Winter Rendezvous Port Jefferson & Surrounding Areas 2016

[Harmony2015]

Just wanted to thank everyone for such a warm welcome to Carol and me. We had such a great time meeting you all and are definitely in for the flotilla this Summer! Should be a great boating season! See you all soon. Bob

 

[Alex F]

As always, we had an awesome time! Tons of laughs and interesting stories exchange.

Many thanks to our hosts Todd and Sherri. Joe and Greg, excellent job on adding special touches on the entertainment side. It was great to see our special guest star appearance, Captain Rusty.

Can't wait for our trips. Let's get ready for Memorial Day weekend at Zach's bay.

 

[Greg]

What a night! The 5th Annual CSR Port Jefferson Winter Rendezvous was as good as it gets. It was great getting together with old friends and making new friends.

I am also happy to let everyone know that I remember walking back to my hotel room, unassisted.

For those that missed it, or those that don't really remember it to well, I have included some photos below...

We had a surprise guest, Captain Rusty Higgins. Here he is holding the door open for the ladies.

Or maybe that was just his way of being able to greet them individually.

Once inside, everyone grabbed their nametags.

Here are just a bunch of random pictures from the evening.

We even had a vintner in the house.
Apparently Vinny is quite the oenologist.

Our new friends Bob and Carol talking with Joe

Look at these awesome placemats that Joe designed and printed.

And then the food came out.
Look, even Larry put his phone down to get some food.

We had a photo-bomber in the house...

I still have to talk to Jonathan about this one.
Colleen denies any wrong doing.

And the cute couple award goes to...

What is it with all the photo-bombers?

After dinner is was time for a little fun. We decided to put together a little multiple choice game with kahoot. If you've never seen it, the questions appear on the screen and every one tries to select the correct answer using their smart phone.

Just about everyone got this question right. Thanks Sea Ray...

The winners were given fabulous prizes.

And they were very happy to receive them.

Joe and Rusty giving speeches

Photo ops with Rusty

I would like to thank Todd and Sherri for hosting this fabulous event, for five straight years now, you guys are the best. Joe for all the hard work he did in coordinating the events of the night and printing all the cool signs and placemats. I would also like to thank Sea Ray for dinner, and for building my boat! Can't wait till I can launch her again...

 

[h_gerry]

Great pictures Greg!!
Also wanted to thank Greg and Colleen for hosting the “After-Party”!!
It was great to finally meet the legendary Capt. Rusty! It was a pleasure getting to spend some time with him and listen to the stories. He truly is an Ambassador of Good Will and all things Sea Ray. He is a shining example of Sea Ray’s commitment to owners and we (and Sea Ray) are lucky to have him.

 

[Alex F]

Very nice photos, Greg. Looking at the happy group of boating friends brings nothing but pleasant smiles. It's getting harder and harder to top off the previous rendezvous, but somehow we're managing to do so.

 

[bmac]

That'll teach me to come home late from Key West.....you were all too drunk to take any pictures by time we got to the party!!!!

 

[Greg]

That'll teach me to come home late from Key West.....you were all too drunk to take any pictures by time we got to the party!!!!

Well we did have a question in the game about you.

 

[tdschafer]

Well, another year and another Winter Rendezvous down! I cant thank EVERYONE enough for making the effort to attend. From Brian & Kathy's last minute flight up from Key West or Dale & Tina shooting from a family party upstate, to Rusty flying from the Boston Boat show and everyone who travelled any distance, long or short, you guys & gals are what makes this party such a success! Special thanks go out to Joe (Havanah Shamrock) for the placemats, slideshow, prizes & other efforts that were a huge help with this years party.
As always, another big thanks to Greg (Greg-lol) for the awesome nametags and the trivia game! That was a huge hit and really brought another fun element to this gathering.
I also need to give a HUGE shoutout to the man, the myth, the legend known as Captain Rusty Higgins!! I was happy to finally make this great gentlemans acquaintance. He is truly what "Sea Ray" is and should be! I also would like to thank Sea Ray Corporation for allowing Rusty to join us and for sponsoring the buffet for all of our guests! That was a very generous gesture on their behalf and makes me even prouder to own one of their fine vessels!
With that said, I had cleared out my phone earlier the day of the party in preparation of all the pictures that I would take. Unfortunately, I was having so much fun that I didn't take any, well I did take one to text to a friend in response to why I wasn't answering my phone....




Yeah, I know, not much! Haha! That was the first slide of the show that Joe put together. Anyway, We did get excellent weather this year which certainly was welcome after last years deep freeze party!





I want to thank Greg for being this years party photographer, great pics bud! Alex's camera was curiously absent this year..........

I'm sorry that I didn't get to spend time with everyone at this years gathering. I was having such a good time (as it seemed we ALL were) and there were so many people that it was tough to work the whole crowd. I hope that you all enjoyed it as much as I did & I am looking forward to seeing you all at Shelter Island this summer as the Flotilla kicks off! I'm sure that we will share a few cocktails together there!

 

[JJ Chones]

Thanks to Todd and all for a great time. It was my first time with the group and it sure won't be the last. I met some great people and made some new friends. Doesn't get any better than that!