The D.R.Y.L. Crowns Our 2011 Queen !!

Miss 2011 D.R.Y.L. Queen Kaitlyn Haley From Yapewi A.C.

On Friday & Saturday August 12^th and 13^th around 100 boats and numerous "car boaters" made their way to Philadelphia Marine Center for the 40^th Anniversary of The D.R.Y.L. Queens Pageant.The docks started getting filled on Friday afternoon and by Saturday morning we were packed in tight and safe thru the very hard work of J.R. Pyffer & Paul Richardson of our Docking Committee. Thanks must also go out to the clubs who arrived on Friday and as soon as they were docked joined in to assist with the docking within the basin. It was truly a well executed plan and it all came about with the help of everyone who attended.On the topic of docking we have to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to the Members of Farragut S.A. who volunteered to take slips in the South Basin of PMC so that we did not have to make any difficult choices. As this was our 40^th Anniversary, Toni did her best to bring all the Past Princesses and Queens together and I must say it was very nice to see these young women again many of whom I remember being on stage as teenagers.

Queen of the Chesapeake Bay and Princesses from The Bay Clubs came up for the Pageant and enjoyed a luncheon at Dave & Busters with our D.R.Y.L. Queen and Princesses.

D.R.Y.L. Queen Rebecca and Club Princesses Pageant Night

Here are the results from this week-ends Pageant

Queen Miss Kaitlyn Haley YAC

1^st Runner-up Princess Meghan Brolley

2^nd Runner-up Princess Brittany Lawyer FSA

3^rd Runner-up Princess Angela Bruno WEBC

Miss Congeniality Princess Angela Bruno WEBC

Would like to say that this year by far was one that had boaters taking the decorating of boats to the next level it was really cool to see how much thought and work all the clubs did to try and take the Crown away from River Winds YC who again came in and were a 2x4 away from having to apply for a building permit from the City Of Philadelphia.All clubs decorated at least one boat, but NPBC, YAC, and AYC decorated all their boats and most be commended to making this event a festive and brightly colored dock party!

Most Boats -FSA

Best Decorated Power Boat - Great Expectations QCYC

Best Decorated Sail Boat - Endeavor AYC

Best Of Fleet - Kickin Back RWYC

Best Decorated Club - RWYC

Above 4 Pictures of The Best Decorated Sail Boat - Endeavor From AYC

Above 4 Pictures of The Best Decorated Power Boat Great Expectations From QCYC

Above 4 Pictures of The Best Decorated Boat In The Entire Fleet Kickin Back From RWYC

Please note I am waiting to receive pictures from Candyce Homstrup ( Photos By Candyce ) & John Alexanian ( Lasting Impressions ) who are our Official /Unofficial League Photographers who take the time to take great pictures of every event they attend, so check back soon for more pictures but enjoy what we have here.

Below Are 5 Pictures Of Future Princesses

The Pageant was another huge success due to the efforts of Toni Nespola and her Committee who worked hard planning this weekend and making sure everything was just right for the Queen and Princesses.Toni is so vital to our organization and the Pageant - we are very fortunate to have her spear heading this event and I am, and will always be, indebted to her for her involvement and help with this event.

Thanks to all that volunteered and who came out to support the Queen, (both outgoing and new), the Princesses and the league -Juice