Des Moines Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade Is Saturday Night; Special People’s Cruise Is Sunday
| Dec ’09 |
| 5 |
| 6:00 pm |
| Dec ’09 |
| 6 |
| 12:00 pm |
The Des Moines Yacht Club has two big seasonal events scheduled for this weekend, including a lighted boat parade Saturday night, which consists of a group of five to fifteen boaters who like to decorate and head out on the water on a cold December night; and a Special People’s Cruise on Sunday afternoon.
The lighted boat parade group will depart from the Des Moines marina around 6pm and will sail to Three Tree Point and Redondo (not necessarily in that order), then back to the marina. People on shore in their warm cozy homes often show their appreciation by flashing their deck lights.
Then on Sunday (weather permitting), the yacht club hosts its annual Special People’s Cruise from Noon to 4pm, where approximately 100 developmentally-disabled individuals get to go on boats out to visit the Santa boat and talk to Santa on the VHF radio.
They then return to the Club for a lunch, sock hop and a visit in person from Santa.
Occasionally wind or bad weather prohibits the boat ride part of the day. In that case, the sock hop is longer for everyone. Attendance is by reservation only, but interested people can contact the yacht club for next year’s fun event.
More information is available at the yacht club’s website here:
Or by calling (206) 878-7220.
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Thank you to the Des Moines Yatch Club for the beautiful Parade.
I drove down to the docks. Noone was there except the fishermen on the dock. I thought I had missed it…when what to my wondering eyes should appear, but the colorful lights of the Parade coming from the South. I honked my horn and blinked the headlights, but being the only horn honking, I wondered if anyone heard my appreciation.
Later, I stopped at Anthony’s to toast the Des Moines Yatch Club and I asked the bartender what he thought about the effort it takes for a Boat Parade or the lighting of the Christmas Tree on Friday or the Parade we had during the summer.
He said “Well I put up a Tree outside on the deck and inside the house and have friends over and I think it’s the right thing to do and It’s Important!”
I agreed but wondered and understood if noone cares…All the news about Afganistan and Pakistan, unemployment and no jobs, controversary regarding health care, etc.,
As a Des Moines Yachtclubber (not sure if that is word) thank you for taking the time to post your message. We really appreciate those who see our parade. Last night there were a few extra boats who joined in to make it such a nice little parade. It takes a lot of work to figure out lights and hope that your generator can handle the load for the length of the parade.
Watch for us each year…. The first Saturday in December at 6:00…