On December 13th The White Holly, a former Navy ship loaded up with amazing fire art, pyrotechnics and a Tesla Coil hanging off the side, entered and won the annual “Lighted Boat Parade” hosted by the Sausalito Yacht Club. Ed Hunsinger has a great write-up on the event and here’s an awesome video from Megavolt2 showing The While Holy in all it’s glory, the YouTube video description sums it up quite well:
On Saturday December 13, 2008 the former navy ship White Holly, now a privately operated scientific research vessel run by Captain Vince Backen, was entered into The Sausalito Yacht Club “Parade of Lights” held in Sausalito, California in the San Francisco Bay. Boat parades will never be the same… the event was organized by Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito in collaboration with Jack Schroll and Black Rock FX (El Diablo – jet engine fire effect, Chrysler air raid siren, smoke generator and methanol mines,) John Behrens and Omega Recoil, (upside down Tesla Coil,) Epiphany by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito and Pyrokinetics (Danya Parkinson and Jo Bard,) Headless Point Studio, American Steel Studios, Flaming Lotus Girls (Mini Mega Junior – fire poofer,) Camron “Teiwaz” Asadi and The Crucible of Oakland California (flame cannons on the upper poop- deck,) Bonefire Bob and over 150 others! All of this so they could have a good time for approximately two minutes…
PEST169 has another video of The White Holly in the parade.
More Coverage:
- Online Adventures (video)
- Leslie428 (photos)
- NetDiva (photos)
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I wish it said, “Safety Third” on the front instead of “…first”