IN PICTURES: FESTIVE BOATS PARADE IN KEY LARGO

a boat with a lit up menorah on it in the water
Roughly 20 boats take part in the annual Key Largo Boat Parade on Blackwater Sound on Dec. 14. A fireworks display sponsored by Plantation Boat Mart concluded the event.

Large and small vessels paraded past several bayside restaurants as packed crowds watched during the annual Key Largo Boat Parade on Dec. 14. Organized by the Key Largo Sunset Rotary Club, some 20 boats were decorated to the theme of Christmas in the Keys. The boats proceeded up Blackwater Sound in Key Largo as a fireworks display brightened the sky. The fireworks were sponsored by Plantation Boat Mart. The boat parade serves as a fundraiser for the local Rotary Club’s various missions in the community

Photos by Cindy Smith and Jim McCarthy.

a boat decorated with christmas lights on the water
a boat decorated with christmas lights in the water
a boat decorated with christmas lights in the water
a boat with a lit up menorah on it in the water
Roughly 20 boats take part in the annual Key Largo Boat Parade on Blackwater Sound on Dec. 14. A fireworks display sponsored by Plantation Boat Mart concluded the event.
a boat with a flag on it floating in the water with fireworks in the sky