SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - It's the 154th year for the Santa Barbara Yacht Club and the season kicked off with a full house of members and guests Saturday morning.
The event started with a flag raising ceremony and a welcoming speeches from Commodore Matt Wilson along with many other ceremonial activities.
There were also canon blasts over the waterfront including after the Pledge of Allegiance and Star Spangled Banner.
The Santa Barbara Youth Sailors Foundation was also featured on stage and had an open house at their site in the harbor.
The names of those members who passed away in the last year were read and a bell rang in their honor.
Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse who is also a member, gave the club a special proclamation.
There was also a blessing of the club and its boats and activities throughout the day at the club and in the water in front of the landmark building.
Special guests included members of the USS Santa Barbara based in San DIego.
Throughout the season there will be events including the weekly wet Wednesday and special regattas including the Santa Barbara to King Harbor-Redondo Beach in July.
The Santa Barbara Yacht Club opened in 1872 and is the second oldest Yacht Club in North America.
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