Date: Sunday, September 1, 2024
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
For all parade entrants: at the end of the parade, please keep your lights on and proceed to the middle of the lake to see and be seen at the Drone Show hosted by Visit Big Bear.
Location: Big Bear Lake
Entry Fee: $100 per Vessel
(Fee includes 2 tickets to the Awards Event, Monday, September 2, additional tickets may be purchased with registrations)
ID Numbers:
WE WILL BE AT FIRST FOUNDATION BANK 40865 Big Bear Blvd. Big Bear Lake 92315
ON SUNDAY 9/1 BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON
with the ID numbers (for the judges to identify your boat)
Each entrant will receive ID numbers for the boat. (this number is not your place in the parade)
Parade Entrant/Skipper's Instructions:
Assemble at Garstin Island by 7:00 pm. Fall in line as you enter, with your lights on! line up behind the MWD Patrol boat, and the Rotary Boat. Parade begins at 7:30pm. all boats sound blasts. keep moving at 4 knots, do not bunch up, do not pass others, keep the line moving.
This event is organized by the Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake.
The Marinas; Big Bear Marina, Holloway's Marina and RV Park, Pleasure Point Marina, Pine Knot Marina, Captain John's Fawn Harbor & Marina, North Shore Landing, Big Bear Municipal Water District, Visit Big Bear, and the Rotary Club have collaborated to organize this Boat Parade.
The money raised by the Rotary Club is donated local charities and to Scholarships for High School Students, and to the Elementary and Middle Schools.