The usual wetsuits were swapped for fancy dress when the Bream Bay Sliders took to the water at their end of year get-together and Christmas do at Waipu Cove.
![Chris Hall, from Ruakaka, puts on his finest for the Bream Bay Sliders end of year do.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZXJM4OVHI47WXVVTB6TV5IOZMQ.jpg?auth=f07b583b32a5433c64ec309ddd707de1243bed6a95ca9e26cb3cddf919576b8f&width=16&height=26&quality=70&smart=true)
Club spokesman Roger Hall said the event, on Sunday, was a chance for the club's members and their families to get together, have a bit of fun and dress up to go out on to the water.
"And it was a lot of fun," he said.
!["Captain" Gary Whale from Waipu, takes flight at the Bream Bay Sliders Christmas Dress Up Day at Waipu Cove on Sunday.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/HPJ7PLKQ6U4YJZDF7CSEDSJZJ4.jpg?auth=c646674599fd6ceee1804cc4572f73ed715e55f523b0c4b3ee27014c1bfc62d0&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)