Letter from Wayne Bunn
All Invited To Boat Parade
Plan to float your boat—weather permitting—in the Otsego Lake Association’s annual “We Love Our Lake” Decorated Boat Parade to be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 6.
This year’s theme will be “Let’s Celebrate Scottie Baker.” Scottie Baker, who passed away in April 2024, was a longtime, dedicated member of the OLA Board of Directors, editor of the award-winning “OLA Journal” (formerly called “Newsletter”), and coordinator and judge for the boat parade.
The parade will form off Three Mile Point, then proceed slowly along the westerly side of the lake, and end at Lakefront Park in Cooperstown. The lead boat, the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station barge, will be marked with OLA banners and decorated.
There will be judging of the boats and awarding of first-, second- and third-place awards plus bags of candy will be given out to all boaters. Boaters are requested to assemble no later than 2:45 p.m. so the judges can record the name of the boat owner, note the decoration or theme, and photograph the boat.
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