The 116th Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade is dazzling the harbor this Wednesday night. Boat Captains are going all out, decking their vessels with lights and decorations.
The Newport Beach Boat Parade is known as one of the most popular holiday events. The parade has more than 100 years of history in Southern California and more than a million people view it every year.
Over-the-top yachts and boats of all sizes are lighting up the peninsula as they cruise along a 14-mile course in the Newport Harbor starting Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and continuing each night through December 22.
“It takes about four months to build all of this in the warehouse and then a couple weeks to install it and program all the lights, load in the sound and everything so that we’re ready for a good party,” said Shaun Crossman of the Last Hurrah boat.
This is Crossman’s 16th year in the parade.
This year’s boat Design honors local responders and fallen officers. It even features Santa Claus helping firefighters.