In they go and out they come! KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register The first wave of participants, led by Boothbay Region YMCA Dolphin swimmer Hannah Hills (dressed in a unicorn suit) reaches the water. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register The Watts family of Southport, from left, Robbie, Ella, Sara and Kayla, get interviewed by Penguin Plunge organizer Larry Brown for Boothbay Region TV before the event. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Running for the shore. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Doug Goldhirsch of Southport wraps up in a towel after the Plunge. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Celebrating their Plunge! KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Nick Livingston, left, and Nick Upham following the Plunge. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Jon Trees of Boothbay Region TV gets ready to use a waterproof camera for the Plunge. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register The official Penguin Plunge trophy. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register The crowd gathers for the 19th annual Penguin Plunge. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Nick Livingtson arrives to participate in the Plunge. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Firefighters get the equipment out just in case someone might need it. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Byran and Hannah Hills are flanked by Kayla, left, and Ella Watts. The Watts sisters participated in their first Plunge while brother and sister Hills are veterans of the event. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Heather Hills, a BRYMCA swim coach, arrives for the Plunge and to cheer on her kids. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register David Patch, left, chosen as this year’s official volunteer along with his wife, Mary, talks with a friend and fellow Plunge participant. Patch held true to his word last month by going “all the way in.” KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register Andy Hamblett, left, Penguin Plunge veteran and executive director of the Boothbay Region YMCA, cheers on the participants. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register