The Blue Heaven is sitting at Tampa Yacht Club for the next few days. The annual Gasparilla Pirate invasion happens this Saturday. The Blue Heaven is standing tall with all her flags flying. The Pirate invasion is a big event for Tampa. It celebrates the famed Pirate Jose Gaspar that supposedly pillaged the gulf coast around the area. On Saturday morning hundreds of Pirates will make their way across Tampa bay to invade Tampa and Take the city by storm. Afterwards they will walk and ride floats in a big parade as they throw beads and trinkets to throngs of people lining the streets. It is a great event.
Also I am including this link to a story that I found amazing. It is about a boat that sunk off the US coast and washed up three years later in Spain.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/25/10233719-3-years-after-us-accident-boat-washes-up-in-spain
After Gasparilla We only have 5 weeks before the boat heads south to the Caribbean. Lots to do to prepare.
1 comment:
Glad this is about Gasparilla. I was afraid it was a post about a boating trip you made near Somalia.
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