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| You are cordially invited to the 2010 Alcan Boats St. Lawrence Rendezvous Date: August 14-15, 2010 Start Time: 12:00 Noon on Saturday Location: In the beautiful Thousand Islands somewhere near Gananoque, Ontario. Specific location to be confirmed. Who's invited? Pretty much anybody who owns, or is interested in, Alcan, Alwest, Sea Villa, Alloy and other derivatives of the aluminum house cruisers initially made under the Alcan label in the late 1960's and early 1970's. You don't have to own an Alcan boat. Heck, you don't have to own any boat. We will find a shore base so you can join us by land. Schedule of events - The event kicks off around 12:00 Noon on Saturday with Lunch. Buster will BBQ up a mess of Sausages and hamburgers for all. - Saturday afternoon, we will have a boat show, so you can see what other people are doing to their boats. - Saturday dinner will be pot-luck. Bring something to throw on a BBQ for yourself and bring a side dish to share. Please let me know what you are bringing. - Some time Saturday afternoon, we will get all the boats and crews together for the official group photo. - Somewhere in the middle of all this, we will squeeze in a cruise. Cost: People - No cost. Cost TBD for mooring a boat overnight. RSVP
Previous Events To the best of my knowledge the first ever rendezvous of these boats was held in 2007, well over 30 years after the last Alcan, Alwest, Alloy boat was made.. The 2007 rendezvous was held in Gananoque, Ontario. It attracted three boats plus one crew by road. We didn't have much action planned, other that a meal or two together, but we declared the event a success nonetheless. A write-up of the event can be found here. The 2008 rendezvous was again held in Gananoque, Ontario. The event was rather hastily pulled together, but it managed to grow to include four boats and three crews arriving by road. This year we included a cruise through the Thousand Islands and a dinner at anchor in the islands. Definitely a big success. A write-up of the event can be found here. The 2009 rendezvous was held at Fraser Park Marina in Trenton. The boat count was back to three, but we had the crews of another 10 boats arrive by road, including one all the way from the left coast. |