Huntington Harbour Yacht Club celebrates opening day

Two yacht club members are startled as Rick Tarantino, right, fires off a rifle as a gun salute to a passing-by commodore who sailed in their boat during the Huntington Harbor Yacht Club "Opening Day" Boat Parade Sunday morning. The event invited all members to enjoy the day together, sailing down the Huntington Harbor for an hour and later honoring different members of the association during an award ceremony.

A Huntington Harbor Yacht Club member waves to fellow members aboard the Coral Queen as the boats passed by the docks for the annual boat parade during "Opening Day" Sunday morning.

Boats sail down the Huntington Harbor during the "Opening Day" boat parade, which celebrated another year for the Yacht Club Sunday morning with a gun salute for commodores and a presentation of Concours Awards.

Director Rick Mercer sails in his boat "Strikezone" during the Boat Parade Sunday morning during the Opening Day Ceremony in Huntington Beach.

Members aboard the Coral Queen salute to the Huntington Harbor Yacht Club during the annual Boat Parade Sunday morning. Commodores and other significant members of the club were honored with a gun-salute as their boat passed by the main docks.

Jr. Staff Commodore Eric Hartman sails aboard the Strikezone during the "Opening Day" Boat Parade Sunday morning at Huntington Harbor. The Yacht club gathers every year to sail together in an honorary boat parade, and later honoring particular guests with awards.

Huntington Harbor Yacht Club member Chris Mercer waves to a passing boat aboard her own boat, "Strikezone", during the Boat Parade Sunday morning during the Opening Day Ceremony in Huntington Beach.

Members of the Huntington Harbor Yacht Club salute during the pledge of allegiance at the Opening Day Ceremony. The event invited all members to enjoy the day together, sailing down the Huntington Harbor for an hour and later honoring different members of the association during an award ceremony at Huntington Beach Harbor.

Members of the Huntington Harbor Yacht Club sing "God Bless America" during the Opening Day ceremony Sunday morning.

Director Rick Mercer waves to a passing boat as he sails in his boat "Strikezone" during the Boat Parade Sunday morning during the Opening Day Ceremony in Huntington Beach.

Jr. Staff Commodore Eric Hartman gives welcoming remarks to members of the Huntington Harbor Yacht Club Sunday morning before introducing Staff Commodores and other significant members of the club during "Opening Day" on Sunday morning.

The Orange County Sheriff Harbor Patrol directed the Huntington Harbor Yacht Club in their Opening Day Boat Parade Sunday morning, where commodores and other significant members were able to pass by the docks and have an honorary gun-salute.

Huntington Harbor Yacht Club members pose for a photograph as they sail aboard the Strikezone Sunday morning during the annual Boat Parade.