Dana Point Harbor celebrated the holidays with a “tiki takeover” during the 45th Annual Boat Parade of Lights on December 6, 7, 13 and 14. Families enjoyed festive tiki-themed activities and live entertainment, restaurant offerings, visits with Santa, and the famous parade of local boats adorned with elaborate lights and tiki-themed decorations.
New this Year, boat parade participants were eligible to win cash prizes across several award categories, thanks to Dana Point Harbor Partners. This year’s tiki-tastic line up of award categories included best overall, best use of theme, most original, best lights/music, Mayor’s cup, Supervisor’s cup and more. Also new this year, a $1,000 donation was awarded to a charity of choice of the yacht club with the most entries in the 45th Annual Boat Parade between Dana West Yacht Club and Dana Point Yacht Club. All award winners received cash prizes, with a total distribution of over $10,000 courtesy of Dana Point Harbor Partners.
Winners of the 2019 Boat Parade were announced at an awards ceremony at Dana Point Yacht Club on Thursday, January 9.
Winners for the 45th Annual Boat Parade Of Lights:
Best Overall
1st Place: Volante, Thomas Reynolds
2nd Place: Seaductive, Wes Stewart
3rd Place: Alcyone, Stephen Williams
Best Use of Theme
1st Place: Doheny Doll, Chuck & Pam Micalizzi
2nd Place: Cetacean III, Jeff Pentukhoff
3rd Place: Tuv-A-Blu, Laurie & Jeff Alter
Most Original
1st Place: Dolphin In Me, Nick Miraglia
2nd Place: San Clemente, Brian Kilpatrick
3rd Place: San Mateo, Bo Daniel
Best Use of Lights/Music
1st Place: Besame Mucho, Dan & Lynn Hannegan
2nd Place: Thanks Dad, Scott Ashbach
3rd Place: Sails Lady, Lisa Cullinane
Best Power Boat
Seaductive, Wes Stewart
Best Sailboat
Freyja, Anthony Cozad
Best Under 30’
Radical Sea Monkey, Jim & Sherri Radzicki
Mayor’s Cup
Volante, Thomas Reynolds
Supervisor’s Cup
Aloha, Jim & Suzi Rodgers
Yacht Club w/ Most Entries
Dana West Yacht Club
$1,000 donated to American Cancer Society
The 46th Annual Boat Parade of Lights will take place Wednesday, December 9 through Saturday, December 12, 2020. The theme for this new, four-day parade will be “fiesta.” Dana Point Harbor Partners look forward to continuing this Dana Point holiday tradition in 2020 and beyond.
About Dana Point Harbor: Dana Point Harbor invites you to enjoy fun, sun, ocean activities, delicious dining, shopping and more. From migratory gray whales that frequent the coastline to stunning sunsets and harbor views, there’s seaside beauty and unforgettable adventure at Dana Point Harbor.
Our legendary marina provides a secure, full-service boating facility to Dana Point’s active boaters, racers, sailors and sport fishers. In addition to having over 2,400 boating slips, the marina offers all of the amenities you want, from restrooms, showers and laundry facilities to pump-out stations, oil recycling, fuel docks, bait station, guest docks and more.
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About Dana Point Harbor Partners: Dana Point Harbor Partners, LLC (DPHP), a collaboration created to operate and redevelop Dana Point Harbor in a P-3 partnership with the County of Orange, is made up of three “best in class” real estate development firms, each specializing in a unique product type. Burnham Ward Properties is responsible for stewarding the harbor’s Commercial Core activities featuring the retail, restaurants, offices and other landside buildings, as well as all parkscape areas. Bellwether Financial Group guides the marina operations including the boat slips, boater facilities, dry boat storage, day-boat parking and launch ramp areas. R.D. Olson Development leads the hotel redevelopment and hospitality components of the harbor.
The partnership is developing a master plan that connects the harbor’s landside and waterside to become a singular cohesive waterfront experience. United by a love of the water and dedicated to preserving Dana Point Harbor’s historical significance, the partnership is applying all areas of respective expertise to ensure every element of the harbor will be thoughtfully designed, redeveloped and managed to be reimagined into a world-class destination with historic roots and local charm.
Christine Barnes (Graves)
PR & Event Marketing Specialist
