VERO BEACH POWER SQUADRON : VBPS supports Seas The Days

What is a Vero Beach Power Squadron?

Vero Beach Power Squadron(VBPS) is a non-profit group of volunteers who are socially compatible and have a common love and appreciation for pleasure boating, whether power or sail.

For more detail on VBPS see the December (20) archive posts.....

We are a member of District 8. We are one of the 450+ squadrons of the United States Power Squadron ®.

District 8 is one of the 33 districts in the organization and covers the East Coast of Florida from Sebastian Inlet to Key West.

Objectives of the organization are self education, civic service and social activities.

You do not need to own a boat to be a member.

The VBPS was chartered in 1956.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

VBPS supports Seas The Days

http://marinecleanupinitiativeinc.org/index.html

The Vero Beach Power Squadron (VBPS) supports Seas The Days, which is a Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc. (MCII) scheduled for Oct 16. Part of the day includes a Flotilla. The idea is to have many boats from all over come join in a BIG get together. This event will be televised and could be entered in the Guinness Book of World records.

The plan is to have boats meet in Ft Peirce. Once all boats are situated in the Ft. Pierce turning basin, aerial photographs will be taken to be sent to Guinness to certify this event as a world’s record. Once this is done, boaters who registered and received their burgees will be sent certificates marking their participation in this record-breaking event.

Many members/boaters of the VBPS plan to participate. The VBPS Banner will be draped over the top of a few of our members vessels so we will get photographed from above. All the members boats will be flying the VBPS Burgee and bridge officers will be flying their respective rank flags.