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| Nice to have Dad and Felicitas aboard the past few days |
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| Sunrise |
Riva and Erik awoke early and spent an hour walking all of the docks looking at the boats, in particular the other Marinettes. We sat and chatted for another hour or so while getting caffeinated up before Erik and Renee went up to the clubhouse for a morning Marinette owners breakfast buffet and meeting while dad and Felicitas ventured into town to get breakfast at ‘Wake Up And Waffle’. It was interesting to hear of the 25 year history of the Marinette club. It has held its annual rendezvous in several locations over the years ranging from here in Sandusky to Cedar Point, Huron, Cleveland and also many in Canada.
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| At the morning breakfast and Marinette club business meeting elections were held and they attempted to nominate one of us for a position…..not gonna happen! 😝 |
By 11am significant rain moved into the area and we all retreated to inside the boat for a relaxing late morning and early afternoon period of reading, blogging and napping. The rains moved through and gave way to partly sunny skies and nice warm temperatures by 2pm. There was a ‘Tour of Marinette Fleet’ during the other afternoon hours during which we walked around the docks chatting with all of the rendezvous attendees while also checking out all of the boats. It was fun seeing all of the different models as well as the things owners have done to customize and decorate their vessels. We came away with some ideas on new flooring for our salon/galley/V-berth as well as some improvements we may make to what will be our new upper enclosure.
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| Many Marinettes at the dock walk One of these is not like the other… Can you find it? Hint….it’s a 5 million dollar yacht |
Dad and Felicitas had dinner aboard while Renee and Erik attended the rendezvous dinner in the SYC clubhouse which was delicious. In addition to the good food and Marinette talk, we both won a “Homeport Basket”. Each member donated a basket of items from their homeport to be raffled off to raise funds for the club. We came home with some nice goodies including two bottles of wine 😂 (donations to grandparents we suppose), a nice East Tawas beach towel, an outdoor folding mat/blanket, multiple cups, some hand towels and a metal seahorse hook with a tutu (Renee’s favorite).
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| Nice dinner event All of the baskets from members homeports Our winnings Renee’s favorite, the seahorse hook |
The final hours of the last full day of our trip was spent enjoying another sunset from the back of the boat and walking Riva around the marina. We will be heading back to Pier 53, Happy Destiny’s home for the remainder of the year, in the morning. Hard to believe that another adventure is nearing an end, but, only with the hope of many more yet to come!
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| Sunsets never get old…. Next one we see will likely be over the Muskingum River 😊 |
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| Cedar Point light show |
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