in three categories; power boats, sail boats, and other vessels such as canoes or kayaks. A grand prize is also awarded for the Best Overall Decorated Boat. Judges will evaluate boats based on representation of this year’s theme, and the creative use of lights, decorations, costumes, and music. Interested participants can find parade information and a link to online registration at the parade website: www.lightedyachtparade.com .

Entrants must provide the $40.00 entry fee by 5 pm on November 29, 2023. Each boat that enters the parade receives a skipper’s gift.

A Skipper’s Meeting is scheduled for Thursday November 30 at 6:30 pm. at the Encinal Yacht Club, located at 1251 Pacific Marina in Alameda. The parade route will be reviewed and participant numbers will be assigned. All skippers are required to attend to participate in the parade.

For more information about the parade, its history, participant and spectator FAQs, and pictures of past winners visit www.lightedyachtparade.com

The Encinal Yacht Club is the third oldest yacht club on the San Francisco Bay. The Club’s mission is to foster and encourage a love of yachting and racing, aquatic and other sports, and to promote the health and pleasure of its members through social interaction.

Located on the Alameda side of the Oakland Estuary, The Encinal Yacht Club is a full service, family friendly club with swimming pool, boat yard, dining room and lounge. The Club is currently accepting new members. For more information go to their website at www.encinal.org or call the office at 510-522-3272.

The Oakland Yacht Club is the ninth yacht club to be formed in the Bay Area. The Club’s goals are (1) to foster the sport of yachting and to encourage both power and sail boat racing in the Bay Area (2) to improve boating conditions, laws, regulations, and boat handling skills, and (3) to bring people together in the interest of boating and associated social functions.

Located on the Estuary on the eastside of Alameda Island, The Oakland Yacht Club is an equity club that owns and operates a 220-slip marina and two-story clubhouse. The Club is currently accepting new members. For more information go to their website at www.oaklandyachtclub.com or call the office at 510-522-6868.

Oakland Firefighters Random Acts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization with a simple aim – to help Firefighters give something extra back to the communities in which they work. The organization provides a central location where Firefighters can request funds and resources to create a “Random Act of Kindness” when they see people in need within the community and on their 911 calls. Donated toys are used throughout the year and distributed by Firefighters to children at Christmas and when they visit Children’s Hospital and Kaiser Pediatric Department. Additionally, the organization supports the community with its Random Act of Reading Program, Citizen Hero Program, and Books and Balls Program.

Random Acts is a proud recipient of such honors as the National Community Service Award from Firehouse Magazine, a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, The National Federation of Fire Chaplains Host Award, and the City of Oakland Mayor’s Proclamation “Oakland Firefighters Random Acts Day.” For more information go to their website at www.ofrandomacts.org

The Alameda County Community Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been serving the community since 1985. As the county's clearinghouse for donated food, the Food Bank provides food assistance for 40,000 low-income Alameda County residents each week, which includes 14,000 children and 7,000 seniors. Most adults served are among the working poor.

For more information go to their website at  www.accfb.org or call 510-635-3663.

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year — Lighted Boat Parades Begin!

Thanksgiving is in 10 days’ time, and right after that comes Christmas. At least that’s how it feels. But before the fat, jolly guy in a red suit sails his way around the Bay, we get to enjoy the wonderful, once-a-year lighted boat parades. We’ve already had word from organizers about the Oakland Yacht Club and Encinal Yacht Clubs’ joint event, the 46th Annual Lighted Yacht Parade.

The parade is a charity event raising money for Oakland Firefighters Random Acts of Kindness and Alameda County Food Bank.

Last year the parade attracted a record number of boats, and the clubs were able to donate several thousand dollars to their nominated charities along with toys and canned goods that had been received from various locations.

The committee is excited about this year’s event and believes it will, again, be “big.”

The parade is on December 3, starting at 5:30 p.m.

This year’s theme is “Holiday Music,” and there are already more than a dozen boats signed up. If you’d like to join them, get the details and register here: Lighted Yacht Parade .

And if you’d like to make a donation or sponsor the parade, contact [email protected] .

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Click here for Lighted Boat Parade page to Submit Greetings for Santa Skippers are requested to register their boats for the Lighted Boat Parade for Friday and/or Saturday nights. Sign Up Your Parade Boat Sailing Schedule - Both Nights: 16:30:  Skipper's Pre-Sail Brief (Mandatory, Skippers meet in the Club House) 17:30:  Boats away from their moorage 17:45:  Boats begin to form up in parade order 18:10:  Parade begins off of Ruby Point

• Usual Boat Mechanical/Electrical checks
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• NAV System Software- all updates installed
• Parade Route Way Points entered in NAV System
• Computer- All updates installed and rebooted
• Red flashlight- or other Low-Level Light to maintain night vision
• Searchlight checks
• Decoration lights fully functional and adequately secured
• Generator/inverter not overloaded with lights and heaters

Venetian Night lighted boat parade postponed due to weather advisories, organizer says

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The popular lighted boat parade known as Venetian Night has been postponed due to weather advisories, an organizer said.

The event was originally supposed to return to Chicago on Saturday from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Monroe Harbor.

Dr. Marlon Everett, with the group Black Boaters of 31st Street, said due to the weather advisories following Saturday's rainy weather, the Italian American Human Relations Foundation decided to postpone the event to next Saturday. A Beach Hazards Statement was issued for central and northern Cook County as well as Lake County from Saturday afternoon until 10 p.m. Sunday.

Everett said his organization and the Italian American Human Relations Foundation were all excited for the event, but Mother Nature made the ultimate decision.

"It just continued to rain and sure enough it ended up being high winds - 16 to 17 mile an hour winds coming out the east, which usually brings high waves," said Everett said.

Big Trip, the event's headlong performer was expected to perform on board one of the boats in water parade.

"We got to play everything safe," said performer Brendan Tripodi, professionally known as "Big Trip."

The hip-hop artist and proud Italian-American said Chicago is his second home, and he will return to the city next week to perform.

"It's the Windy City for a reason, so we're going to postpone to next week, but more people are going to come, though, and we're going to have a good time," Tripodi said.

The event will now take place on Aug. 12 at 8:30 p.m. Boats will take off from the Chicago Yacht Club at Monroe Harbor and sail their way to the Shedd Aquarium.

They hope the weather will be better next weekend and allow for more boaters and attendees to come the "iconic event."

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