Albin Owners Group

A special thanks to Matt & Janet for hosting a great party. It was obvious that thier numero uno priority this weekend was to make for a super cookout on Saturday and the VERY uncomfortable record breaking heat did not stop them one bit. The theme, the food, the raffles, giveaways, etc. all made for a fun time. And a thank you to the 4 little hula's from HomeInstead & TOY-RIFIC for being the perfect assistants and everyone else who helped out and brought along all the tasty food for sharing. The sky lanterns were a hit too, thanks Jay!

As always it was great to see old friends, meet new ones and finally connect to those we only know via posts, PM's and emails... Pics to follow.

Sky lantern pictures: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4611&p=27397#p27397

Thanks everyone for a great time!

Matt and Janet - Thank you for putting together a great Rendezvous!

I didn't take many pictures, but here is a link
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m268 ... endezvous/

I promise next time to use a real camera!

All of the Froggy crew thank Matt and Janet for organizing a great party! We had a fabulous time!

I finally opened the gift bag and wish to thank those who put it together and Defender for the gift certificate (which appears will go towards a macerator pump as mine just died).

If anyone gets up this way, drop me a note and we'll have an inpromptu rendez-vous.

Best,

Carl

Matt and Janet Thanks again..wish we could have stayed Sat night!!

Great to see everyone..once a year not enough!!

John & Mary
"Joncat"

Just wanted to say that Margaret and I had a great time meeting everyone and especially the outstanding effort by Matt and Janet for all their hard work. The weather being what it was, I believ my Santa list may include an ac unit.
Serenity

I would like to thank all who attended the 2011 AOG North East rendezvous. The weather was a little tough this year ( can you say HOT ), but we still had a great turnout. There where a few members that could not make it and they were missed.

There where 20 boats in total at Coecles Harbor Marina, many in slips and some on the moorings.

Andiamo, Meyrick and Donna
Attitude Adjustment, Jay and Debby
Doghouse, Matt and Janet
Ebb Tide, Tim and Laurie
Froggy, Carl and Diane
Hideaweigh, Dave and Ann
Home Instead, John, Tracy, Drew & Laura
Joint Venture, John and Marsha
JonCat, John and Mary
Midnight Rambler, Chris and Diane
Paumanok, Ron and Marcy
Reel McCoy, John and Nannette
Resolution, Gery, Annie, Marissa & Gabriella
Seaquel, Dave and Barbara
Serenity, Mark and Margret
Sunny IV, Doug
Sweet Caroline, John and Don
Time after Time, Ric and Karen
Together, Lionel and Lynn
Toy-rific, Rob, Erika, Grace & Elle


The Saturday themed cookout worked out better than Janet and I expected. Many brought more decorations, everyone had extra food and as Rob mentioned above I wish to thank the 4 hula girls (Grace, Drew, Elle, and Laura) that helped in giving out the shirts, Defender bags and the raffle tickets.
Several members said thanks for putting this together. The truth is that this is just a fantastic group of people and everyone helped out. THANK YOU EVERYONE...

I took several pictures as I am sure everyone did, once everyone finishes cleaning out their boats and getting things back in order please post what you can.

Last but not least, we also had a raffle and collected $230. John Collins has been kind enough to supply us with this website, shirts and much of his own time. John this is to put towards AOG, thanks VERY much for everything. None of this would have happened without you !

Thanks to everyone,
Matt and Janet

Our first rendevous was soooo much fun! Can't wait for next year's event. Thank you Janet and Matt for your time and efforts with organizing this year and thank you John for the Albin Owner's shirts and bags! Hope everyone had a safe journey home, we arrived to a dock party in Mt Sinai and replaced the Coecles pool with dock dives. We hope all of you will come visit us at Mt Sinai Yacht Club (transient slips and moorings available).
Reel McCoy - 1998 28 TE

Marcy and I also want to express our thanks and gratitude to Matt and Janet and all the others that helped plan and organize this years Rendezvous !! It was an amazing turnout and testament to how much Albin owners love their boats and enjoy sharing their experiences. The boats docked at the oven slips (not even slips) without AC were heat endurance champions and may also want to try the Death Valley ultramarathon some day. The food, conversation and new friends made for a wonderful weekend. We left Monday morning as planned and returned to home port safe and sound after a great near month out at sea but sad, as well, that it had to end. See you next year ! Maybe earlier for all at the moorings !
Ron
A34 Paumanok

I'm a little sad that we couldnt' make it but from what I'm reading the rendezvous was a success. Matt and Janet - Thank you so much for all your hard work. Thanks to everyone that pitched in, brought stuff, and showed up.
This group has turned into our own little social network. Unlike Facebook or those other places I know that I truly have friends and it is greatly appreciated.

Thank you all for the raffle donation!
Anyone please send pictures to jcollins AT albinowners.net.

John

I will chime in and thank Janet & Matt for a great job. I knew I choose wisely (actually Matt just happened to be standing next to me last year when I was folding the banner). I have put all my photos in an online gallery where anyone can download the files for free or order prints at cost if they wish. If anyone else has a large number of images they would like to upload to this page PM me and we will get it done. Here's the link:
http://artlibrary.smugmug.com/Misc-Clie ... 27_WMLxGF3

Alternately, here's a link to a "slideshow" of the above images...
http://artlibrary.smugmug.com/photos/sw ... Key=FQRhzc

We just got home, still feeling the glow from the warm weekend with friends old and new (no, we're not talking about the weather ). Thanks from us, too, to Matt & Janet for all the hard work delivered with smiles and great fellowship. Hope to see many "Albineers" again before summer's end.

Lyn & Lionel

After 11 days aboard, the crew of TOY-RIFIC returned home today. From Shelter Isl we went to Montauk, Mystic and Block Isl and enjoyed an incredible week of ideal summer weather and FAC seas. In 200 nautical miles the wipers were on for just one single swipe which was today as I headed out Shinnecock inlet for our last leg.

Leaving Block Isl this morning at sunrise
Friends awaited as we headed from Gardiners for Cedar Pt

Woooow! Where were these taken?

poillon1 wrote:Woooow! Where were these taken?

Gardiners Bay in East Hampton. North of Cedar Point and East of the entrance to Coecles.

Amazing Rob,,, those sure are some pics