For 33 years, Downtown Stockton has welcomed a special holiday tradition that rings in the official start of the holiday season! The Delta Reflections Lighted Boat Parade, hosted and organized by the Marina West Yacht Club, features a parade of boats and yachts adorned with bright Christmas lights that sail along the California Delta and into the Downtown Stockton Waterfront!
On December 1st, 2012, you and your family are invited to enjoy this free holiday celebration. The lighted boat parade starts at 5:00pm west of Windmill Cove Bar & Grill and should be in Downtown Stockton by 6:00pm. Boats enter downtown and pass the Stockton Marina to Weber Point. They turn around in McLeod lake (near the University Plaza Waterfront Hotel) and return to Buckley Cove. The parade will once again be led by the spectacular Port of Stockton fireboat, "Sunrise". "The Judede," skippered by Commodore Ken Dretzka and First Lady Judy Dretzka, will lead the officers of the Marina West Yacht Club followed by all other registered decorated boats.
You can even become a part of the parade this year while enjoying a cruise and dinner on board Opportunity Cruise's "California Sunset!" Get in the holiday spirit with a three hour Delta cruise that includes hot chocolate and drinks, dinner at Nena's Mexican Restaurant, and be a part of the 33rd Annual Delta Reflections Lighted Boat Parade! For more information about the cruise, check out our event listing at VisitStockton.org.
Delta Reflections has the reputation of being a great evening for spectators of all ages, so bundle up and be a part of this wonderful family holiday event. The lighted boat parade takes place, rain or shine!
