how to connect with others in your area, go to www.oceanconservancy.org/keep-the-coast-clear.
Boatoberfest, Clear Lake, Seabrook, TX, Oct. 24-27 Making its debut this year, this is a four-day, family festival on Clear Lake in Seabrook, TX. It will include a boat sale, offering endof-season boat deals and incentive programs, featuring boats, both in and out of the water, ranging in size from 15 feet to 70 feet, including sportfish, center consoles, cruisers, ski boats, bay boats and sailboats. Also on-site will be over 100 vendors offering the latest in accessories, technologies, fishing and boating gear, products and services, gifts and apparel. Tri-hull powerboat races will be held on Saturday and Sunday. Starting on Saturday, there will also be the NASA Rd 1 Gourmet Food Truck Rally with mobile menus from some of Houston’s best food trucks, along with live bands, a craft beer garden and a chili cook-off. www.texasboatoberfest.com
16th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market, Cortez, FL, Oct. 26
at the Seafood Shack Marina, 4110 127th Street West, Cortez, FL 34215 on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free to the public with lots of free parking. There is a $10 per space (equal to a car parking space) charge for sellers only. Bring your own table. There are no plans for it to rain, but if it does, rain day will be the next day, Sunday, Oct. 27. Lots of used boat stuff, some new boat stuff too, buy or trade. You might even see some boat stuff you wouldn’t let your dog chew on. Guaranteed you will meet a lot of boaters (or interesting people) and have a good time. So dig out and dust off all that old boat stuff, and bring it on down (or you could just keep it until you can’t remember what it was ever going to be used for). Take the whole family (or leave the kids home to play some more video games) and join us. Come out and find a great deal or just look around and have a good time. For more information, call George Carter (owner of Cortez Yacht Sales) at (941) 792-9100.
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The 16th Annual Cortez Nautical Flea Market will be held
Promote and List Your Boat Rendezvous
SOUTHWINDS will list your Rendezvous for three months (other events are listed for only two months)—to give boaters lots of time to think about and plan their attending the event. This is for rendezvous held in the Southeast U.S. or Bahamas. Send information to editor@southwindsmagazine.com.
Westsail Rendezvous, Cocoa, FL, Oct. 25-27 Westsail boat owners will hold a rendezvous at the Cocoa Village Marina, Cocoa, FL, on Oct. 25-27. For information and registration, contact Tom Koehl at tkoehl2769@comcast.net.
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