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When it comes to getting festive for the Fourth, the possibilities are endless for displaying the red, white, and blue onboard. If you have deck cushions in any of these colors, add in colorful towels or accessories in the other tones to complete the look. To go all out, fly some flags and wrap streamers around cleats, fishing rods, and more.
For decorating tips, especially when it comes to lighting, read How to Decorate Your Boat for the Holidays. While these tips focus on holiday boat parades that take place during the winter months, many of these same ideas can apply for July 4th parades, too. more
If you live near a historically significant city, especially one that played a pivotal role in our nation’s independence, consider a day trip by boat. Look into marinas near battlefields, museums, and other sites of importance, and take the whole family for a renewed lesson.
Ready to fire up the grill? Gather some friends and family for a cookout on the water. Plan the menu around as many red, white, and blue foods as you can, grilling out on deck and using your galley if you’ve got one.
From boating activities you can start planning now to ones to enjoy on the day itself, here are five ways to celebrate the Fourth of July on a boat—whether it's your own boat, a daily rental or peer-to-peer boat, through a boat club, or even a friend or family member's boat (if you can secure an invite! Read 7 Ways to be a Good Boat Guest).
July 4th is always one of the most popular boating weekends of the year—and therefore, you are hereby granted the ultimate excuse to make it a weekend-long boating vacation. If you’ve never celebrated America's birthday on the water, you’re in for a treat.
Ready to fire up the grill? Gather some friends and family for a cookout on the water. Plan the menu around as many red, white, and blue foods as you can, grilling out on deck and using your galley if you’ve got one.
The Fourth of July holiday is the granddaddy of summer boating weekends in the United States, are if there’s one occasion an owner uses his boat during the year it’s going to be for the long July 4th weekend. There are some good reasons for that. Water temperatures are usually just about the warmest of the year—as are air temperatures—and the general weather pattern is about as docile as it gets, save for afternoon thunderstorms. But the real reason folks enjoy getting out on the water on July Fourth is to enjoy pyrotechnics in the form of a good old-fashioned fireworks display. And there’s no better place to view one than from a scenic spot on the water.
Patriots Point and the USS Yorktown are where it’s at, when it comes to July 4 fireworks in Charleston, SC. Photo courtesy of Patriots Point more
Where: Chicago’s annual July Fourth fireworks show blasts off from Navy Pier in the beautiful blue waters of Lake Michigan. Its location makes it visible from many marinas in the area, as well as from Lake Michigan itself, a vantage point that provides the Chicago skyline as a backdrop. [links]
July 4th is always one of the most popular boating weekends of the year—and therefore, you are hereby granted the ultimate excuse to make it a weekend-long boating vacation. If you’ve never celebrated America’s birthday on the water, you’re in for a treat.
When it comes to getting festive for the Fourth, the possibilities are endless for displaying the red, white, and blue onboard. If you have deck cushions in any of these colors, add in colorful towels or accessories in the other tones to complete the look. To go all out, fly some flags and wrap streamers around cleats, fishing rods, and more. more
For decorating tips, especially when it comes to lighting, read How to Decorate Your Boat for the Holidays. While these tips focus on holiday boat parades that take place during the winter months, many of these same ideas can apply for July 4th parades, too. [links]