Galveston Meet Up

[Ocean Girl]

We are gathering at Galveston for a Cruisers Forum member sponsored meet up.
When? April 4th, 5th, and 6th.
Where? Galveston Yacht Basin
Who? Everyone is invited, you can come by boat, car, RV, or Horse since this is Texas after all


With specific questions please PM me, Rain Dog, or bill cartwright( who is hosting us)

Come and play

[Ocean Girl]

Oh, I just thought of something, do we want a speaker of some sort? Maybe a mini seminar about cruising or weather routing on Saturday. I got some friends, might be able to swing a circumnavigator or cruising author...?

[xeon_tsd]

woohoo! =)

speakers... could be cool.

[rgscpat]

Nice!

[Pirate999]

Good chance I'll be there.

[bill cartwright]

Sounds great, the more the merrier

[CapRon]

I'm in. :-)

[Ocean Girl]

I added a poll to get a head count, if we can get more than 15 people I should be able to get a decent speaker.

[bill cartwright]

Going thru the past threads there are close to 15 already. I think it will be between 35 an 75 people. Looking at 1200+ hits on the thread an the general chat so far. Looks like 9 to 17 boats is my guess. thats 15 dozen eggs, 10 lbs bacon, 20 pounds of hashbrowns , 5 lbs coffee, and 10 loaves of bread for toast. I will help out on breakfast. I am planning 10 packs of hotdog buns, 10 packs of dogs with mustard, catchup, relish, cheese, onions, peppers,6 cases of assorted drinks an a case of chips. Which is for Friday afternoon in the pool area. I have a Lance Camper on my truck and we can cook breakfast at the docks for Sunday. For the main group that needs rides, My truck and camper can carry 6 in the cabin and 8 to 10 in the camper for using as a schuttle. My boat also has stove and Microwave we can use. I will donate 2 lbs of Starbucks pikes peak and a few lbs of Comunity coffee and I have 2 old style perculators that cook quick. I have a small blender on the boat for Gordo's Margaritas. So we are down to paperplates, plasticware, cups, nametags, napkins, orange juice and whatever I have forgotten. So what say you Ocean Girl and Seadog and anyone who cares to pitchin on this gathering? please add your coments. Oh I will be there a week early for any needing help or whatever.

[Ocean Girl]

Yep, we will pitch in and be there early. I will start burning thru my email list looking for speaker options. Weather, SSB, offshore prep, are some topics I'll see about. Unless someone has suggestions..?

I'm still a little weak from my recovery, so I may not be able to work (hauling chairs or such) but my hubby is very strong

[Sailmonkey]

We may or may not be able to make it. New job and as of yet unknown schedule........but we'll try!!

[Ocean Girl]

I just had an idea :-) anyone interested in a soft shackle workshop? Or offshore basic sail repair?
My friend owns North Sails in Kemah, or I can hunt down my knot dude friend, it's not rocket science but to have a pro there could teach us other useful knots and make sure our soft shackles are up to snuff.
Just an idea.
I think a workshop would be more fun, instead of a speaker where we just sit and listen to. But if a speaker is preferred, I have a friend who solo circumnavigated( canal and cape of good hope), or a couple who just got back from a 13 year RTW(via Red Sea).
Anyways just throwing ideas out.

[CapRon]

Wow, all good ideas.

[ElGatoGordo]

Love me some soft shackles. I'd like the advanced coourse after doing the basic at WM last year!

[Pirate999]

IF I can make it, I'll talk with a boat neighbor about joining me. He recently replaced his entire standing rigging with Dynex Dux. To say he knows about splicing, soft shackles, etc would be an understatement. I think he may be a member here but not sure. His plans, as well as mine, were to be in Florida by April so I'll bounce it off of him the next week.