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PictureColorful additions to the raftup
3rd Annual Campbell Bay Raftup
Our best raftup so far!  On a beautiful Aug. 13th (Sat.) in the NE nook of Campbell Bay, 23 AMIB boaters arrived in
  • 4 sailboats
  • 4 powerboats
  • 5 kayaks
  • 1 powerboat rafted next door, and
  • 1 special sailboat - 
for an afternoon of socializing and fun, highlighted by the AMIB Olympics  blindfold dinghy race.

Thanks to Spencers Marine Supply & Consignment for helping with prizes.

                 

The excellent turnout of 9 boats was a cross-section of our membership with sailboats, powerboats and kayaks mooring together.  We had boaters new to rafting, families, old salts, and one seadog.  The raftup maxed out at 7 boats with some boats coming and going.  With Toon Town providing the anchor boat, the other boats rafted up without incident, and even managed to do a slow twirl together during  the afternoon.  Maybe "synchronized boating" as an Olympic event?
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Toon Town was the anchor boat.
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The first five boats. Three more arrived later plus the kayakers

Kayakers are an integral part of AMIB.  It was a colorful sight to see Mary, Danielle, Caroline, Pat, and Ingrid paddling to the raftup.    All hands were ready to help them up but unlike last year, all kayakers made the transition from kayak to the big boats without getting dunked.
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Let the Games Begin!
C'est la Vie had prepared a special surprise - Olympic medals and prizes to be awarded throughout the afternoon.

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First medals to be awarded went to Kate & Amy for being the first ones swimming.  Congratulations!
Dinghy Race - click on images to enlarge
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Bernard and Mary
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Allen and Danielle
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Judy and Pat
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Go between the power boats and the party raft. Good luck!
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Elaine and Jim.
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Karen and Aaron
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Ingrid pulling the hat over John's eyes
Our premier Olympic event was the blindfolded dinghy race.  Since we were short a few dinghies we decided to even the field by having everyone use (not all at once) C'est la Vie's 8 ft. Walker Bay.  Boaters took turns being timed around a tricky course that included navigating between a party raft and a couple of power boats.  Neighboring boaters quickly figured out that our races were part of the Olympics with one swimming over to ask if we had ensured anti-doping policies were in effect. 
The winning team by a wave length turned out to be Carl and Caroline (sorry, no photo) who adopted the strategy of having the navigator sit up at the bow.
Swimming
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John behind his boat.
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Amanda swimming over to join us.
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Sahara and Dad Aaron
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Buddy doing the dog paddle
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38 ft to 38 inches

The biggest boat in attendance was the 38 ft Sabre sailboat, Toon Town.  The smallest, belonging to Bernard of Sun Swept, was a remote controlled T- 37 sailboat  37.5” long in the family of the Tippecanoe boats (http://www.tippecanoeboats.com).

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Looks like a 38 footer from the distance.
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s/v Bad Blue
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Bernard with his 37.5 inch remote controlled sail boat.

Some more photos - click on images to enlarge
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John, our kiwi friend.
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Hope to see everyone again next year at Campbell Bay!
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Last updated:  Mar 14, 2023

  • Home
  • Membership
    • 2023 Membership Application
    • Purpose of AMIB
    • Executive
    • Constitution and bylaws
  • Past Events
    • 2022 Christmas Party
    • 2022 Spring Picnic pix
    • 2019 Christmas Dinner
    • 2019-07-12 Pt Browning lunch
    • 2019-05-26 Spring Picnic pix
    • 2018-07-25 Montague
    • 2018-06-16 Picnic
    • 02-16-2018 Race
    • 2017 Christmas Party
    • 2017-08-13 Campbell Bay
    • 2017-07-25 Kayak course pix
    • 2017-06-03 Picnic photos
    • 2017-03-17 St Patricks photos
    • 2016 Christmas Dinner
    • 2016-10-04 Pt Browning
    • 2016-08-13 Campbell Bay raftup
    • 2016 Russell Island rendezvous writeup
    • 2016 Russell Island Rendezvous
    • 2016 Kayaking Group
    • 2016 Spring Picnic Writeup
    • 2016 Race Writeup >
      • 2016 Callisto write-up
      • 2016 Toon Town write-up
      • 2016 Race Allen Slade photos
    • 2016-02-13 Hawaii photos
    • 2015 Archives >
      • 2015 Christmas Dinner >
        • 2015-11-28 Christmas Photos
      • 2015 Campbell Bay Raftup photos
      • 2015 Montague picnic June 16
      • 2015 Spring Picnic photos
      • 2015 April Fun Sailing Race >
        • 2015 April Fun Sailing Race Bryan photos
        • 2015 Fun Race Course and Rules
      • 2015 Allen Slade Cape Horn talk
      • Field Trip - Ocean Sciences Center, Sidney
    • 2014 Archives >
      • 2014 Christmas Party
      • 2014 Fall Fair Parade
      • July 30 Campbell Bay Raft-up photos
      • July 17 Blair anchoring photos
      • 2014 Pt. Browning invitation >
        • June 25 Pt Browning
      • Confidence in Boating
      • May 24 picnic
  • Websites / Resources
  • Contact Us