Corpus Christi Bayfront
Location: On Seawall straight out from Fitzgerald.
The twenty Miss Buc Days Pirate Queens will be sailing on a 52ft Bluewater Yacht, by Bluewater Yachts arranged for by The Texas International Boat Show.
The Yacht has a retail value of $730,000 but will be offered at a demonstrator price for the Boat Show. For details of this and other Bluewater Yachts please visit www.bluewateryachts.com
Buc Days has long been a Corpus Christi tradition that grows stronger every year. Each year, with the exception of the years during World War II, Buccaneer Days has continued to grow. The "landing of Alonzo" has been replaced by the invasion of the city by Pirate Queens who represent a period when pirates took refuge in Corpus Christi Bay some 300 years after its discovery.
These pirate queens sail into the Yacht Basin and capture the mayor, who surrenders for the fun of the thing. They lower the city flag and raise their black skull and crossbones. The Mayor reads the proclamation that the city has surrendered to pirate rule and is made to walk the traditional plank.
From that moment on, Buccaneer Days is in full swing in an atmosphere of gaiety that speaks of ships, pirates and buried treasure.