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Once again, cruisers came from all over for the Miami Strictly Sail Boat Show Cruisers’ Party. This year we had folks from Puerto Rico, Canada, France, Central America and Europe join in to celebrate the cruising lifestyle.
Joining Cruising Outpost as sponsors for this year’s event were Harken, Dream Yacht Charters, Beta Marine, Sailology, Copper Coat, Murray Marine, Spectra Watermakers, Mack Sails, Forespar, Technautics, Kanberra, and of course the NMMA, producers of this great show.
The Cruising Outpost parties are always free, and there is always cold beer and pizza as well as great music. Eric Stone was live, in concert with Steve Hall on lead guitar. Eric has been part of these events since they started.
A raffl e was held with proceeds going to Mystic Seaport Museum for the refi tting of the Charles W. Morgan, which is the only remaining New Bedford Whaler. The prizes for this raffl e included a Spectra Catalina Watermaker, a Dream Yacht Charter vacation in the British Virgin Islands, a Winchrite
electric winch handle from Sailology, as well as dozens of other prizes donated by the marine industry. The custom decanters from Pusser’s Rum were some of the more sought after prizes.
These events have become an integral part of the larger boat shows in the country, allowing cruisers and the marine industry to mix in a social atmosphere.
Photos clock-wise from top: The party group. Enjoying free pizza (the best kind!). A happy Pusser’s Rum decanter winner. The winner of the Winchrite. A happy Susan Gagger, the Dream Yacht Charter winner. The folks from Murray Marine and Spectra with the Grand Prize winner. Volunteers serving up the pizza. Eric Stone & Steve Hall entertaining the troops. The raffl e ticket sales team.
L. - R. Dick Murray of Murray Marine Matt Wood, the winner of the unit, Bob Bitchen, Ray Carter and JT Halden of Halden Marine , the dealer for that area.
An Estimated 1,000 People Gather to Celebrate Sailing on the Gulf!
For a number of years Sail America has been trying to get a good representation of the sailing side of boating into a boat show in the Houston suburbs, where an estimated 1/3 of all registered sailboats between 25 and 50 feet are found. This is a huge market, and they have been overlooked by the sailing industry for too long.
Last year a group of sailing industry people joined with the Sail America and the South West International Boat Show in League City to see what would happen. We had fun (duh!).
On Saturday evening the Cruising Outpost Party took place. An estimated 1,000 people were in attendance for the party, and it was a great event.
This year’s party was sponsored by some of the true greats in the sailing industry. Harken, Spectra Watermakers, Yacht Equipment Services, Kanberra, Copper Coat, Sailology and Little Yacht Sales all helped make this a great cruisers’ party. The music was provided by Jerry Diaz and Hanna’s Reef, one of the most popular trop-rock bands in the Houston area.
There was a raffl e held at the party with the proceeds going to the Mystic Seaport Museum, to help with the refi t of the Charles W. Morgan. The grand prize, donated by Y.E.S (Yacht Equipment Services) and Spectra was a $6,000
watermaker. Jim Glandt is the dealer that helped give this away with Spectra. Ryan Curington was the very happy winner! There was also a Winchrite electric winch handle and dozens of other great prizes, including a whole bunch of frozen shrimp from The Port of Delambre!
Everyone had a great time, and, oh yeah... did we mention? Jody got to sign her fi rst breast (see below)!
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