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The Eagle Mountain Lake Boat Parade Of Lights held on12-10-16.
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"Classy Lady" before heading to the parade.
"Classy Lady" lining up for the parade.
"Classy Lady" lit up at dark @ the Fort Worth Boat Club
John & Teri Unsworth on "Starr II" all finished decorating and ready to head to the Fort Worth Boat Club for the Parade Of Lights.
Doyle King and crew a winner in his class making final adjustments before it gets dark.
Marvin Small before heading out to the Parade Of Lights.
Marvin Small's boat docked at the Fort Worth Boat Club.
Our Santa - Mark Kubecki - on the "Classy Lady"
All gathering before the start of the parade.
Marvin Small's boat pulling out of the Fort Worth Boat Club Harbor.
Mark Watkins on "Miss Serenity II" a winner in her class.
Craig & Christie Johnson - a winner in the sailboat division.
Jim Terry on "Jenny" passing the Fort Worth Boat Club also won a prize.
Winner - Mark Watkins 1st place in 28' powerboat class and above.
Craig & Christie Johnson in line and ready to go.
Winning sailboat top - Erin Meyer bottom from left to right - John Hardesty, Krissy Hardesty, Kyle Meyer.
Marvin Small, Kelly Box, Russell Gregory and their crew on this 60' Bluewater cruiser. The biggest boat on the lake. 3rd place in Best Showing.
Jason Dyer of Tow BoatU.S. Leading the parade.
Jason Dyer of Tow BoatU.S. Towing this barge of critters.
The Joe Capuano family
The train of boats going by the Fort Worth Boat Club lawn.
Craig & Christie Johnson - winners in the sailboat division.
Gary Files with a real snowman on his bow.
John & Teri Unsworth - a winner. 2nd place in 28' powerboat and above.
hosted it this year along with
The start and finish at the Fort Worth Boat Club harbor.
The Fort Worth Boat Club had the facilities, staff and no how to pull this event off and were very excited to host it for the first time. Also, they'll had the best viewing spot on the lake on their lawn and piers with heaters and fire pits strategically placed around. For the second straight year now we had a full lake to deal with. They opened up the club to non members for this event. The GM, Brant Briggs couldn't have been more gracious. He and his staff were spot on taking care of an extra 200 people that showed up. Casey Trimble, the harbor master and his dock hands did their best in marking slips for parade participants and repositioning boats because of the 18 mph winds that were still around at 4:00 PM. The cash bar and buffet were available to members and non members. A fabulous Mexican Buffet was served. I certainly wouldn't mind if this was served at next years event.
The event was held on Saturday, December 10th, 2016 @ 4:30 after a week delay because of the original date of December 3rd was rained out. Entry fee cost was a mere $25.00 per boat. For the second straight year now we've had a full lake to deal with. A total of 23 boats enrolled in the Parade and 16 ended up showing up. Doyle King came back again this year and trailered his boat all the way from Grand Prairie. The ramp was made available for launching parade boats. Steve Kailor & Carey Lewis of S.E.M.L. did a wonderful job in MC'ing the event. We had a short Skippers Meeting before the event took place at the Fort Worth Boat Club Dogie Room to explain the route were taking and all details. Route Map for 2016 Parade of Lights. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4lIY5UQ_3Hdb3B4Q3dESXFQajg Rumor had it that the local news stations and the Star Telegram were on hand for coverage. I didn't make it home in time to watch the 10:00 news so I didn't get to see it.
Many thanks to all the sponsors, winners, spectators, participants, FWBC, and S.E.M.L. for pulling it off.
This is for the folks that didn't think your boat could not participate because of no power plant or lights. The cost to decorate your boat is not that expensive. Sure if you want to really go crazy about cost you can. If you are not equipped with a generator on your boat that should not stop you. Portable generators and battery inverters are also relatively inexpensive and are more than able to power up your lights. LED's do not use that much power. I myself used a $100.00 portable generator last year and it was more than sufficient. I also used a $50.00 battery inverter that I got from Walmart that would have taken care of powering up the lights.
Be sure to check out the 2015 Parade Of Lights event here: https://sites.google.com/site/treybullemlnewsletter/parade-of-lights-2015
Info on the boat you will enter that we will need for next years Parade Of Lights at the Fort Worth Boat Club. Go ahead and get an early start on entering your boat. 2017 Parade of Lights event will be held on December 2nd, 2017
2017 Parade Of Lights Application
Skippers Name:
Mobile Number:
Email Address:
Type Of Boat: ex. Cruiser, Sailboat, Pontoon Boat, Runabout
***Harbor Master needs to know so he can place your boat in the proper slip.
Mfg. Of Boat:
Model:
Year:
Length:
Width:
Name on the side or back of your boat:
Cut & paste and return to Trey Bull louisbull@charter.net or call the Fort Worth Boat Club during regular business hours to register.
Check payable to: S.E.M.L.
Mail in to the Fort Worth Boat Club, 10000 Boat Club Rd., Fort Worth, TX 76179 Attn: Parade Of Lights
Route Map for 2016 Parade of Lights. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4lIY5UQ_3Hdb3B4Q3dESXFQajg
Instructions for Skippers:
Jason Dyer in the Tow BoatUS boat who lead the parade. This is what the boat looks like in the daylight.
Tune in to channel 68 on your ship to shore radios on your boat if you have them.
Parade route will take approximately 2 hours to complete.
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