Shaggers Rendezvous Begins Officially

Thursday 27^th August 2015

It is the first day of the SICYC Rendezvous, largely devoted to registration, some more boat arrivals, and the formal part of proceedings is a happy hour at Montes Resort, to meet up with everyone.

Most of us need to go ashore in the morning and get the participation wristbands, book restaurant times for the functions and pick up a bit of merchandise.

We motored off in our dinghy at around 10.30 am, dropping in to see the 2 nearby Hanses on the way ( Soleil and Eureka), we then tracked down Bill and Linda Castles on About Time, had coffee with them, and eventually got to shore by noon (having made arrangements to catch up with Bill and Linda for lunch at 1 pm at Cape Gloucester Resort).

The beach is littered with dinghies as everyone is coming ashore. A few trailer sailors have also arrived occupying prime real estate on the shoreline sitting on the bottom.

Once our duties were complete we walked around to Cape Gloucester Resort from Montes (where the SICYC organisers are based), and had lunch with the Castles. It is a very pleasant spot with good food.

Lunch at Cape Gloucester Resort

On our way back to the boat (actually a fair way out of our way), we visited the nearby trawler to see if we could buy some prawns, but unfortunately to could not raise anyone onboard, so came back empty handed. Maybe better luck tomorrow (if he comes back)

It was back to shore at 4.30pm for the meet and greet happy hour, with most people dressed in their blue Vice Commodore polo shirts. It was a big crowd, and very spread out. 

We ended up having a drink with the rest of the Hanse owners and Bill and Linda, heading back to the boat before dark for a BBQ on board. Bill and Linda joined us, and managed to find their way home in the dark through a maze of boats.