Donna,
Looks like you have really thought this through, and hope you'll have a great time. Having a captain on board is REAL SMART, as well as having a spotter.
I'm sure you've thought of your guests and have them well briefed.
I've done a bunch of parades, but my goal is to watch them from now on. Ours (on the inter coastal of St. Pete) are not too huge and wouldn't hold a candle to the Ft Lauderdale ones. We typically have between 30 and 50 boats in each parade, put on by the local municipality.... So there's plenty of opportunity to see a few.
My biggest issue of participating is the guy in front or back of me may be drunker than I am....:face palm:
I've see really stupid stuff.... like a kid driving a 50 footer and no one watching him, or people blinding others with spot lights, passing others at high speed, etc....
Have a great time....
I'm hoping to view the parades from a kayak... out of the way.
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Seevee
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