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Shakedown Cruise On the Water Mooring Ball Practical Exercise
WHERE: Southwest Creek Anchorage on South River
Onboard S/V Miss Adventure (Rick & Sue Fears), River Tyme II (Ken & JoAnn Reed), Out of the Blue (Joe & Carol Glorioso)
WHEN: Thursday, April 25th at 2:00 PM to Friday April 26th.
- Rick Fears will discuss techniques of catching a mooring ball.
- You will have your choice of joining one of our host crews for demonstration or using your boat to capture the ball during the demonstration. Remember this is intended as a practice excercise so perfect is not the expectation.
-We will hope to improve:
Communication
Piloting
Mooring double cleat knot skills
-Demonstration will be followed by a pot luck on board rafter up - Miss Adventure, The Olive and Jupiter.
-- Miss Adventure will be monitoring VHF channels 16 & 69 on this cruise.
-So come join us for knowledge and socializing and good food.
Please bring a covered dish to share and BYOB - plates and silverware will be supplied.
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