The official list of winners in the 42nd Annual Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade Saturday, December 11th, were:
Top awards:
Best overall: Cheyenne, California Yacht Club Juniors, 50-foot sailboat, skippered by Alan Blunt;
Best sailboat: Tina Marie, 27-foot sailboat, owned by Tina and Dave Smith and skippered by Dave Smith; and
Best powerboat: Trinity, a 42-foot powerboat owned by Regina Risolio.
Judges Special Awards:
Theme:
first place: Marcellino, a 21-foot powerboat owned by Mark and Tina Fodera and skippered by Mark Fodera; and
second place: Trinity, a 40-foot powerboat owned by Regina Risolio.
Music:
first place: Irie Dayz, a 32-foot Wellcraft power cruiser, skippered by Julie and Todd Arutunian; and
second place: Silver Eagle, a 42-foot Catalina sailboat, skippered by Captain Alex G. Balian.
Lights:
first place: Diver’s Toy, a 45-foot Carver motor yacht, owned and skippered by John Sanna; and
second place: Prime Time, a 40-foot powerboat skippered by Frank Castro.
Animation:
first place, Cheyenne, a 50-foot sailboat skippered by Alan Blunt; and
second place, Noteworthy, a 47-foot Formosa sailboat entered by Women’s Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay and owned and skippered by Emilio Basille.
Spirit:
first place, Tina Marie, a 27-foot sailboat owned by Tina and Dave Smith and skippered by David Smith; and
second place, Merryweather, a 34-foot sailboat entered by Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club and owned by club staff commodore Dick Bell.
Live band:
first place, Silver Eagle, a 42-foot Catalina sailboat skippered by Captain Alex G. Balian; and
second place, Shoreliner/River Galley Cruises, a 65-foot aluminum vessel skippered by Captain Erick Erickson and featuring a 20-piece jazz band from Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies. Mark Monarch conducted.
Category awards:
Charter:
first place, Fantasy I, a 49-to-57-foot houseboat owned by River Galley Cruises and skippered by Captain Diane Weissburg; and
second place, Carmina Mare, a 46-foot Seamaster motorsailer, cutter-rigged, skippered by Larry Beane.
Yacht club:
first place, Merryweather, a 34-foot Catalina sailboat owned by Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht; and
second place, Cheyenne, a 50-foot sailboat skippered by Alan Blunt.
Individual:
first place, Trinity, a 42-foot powerboat owned by Regina Risolio; and
second place Tina Marie, a 27-foot sailboat owned by Tina and Dave Smith and skippered by Dave Smith.
Organization:
first place, Noteworthy, a 47-foot Formosa sailboat entered by Women’s Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay and owned and skippered by Emilio Basille; and
second place, Miss Christie, a 45-foot Neuville crew boat skippered by Steven Kofahl and featuring the Birmingham High School Chamber Singers.
