June 15, 2009: The 2009 Invitational Regatta for the Hoag Cup brought a rare sight of big boat racing to the waters off the coast of Newport Beach June 12-14, raising $200,000 for Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute. The Hoag Cup is the largest single charitable regatta event in the world, raising over $900,000 to date for Hoag Hospital.
The third biennial regatta brought together renowned sailing yachts from around the world for an exciting three-day sailing competition. World-class entries, such as Roy E. Disney’s Pyewacket II, Jim Madden’s Stark Raving Mad V and Ed McDowell’s Grand Illusion, gathered for this high-speed competition.
Disney’s Pyewacket II was the overall 2009 Hoag Cup Regatta winner, receiving the Hoag Cup trophy, created by local artist Kent Kahlen and a Corum Admiral’s Cup Trophy Watch, donated by Corum USA and Traditional Jewelers.
“It was an outstanding regatta,” says Glenn Highland, Hoag Cup Regatta Chairman. “The race boats came to sail, the race committee gave them outstanding courses and the weather cooperated with great sun and breeze. This regatta has fast earned it's reputation as one of the West Coast’s premier sailing events, and coupled with philanthropy has put it in a class of it’s own.”
The Invitational Regatta for the Hoag Cup is a unique partnership between Hoag Hospital Foundation, Balboa Yacht Club and Newport Harbor Yacht Club. The yacht clubs provided on-the-water race management, as well as their world-class yachting facilities for operations and social events.
On Saturday evening of the boating weekend, over 250 hospital supporters, crew members and sponsors gathered at Newport Harbor Yacht Club for the Big Boat Wine Bash. Event-goers tasted numerous fine California vintages, snacked on hors d’oeuvres and participated in a silent wine auction, featuring private wine collections of Newport Beach’s finest wine cellars. All proceeds from the Big Boat Wine Bash benefited Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute.
For more highlights on the 2009 Invitational Regatta for the Hoag Cup, visit www.hoagcupregatta.com.
Click on the captions below for photos of the 2009 Invitational Regatta for the Hoag Cup and the Big Boat Wine Bash.
-Hoag Cup Chairman, Glenn Highland, Hoag Hospital supporter, Lula Halfacre and Jake Rohrer from Hoag Hospital Foundation enjoyed the fine wine tasting and good company at the Big Boat Wine Bash.
-Stark Raving Mad V owner and Hoag Hospital Foundation Chairman, Jim Madden with wife Heather at the Big Boat Wine Bash.
-The 2009 overall Hoag Cup winner was Pyewacket II. Pictured here is owner Roy P. Disney, with Hoag Cup Chairman Glenn Highland and Jake Rohrer from Hoag Hospital Foundation.
About Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (www.hoaghospital.org) is a 498-bed, not-for-profit, acute care hospital located in Newport Beach, Calif. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and designated as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Hoag offers a comprehensive mix of health care services, including Centers of Excellence in cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, orthopedics and women’s health. National Research Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred hospital for the past 13 consecutive years. And for an unprecedented 13 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as the county’s best hospital in a local newspaper survey.
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