CRBB - The Crystal River Boat Bash

From around the country, owners of small sailing, rowing and paddling craft -- classic and traditional and modern - will be offered the hospitality of Crystal River. They'll be in Cortez FL to our south a few weeks before the Crystal River Bash for the Florida Gulf Coast Small Craft Festival. The weekend after the Crystal River Bash they'll gather at Cedar Key to our north for another very popular small craft get-together.

Crystal River Boat Bash activities include a display of samll craft hand-made by the members of the Crystal River Boat Builders, demonstrations of various boat-building skills, and hands-on opportunities for families and kids to learn what boatbuilding is all about. There will be many small craft on display on land and in the water. A "Raid on Crystal River" will feature a late Saturday afternoon assembly of small craft in Kings Bay for cruising, sightseeing and dinner. A feature of the weekend will be a celebration of the building of the a 36ft sailing scow by the Crystal River Boat Builders.

Other events during the weekend include dinners and entertainment. Amateur and professional builders will be displaying their boats and there will be demonstrations of many boatbuilding and boat handling skills.

The BASH will continue on into the week, as sailors arrive and depart for the get-together the next weekend at Cedar Keys. Some will leave Crystal River by boat, making the 25 mile cruise up to Cedar Keys by boat. Some will use the Preserve as home base for the week as they explore the Nature Coast. The Crystal River Preserve State Park is located at 3266 North Sailboat Ave. Take U.S. Hwy 19 3/4 mile north of the Crystal River Mall. Turn left onto State Park Drive at the Days Inn. Follow State Park Drive until it dead ends.