Newport Harbor Yacht Club

Reception

CDM community church 

Ceremony

Community Church Congregational

CEREMONY

Our Wedding

<p>You probably are asking how a girl from Southern California and a guy from South Africa met after growing up on different sides of not just the equator but the world, well it's simple we somehow  ended up living at the same crew house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  For the first year of our relationship while working on different yachts we spend most of the time in long distance until Katie was finally able to get onboard Top Five II, the yacht Miguel was working as a deckhand. Shortly after however we ended up back in long distance when Miguel went down to the Caribbean  and Katie went up to New England to rejoin her first Yacht RENA. We finally ended back on the same yacht the following winter and spend months with each other traveling to and from the Exuma islands in the Bahamas and a short trip to Nashville where we got engaged at the vineyard that Katie worked at during covid. Here's to the continuation of our love story and the next chapter of our lives on May 17th, 2025. </p>

Our Story 

Balboa Bay Resort

VEA Newport Beach, A Marriott Resort & Spa

Ayres Hotel Costa Mesa/Newport Beach

Hyatt Regency Newport Beach

Irvine Marriott

Holiday Inn Express Newport Beach an IHG Hotel

Newport Beach Hotel a Four Sisters Inn

John Wayne Airport

<p>About 30 minutes from Newport Beach</p>

Long Beach Airport

Los Angeles International Airport

Travel

FAQs

Photos

Betsy Calder 

Madison Gilliam 

Daniella Hammett

Grace Blackman

Robin Lang

Christina Emory

Wedding Party

Things to Do

Registry

Katherine & Miguel

Katherine & Miguel

Registry

Thank you so much for purchasing from our wedding registry. We can’t wait to celebrate our marriage with you on May 17th 2025! We appreciate you so much - Love Miguel and Katie