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Fleet Web Addresses:
RockHallFleet.com
RockHallFleet.net
RockHallFleet.org
GratitudeYachting.com
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Note: This information is from the 2000 Rendezvous,
please
call Gratitude Yachting at 410-639-7111. Thank you.
Schedule of Events
2000 Island Packet Rendezvous
Friday, September 1, 2000
 | Assistant Dockmasters help Madelyn Greet and inform arriving Boats |
| 3:00pm-6:00pm--Informal Yacht Visitation |
| 6:45pm--Pizza Delivery, sold by slice, plates and napkins provided. |
| 7:00pm-9:00pm--Welcome Party under Tent, Bring your own Beverage |
Saturday, September 2, 2000
| 7:00am-11:00am--Registration table open (please register during this time) |
| 8:00am-12:00pm--Assistant Dockmasters help Madelyn greet and inform arriving
boats. |
| 8:30am--IP Rendezvous VHF Radio Net-Channel 78 |
| 9:00am-12:00pm--Informal Yacht Visitation |
| 9:00am-12:00pm--Courtesy Marine Checks (sign
up at registration table) |
| 9:00am-5:00pm "NautiMart" open--Bring boating items for sale.
Labels provided. |
| After you Register-12:30pm--Lunch on your own. Transportation to town
provided by the Rock Hall Trolley. $1.00 all day. |
| 12:30pm-2:30pm--3 seminars going on at once--please choose two to attend,
they will all three run again the following hour. All sessions run about 45
minutes long.
 | Seminar #1 12:30pm-1:15pm |
| Break 1:15pm-1:30pm |
| Seminar #2 1:30pm-2:15pm |
| Break 2:15pm-2:30pm |
| Seminar Topics: Eric & Carleen Petterson doing seminar on Bermuda
High 2000, Matt Beck of North Sails "Cruising Sails: A Tutorial" and
Tom Tursi of The Maryland School of Sailing
and Seamanship "Weather Analysis for the Small Boat Sailor". |
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| 2:30pm-3:30pm--George and Judy Hagerty doing a seminar for all on United
States Coast Guard Auxilary--Flares, Fire Extinguishers and PFD's |
| 3:30pm-10:00pm--Beer Truck opens for Service |
| 3:00pm-4:30pm--Yacht Visitation Time and Dinghy Race |
| 4:00pm-8:00pm--Music begins under tent with DJ Moby Dick....Get ready to
dance!! |
| 4:30pm-5:00pm--Mutt Strut and Kitty Crawl-show off your IP sailing pets. |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm--Wine and Cheese cocktail party under the tent, and new this
year--the Dark 'N Stormy party. |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm--Dinner, buffet style--BBQ Chicken |
| 7:00pm-8:00pm--DJ Moby Dick, more music during dessert and coffee |
| 7:45pm-8:00pm--Skippers meeting for Sunday's Race,
discussion on "How to Raft Up" and charts
for the racecourse. |
| 8:00pm-9:00pm--Featured Speaker for Rendezvous-Bill Bolin of Island Packet
Yachts, "The Creation of a New Island Packet Model," the
Packet Craft Express 36, powerboat. |
Sunday, September 3, 2000
| 7:45am-8:15am--Blessing of the Fleet--Service under the tent with The
Reverend Albert Burton. |
| 8:30am--IP Rendezvous VHF Radio Net Channel 78. |
| 10:00am-12:30pm--Fun race for all classes, starts every 5 minutes with
smallest boats starting first |
| 12:30pm-1:00pm--Get boats to Raft Up area |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm--Traditional Island Packet raft up,
self-provided lunch aboard during the building of the raft. |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm--Raft Break up |
| 3:30pm-10:00pm--Beer Truck open for service |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm--Informal Yacht Visitation |
| 4:30pm-6:00pm--Wine and Cheese cocktail party and new this year, the Captain
Morgan party. All under the tent. |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm--Dinner-buffet style--Pit Beef and Crab Imperial |
| 7:00pm-7:30pm--Factory Update with Earl Blackwell, Bill Bolin and Bruce
Hodges all of Island Packet Yachts. |
| 7:30pm-8:00pm--Awards Presentation and Race Trophies |
| 8:00pm-9:00pm--Prizes & Giveaways and Close of Rendezvous 2000 |
Monday, September 4, 2000
| 8:30am--Island Packet Rendezvous VHF Radio Net Channel 78 |
| 9:00am-10:00am--Fleet meeting under the tent. |
| Rendezvous evaluation and planning for 2001, plus fleet topics. |
Registration Information
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