{"id":193895,"date":"2014-01-06T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/love-boat-captain-conducts-vintage-nautical-wedding-in-palm-cove\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:32:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T04:32:09","slug":"love-boat-captain-conducts-vintage-nautical-wedding-in-palm-cove","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/love-boat-captain-conducts-vintage-nautical-wedding-in-palm-cove\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Boat captain conducts vintage nautical wedding in Palm Cove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">It was a match made in marine heaven when a beach-loving bride and a shipmaster from Cairns were married by the former commander of <i>The Love Boat<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>No, not Captain Stubing (Greg MacLeod) from the 1980s TV show, but the lesser-known Captain Terry Russell \u2013 the North Queensland celebrant who once commanded the very cruise liner from which the romantic comedy series was filmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found Terry by accident,\u201d says bride Kate Doyle of the celebrant to her vintage nautical wedding. \u201cWe got talking to him and discovered he was a Master Mariner <i>and<\/i> a celebrant \u2013 so both working in the marine industry he and [groom Rowan Lamason] hit it off the moment they met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On September 21, 2013, to a friend&#8217;s acoustic version of Elvis Presley\u2019s \u201cCan\u2019t Help Falling in Love,\u201d Kate, now 27, walked down the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo words can express the excitement I felt on that day,\u201d she recalls, \u201cand the moment I could see my groom-to-be, that feeling was amplified &#8211; his face was lit up with so much happiness and excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The elated couple were attended at the Novotel Palm Cove by three either side, including 28-year-old Rowan\u2019s three brothers and his sister, and Kate\u2019s sister and best friend.<\/p>\n<p>Later, at boutique restaurant <a title=\"Sarayi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingVenues\/Cairns\/Sarayi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarayi<\/a>, 87 guests were delighted to choose their own meal from a fine-dining menu, the bride commenting, \u201cThe full sit-down service was something a little bit different and absolutely perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_005\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_005.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_007\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_007.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_012\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_012.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_006\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_006.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_017\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_017.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_008\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_008.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_010\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_010.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_018\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_018.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A nautical wedding deserves a nautical gown &#8211; Kate&#8217;s Maggie Sottero dress was a mermaid design of beaded lace and tulle. Her bridesmaids were aptly dressed in turquoise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_004\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_004.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_003\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_003.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_019\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_019.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_019\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_019.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_022\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_022.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_024\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_024.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_026\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_026.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_030\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_030.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_024\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_024.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_029\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_029.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Captain Terry Russell created a personal ceremony that involved guests, telling stories of Kate and Rowan\u2019s childhoods, right up to when they met each other six years before at university.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_027\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_027.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_029\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_029.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_047\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_047.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_046\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_046.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_057a\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_057a.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_036\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_036.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_044\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_044.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_048\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_048.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_053\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_053.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_067\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_067.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_037\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_037.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_059\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_059.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Kate and Rowan\u2019s vintage nautical theme came to life with the assistance of The Vintage Hire Company who decked out tables with trinkets such as diver helmets, anchors, seashells and coral.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_066\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_066.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_055\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kate_Rowan_Vintage-Beach-Wedding_309_055.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" 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