2006 Ericson Rendezvous
Hi All
Here is a copy of what I just sent to Shaun about 2006.
Hi Shaun
Great stuff! I was concerned about starting to organize too soon, guess not. Just to fill you in, this is what I have been up to. I spoke with Ronda at the end of the Rendezvous last year and told her we want the entire Marina, if you count the boats on the transient slips we would have filled all the book able slips as well as some did not bring their boats and were in sailing range. I would not be concerned about booking the entire facility and also think they will hold the marina for a couple of months with no deposit, as we fill up the 5.00 thing will go away. I will book my slip Jan 2/06 (usually can't do much on the 1st!) if in May there are open slips we can decide what to do then, PH requires only a 24 hour cancellation so if we cut off May 15th or so that pretty fair. After all we should have our token sea ray or something.
Heather and I hung out in PT for a few days after the rendezvous and discovered a couple of wineries and a brewery that do tours and tasting, what do you think about a bus tour Saturday afternoon to a brewery and a winery to taste the local wares then off to the State park for an all you can eat buffet dinner for 10.00 per head? Usual antics Saturday morning have lunch on board, guest speaker? (I have some thoughts and it might need to be linked to our sponsor) Then head out for a road trip to the booze factories.
Also I am trying to get a corporate sponsor for about 2500.00, each boat would get a cool goodie bag, containing two t shirts, Ericson burgee and a bunch of other stuff. Our sponsor would be on the bag and their logo on the T shirts (small). A small registration fee would be charged per boat and membership in the yet to be formed Ericson Owners Association may be included or optional, not sure yet but as the EOA is being worked on. What do you think?
Oh yeah, had a great sail yesterday so I went and did it again today! Cheers
Stuart MacKenzie