At the Gay Fish Company’s Inaugural Blessing of the Fleet on Saturday, April 27, 2024, Cindy Gay Carr joins her father, Charles Gay, as he says a prayer following the flag-raising ceremony. A daily tradition, the Gays say, is to raise the flag and say a prayer each morning. Amber Hewitt/The Island NewsThe Gay cousins pause for a photo during the Gay Fish Company’s Inaugural Blessing of the Fleet on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Amber Hewitt/The Island News
