Entertaining guests and enjoying the weather aboard your boat for the holidays

Entertaining guests and enjoying the weather aboard your boat for the holidays © Capt. Nicole Sours Larson

Aren’t we fortunate in our wonderfully mild Southern California climate, which enables us to enjoy our boats year round? Even on a cold-for-SoCal winter day or night we rarely need more than a jacket, though I admit to dragging out an old down jacket and mittens for chilly boat parades.

Those temperatures compared favorably to the first Parade of Lights I experienced in Annapolis, Maryland, where boat owners had to de-winterize their boats to participate. The mercury dipped into the teens on the night of the parade. Everyone viewing the parade sported heavy parkas, hats, scarves, gloves and boots and was necessarily well-fortified with spirits. Cold as I was, I forever fell in love with holiday boat parades.

Now, as we enjoy balmy November weather, it’s delightful to contemplate inviting friends to the boat over the holidays, whether for viewing the boat parade, local holiday lights or simply socializing.

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