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Historic Spanish Point launches seacraft at Seafood & Sailboats

The outdoor luncheon was held on Jan. 26.

By Harry Sayer
| 9:31 p.m. January 26, 2020

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Historic Spanish Point hosted a celebration of life with its Seafood & Sail Boats event Jan. 26.

Supporters headed to the environmental museum's White Cottage Lawn for a low-country seafood boil. The event had its very own mermaid for guests to take photos with along with music from the Stillhouse Shakers.

The lunch concluded with the launch of the Cat Boat "Melanie", christened after Melanie Hoitt who died two years ago.

David Marrison, Allen Steiger, Jace Maxwell, Wayne Hoitt, Executive Director John McCarthy, Louis Gross and Stephen Zimmerman

Ryan and Meredith Zimmerman with Lisa Marcotte

Supporters dined on low-country boil seafood.

Tom Martin, Brenda Mitchell, Kim Dart and Chuck Barber

Brenda Mitchell, Paula Martin and Mary Helma

Crystal and Donnie Maxwell

Lynn Floethe, Mike Quillen, Elaine Barber, Tracy and Sheriff Tom Knight

Brendan and Nicole Coudal

Nancy DeWitt and Marilyn Gerkin

Donna Gora and Julie Right Halbert with Julie Stewart

Kathy Nine and Ella Stern

Peg and Wendell Kapustiak

Sarah Pflug

Executive Director John McCarthy

Randy and Martha Wells

Mimi Cirbusova

Mark and Baila Miller

John and Barbara Baldwin with Raven McDonough and Deborah and Dennis Borner

Karl, Arthur and Valerie Bernhard

Guests had plenty of seafood to choose from

Wayne Hoitt

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