- December 17, 2025
Julia Minu with a portrait she did of her husband, Geoff Minu (Photos by Emily Blackwood).
The Krewe of the 13 with their homemade raft. Captain Anastasia Harrison said it took them two months to make it.
Captain Jack Sparrow was there for photo ops.
Dean Demented, Grumpy Gray Beard, Compass Rose and Swilly
Kelly Abbatinozzi won first place on her "booty board."
Christopher Vassar and Henry Van Gemert
This girly raft belonged to Cut-Throat Cathy
The Krewe of the 13 on the water (Photo courtesy of their Facebook page)
When Anastasia Harrison first started participating in the Cypress Creek Raft Race in Alabama, there were about 50 rafts. By the time she left, there were over 700 entries. She hopes to bring that kind of popularity to the Tomoka State Pirate Raft Race in Ormond Beach.
Held Nov. 19, five different teams created their own handmade rafts and powered their way down the Tomoka River using only their own strength to battle the wind and the elements. Harrison, who's the captain of the Krewe of the 13, hosted the event as a fundraiser for The St. Francis House in St. Augustine.
"In Florida, there is so much water," she said. "So why not?"
