SEAS THE DAY On October 16, 2010, at 9am, Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc, will lead recreational boaters and their families from north and south on the Indian River to converge in the Fort Pierce Turning Basin at Noon for the World’s Largest Demonstration for clean waterways. Marinas along the route will serve as rallying points for boaters wishing to participate from greater distances than can be traveled in three hours. Boaters from the area passed will also join in. All of these boaters will display their Seas the Day Flotilla burgees and join in this massive movement. Once in the Turning Basin, officials from the Guinness Book of World Records will confirm our numbers, a fly-over photograph will be taken and we shall all sound our horns.

The water of Florida is its’ most important natural resource and it is rapidly being ruined by dumping and littering. Let this display of concern be heard across the nation. We boaters of Florida will not stand for this any longer. As this celebration ends, our concern and interest does not. We will Seas the Day.

Well-wishers and non-boaters will line the shores and bridges as a sign of support. Together, after the armada arrives and is photographed, all citizens and boaters concerned will head to on of two afternoon events featuring speakers, food, drink and entertainment.

The Admiral’s Roast will be held for all at Harbor Branch/FAU Campus as a fundraiser, raffle and silent auction along with entertainment from 1pm thru 7pm. The Captain’s Cookout will be held at Marine Square Park, where a pig roast, fundraiser, raffle, beer, entertainment and refreshments will be offered from 2pm until 10pm.

MCII anticipates up to 2000 boats will participate in the Flotilla and over 4,000 people will turn out for this event. Watch the paper or our website at www.marinecleanupinitiativeinc.org for more information and how to get your special packages. These packages will be available through the website. There are three separate events: the Seas the Day Flotilla, the Admirals Roast at HBOI, and the Captain’s Cookout at Marina Square Park. Do not miss out!!!

This event will provide the funds for Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc. to continue the work started 9 years ago. Fill the Basin!!! Cover the bridges with well-wishers. Using our waterways as a trash bin must stop. OUT OF SIGHT DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT.

Stand up and be counted. Join our Flotilla. Come to our cookout. Walk around our booths, listen to our feature speakers, buy your beer mugs, buy a few T-shirts to support our efforts and enjoy the great food and entertainment….And we do mean GREAT.















DETAILS

SEAS THE DAY FLOTILLA
9AM – NOON
COST- $25.00 PER BOAT
WHAT THIS GETS YOU? – Your boat will be included in the world’s largest water demonstration for clean waterways and th elargest such event anywhere. Your boat will receive a Red Seas the Day burgee to display during the event and then keep showing you were part of this record. You will receive a discount of other events of the day through your participation.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? – Orgainze your marina, boating club, friends and neighbors and get them to join in as well. Boats will start out heading up and down the river so they can converge in the Fort Pierce Turning Basin at noon. As the flotilla moves, local groups will keep track via VHS radio and join in along the route. The flotilla will grow as if goes. News helecopters will track the event and report from the air. BoatPic.com will fly over and record your vessel in the event so you can purchase photos later.
WHY SHOULD WE? – Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc. has been removing debris form the Indian River for nine years and last year applied for NOAA funding. Part of this grant was to receive matching funds. Local municipalities report they have no funds to help any project important or not, so MCII needs to raise $100,000 to continue the efforts to clean up this 96 square miles of the lagoon and the two inlets form the fishing line, casting nets, bottles, cans, anchors, chain, rope, tires, batteries and larger debris left over from the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005. There are also over 200 boats still missing form those storms and soon, if not already, the fluids will be leaking out and polluting the waterways. MCII needs to keep working to get this job done. In that effort, we have devised this flotilla and the outdoor events later in the day to raise the money needed while entertaining the public, getting them involved in a fun day of water activities and educating everone about this organization and others involved in the ecology of our area

GUINNESS WORLD’S RECORD CERTIFICATION
NOON – 1PM

Once all the boats are situated in the turning basin, arial photographs will be taken to be sent to Guinness to certify this event as a world’s record. Once this is done, boaters who signed up and received their burgees will be sent certificates showing they participated in this record breaking event. Then the flotilla will break up into other events. Local marinas will offer slips at discounts to overnight stay. Or you may anchor out and ride the water taxis to one of the two events planned.










ADMIRAL’S ROAST AT HARBOR BRANCH/FAU
1PM – 7PM
By boat, ticket holders to this event wil travel back up the river to the entrance of Harbor Branch Marina where they will find a designated anchorage location. Captain’s will be waiting to taxi participants into the otherwise closed marina. Once there, ticket holders will be treated to a pig roast, drinks and entertainment from ACUTE AFFLICTION and from the TV series TREME: The Chris Duarte Group and John Mooney. There be featured speakers from Harbor Branch, raffles and a silent auction. Local environmental groups will have booths and discuss exactly what they do and how you can help. This event will be held at the Johnson Center both indoors and outdoors. And Tickets are limited and $100 per person. This will be a very unique experience. You may also travel by car, if you wish and parking will be close to the Center.







CAPTAIN’S COOKOUT AT MARINA SQUARE PARK
2PM – 10PM

Another event will be held in downtown Fort Pierce at the Marina Square Park after the Farmers Market dissolves. Boaters may make arrangements to dock at local marinas or anchor at either the Harbortown anchorage or the former floating dock area of City Marina and then be water taxied over to City Marina using channel 16. Or, you may travel by car. There will be a boat show of local manufacturers, booths offering information about groups involved with environmental issues and programs. Food and drinks will be offered using tickets purchased at the booths around the site. Kids entertainment will be offered in the section set aside for them. There will be a stage where the following bands will play: The Odds, Out on Bail, Voodoo Band, Category 5, River Dog, and Acute Affliction who will perform throughout the day. A beer booth will be set up to help beat the heat. As this is a fundraiser Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc., will raise money from sales of beer, burgees, T-shirts and donations at booths and information tents. And a $20 donation is requested.

All proceeds will go to continue to remove the debris from the inlets and waterways, remove derelict vessels, restore habitat and educate the public on the need to curb littering and illegal dumping in our waterways and advance the quality and quantity of our aqautic creatures.

BANDS PERFORMING
OUT ON BAIL 2pm – 3pm
ODDS 3:15pm - 4pm
VOODOO 4:15pm – 5:45pm
RIVER DOGS 6pm – 7:15pm
BLUESIANNA 7:30pm – 8:30pm
CATEGORY 5 8:30pm – 9:30pm

GRAPHIC ARTS PERFROMANCE FRIDAY 5:30PM TO SATURDAY 6PM
Right of stage at Marina Store walkway

LIVE ARTS PERFORMANCE: COREROC with KRISTINA’S FIRE DANCE TROUPE 9:30PM- 10PM
Right of stage at Marina Store walkway

FORT PIERCE BOAT SHOW AT MARINA SQUARE

10 area manufacturers and distributors will display their new models around the event grounds for you to view and try on for size. Support your local manufacturers and local businesses. And certainly those vendors that support this environemntal effort.

To get tickets or further information go to www.marinecleanupinitiativeinc.org or call 772-528-0677.

Remember, OUT OF SIGHT DOESN’T MAKE IT RIGHT.

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
Our scale for support is as follows:

$150 – will place business card size ads on printed material

$250 - will place your logo on 1/3 page on our handout handouts.

$500 - will place your logo on ½ page on our handouts and programs.

$1000 –will place your company name or logo on one side of our drink mugs and listed on our posters and other materials.

$5000 - will place your logo on one side of our burgee flags to be carried by some 4000 boats and seen as part of the Guinness World's Record Flotilla, as well as all the items listed above.

$10,000 – will place your name as a chairperson on one of our special events, list you on the program, place your logo on our website as a major sponsor.