25th
Annual Lighted Yacht Parade Cruises down the Estuary at Jack London
Square
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| Belle
of the Ball: Linmar, Winner of the 2000 Jack London Lighted
Boat Parade. Linmar is a 78' motor-yacht built by the New
York Launch & Motor Co. in 1933. She has graced the Bay
since 1999 when her newest owners, Dave and Lynn Olson (also
owners of Stone Boat Yard), drove her down the coast from
Seattle. |
The Alameda/Oakland
Estuary along Jack London Square was lit up for the holidays with the
25th Annual Lighted Yacht Parade on Saturday, December 1, 2001. Over
sixty nautical vessels of all imaginable sizes and shapes, dressed in
their holiday lights and finery, floated past over 15,000 guests along
the shore. This year’s theme was "Seasons Around the
World" The USS Potomac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 165'
yacht currently berthed at Jack London Square, led the boats.
Admission to the Lighted
Yacht Parade at Jack London Square is free. Events on land included live
stage entertainment, festive food booths, carnival games, face painters,
balloon twisters, photos with Santa Claus, holiday characters and much
more. For more information, call the 24 hours information line, (510)
814-6000 or check out the website at www.jacklondonsquare.com.
