Wednesday
Noon-5:00 - Arrival & registration
5:00 - Rum party on the deck
5:45 - Potluck supper (bring entre or dessert to share)
7:00 - Association business meeting & presentation by Bill Sisson on Disasters at Sea
Thursday
7:30 - Coffee
8:30 - Full Breakfast Buffet
9:00 - Welcome Iintroductions
10:00 - 12:15 - Seminars
12:15 - Lunch
1:15 - Mystic Seaport on the Restoration of the Whaler Charles W. Morgan
2:15 - Walking Tour of Historic Essex --- this is an alternate to other afternoon activities
2:15 - Live Flare Demonstration & Participation
3:15 - Live Docking Demonstration
4:15 - Life Raft Demo & Vessel Safety Checks
5:30 - Cocktail party on the deck, served hors d’ouevres
6:30 - A new approach to dinner (various stations for entrees; come and go to the stations as you like.)
7:30 - Raffle (Please bring something for the raffle)
Friday
7:30 - Coffee
8:30 - Full Breakfast Buffet
9:00 - Russ Jones on his recent visit and tour at Nordic Tugs
9:20 - Skippers’ meeting for mooring accommodations in Hamburg Cove & Cruise Instructions (Herb Nickles)
11:30 - Parade of tugs along the Essex Waterfront (Dress ship if possible) and then informal cruise to Hamburg Cove for a leisurely afternoon
5:00 - Dinghy to host boat Nordic Lady for BYO cocktails & BYO hors d'oeuvres. Dinner on own vessel.
Saturday
Post Rendezvous two-week cruises will depart:
• Cruise A, Leisurely island cruise (Block, Cuttyhunk, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket)
• Cruise B, Plymouth, Salem, P’Town, whale watching and more. |
When Wednesday, July 27 through Friday, July 29 - plus optional Cruise
Where Essex, CT
Come to the historic and quaint village of Essex, CT, located 6 miles north of Long Island Sound on the beautiful Connecticut River.
Who is invited?
All Nordic Tug owners and prospective owners from near or far, by land or by sea.
What do I need to do?
• Send in downloaded registration forms (click on the link above)
• Make dock or inn reservations:
Essex Island Marina (860-767-1267) or Griswold Inn (860-767-1776)
• Bring an entre or dessert to share for the potluck dinner.
• Bring a donation for the raffle. Please ask your favorite marina, boat store, or chandlery to make a donation to our raffle. All gifts accepted—from a night’s free dockage to cruising books to cocktail napkins!
Post Rendezvous Cruises
Itineraries are listed on the registration packet. (Download at link above.) For further information about Cruise A, please send an e-mail to Dick Seymour and for further information on Cruise B. please send an e-mail to Herb Nickles at
Rendezvous Cruise dock and mooring reservations are each captain's responsibility. Make them soon!!
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