[Public-List] A report about the June Alberg rendezvous in, BC/Pender Island?

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

Thank you Stephen - I'd have loved to have been able to be there.

Great report. I'm tempted to emulate your style for another I have to
make... I'll be sure to foot note it to you.

Gord




On 04/08/15 2:58 PM, "Stephen Gwyn via Public-List"
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> The meeting was fun as always. There were about 15 boats, of which maybe 6
> were 
> Alberg 30s. There was an Alberg 37, two Alberg 29s, an Alberg 22, a Seasprite
> and several Cape Dorys of various lengths from 25 to 40ish. That's mostly
> typical, although there were slightly fewer A30s this year than in the past.
> 
> The rendezvous followed the usual schedule. Most people showed up Friday
> afternoon. We went to the pub Friday night. Saturday night, we had a potluck
> dinner followed by raffling off the door prizes, followed by a sing-a-long.
> Sunday, depending on destination and currents, people headed off, engendering
> an impromptu race if any two boats left at more or less than same time.
> 
> In between all that, there was phenomenal amount of visiting back and forth to
> everybody else's boat and discussion of good places to go/engine problems and
> solutions/nice dodger where did get it made/that's a cool storage compartment
> you've made can I see the inside/how do keep your teak so shiny/furling jibs
> are 
> the only way to go/I'm sticking with hanks/Your Alberg 29 is a foot shorter
> than 
> an A30 but has way more space down below/yes but remember how much faster you
> were leaving last year/my Danforth/Bruce/CQR/Manson is the most reliable
> anchor 
> ever/no it isn't because/so have you replaced your atomic 4 yet/last year you
> said you were putting a holding tank how did that go/where's so-and-so this
> year/he sold/no he didn't he sailed to Mexico/would you care a spot of
> wine/beer/rum/single malt/don't mind if I do/come aboard then/where did you
> sail 
> last summer/where are you going this summer/how did you manage to fit an oven
> in 
> there is it gimbled...
> 
> You get the picture.
> 
> My wife and I organise it. My wife e-mails the sailors and I talk to the
> marina 
> and try and coax a few local sponsors (Trotac Marine in Victoria usually) into
> giving us a door prize or two.
> 
> Next year, it will be June 17-19 at the Ladysmith Maritime Society marina:
> http://www.lmsmarina.ca/
> 
> We have a website with pictures of past rendezvous at:
> https://sites.google.com/site/albergrendezvous/home
> 
> If you like, send me an e-mail and we can add you to the rendezvous mailing
> list. I post here a couple of times, but there is a bit more discussion on the
> other mailing list.
> 
> SG
> 
> 
>