Photos, Rendezvous 2005
Craig,
If you are not too far into producing a CD, I would like to send you our photos to include; we have about 75 from the rendezvous.
The Rendezvous Re Cap…….
Heather and I had a great time meeting and greeting, seeing friends from previous years and at last to put a person to an email address, to share a cold one and some tales. My only regret was not being able to spend more time visiting with new and old friends. Next year we want to delegate (have volunteers come forward) some of the on site duties so we can visit a little more.
We hung out for a couple of days after, resting and exploring Port Townsend. We made some interesting discoveries for next years event that will be a little different and lots of fun, more on that later.
This year we had representation from at least 33 vessels. I say representation as some flew, came by motor home or car, we even had a former Ericson owner sneak in with his Tollycraft, who we got to know quite well as they stayed for a couple of days due to mechanical problems. No sails but the great company and their large and well stocked fridge compensated.
I know I met people who came but did not fill out our list as attendees with current contact information, so representation exceed 33 vessels but I have no idea by how many. We set up our pot luck dinner with 100 chairs and I saw folks getting more chairs out. Many thanks to all of the chefs for bringing such great food, a fantastic feast it was!
How lucky we were to have champagne served by the almost newlyweds Jon & Carolyn who honored us by sharing their 35th wedding anniversary with us, what a treat! Congratulations to you both.
Thanks to all for helping me with the de-naming and re-naming of my new to me Independence now known as “Fairhaven”, with special thanks to Glyn “Love Shorts” Judson for participating and making the ceremony truly something to remember. I chose the name from a place in a past life but was then informed of a small town in Washington also called Fairhaven, we will need to visit the town next year.
At last, not to forget, thanks to all that came and participated and to those who helped with organizing activities and prizes, after all, it’s all of us who make the event!
Cheers and happy sailing to all.
Stuart & Heather MacKenzie
North Vancouver BC