Raft up Theme: Give My Regards to Broadway - Broadway Musicals

August 31 - September 2, 2024

Raft up Location: North of St. Helena Island, Little Round Bay, Severn River

This is a multi-day group social sail. Participants include a PSC chartered catamaran, PSC members with private boat and PSC members who simply want to go to the dinner at the restaurant on Sunday. We depart the marina on Saturday and meet other boats North of St Helena Island, raft-up, and spend the night on the water.  Sunday we sail to the Pirates Cove Restaurant and Dock Bar in Galesville, MD where we will have dinner and spend the night. Monday we return to our home ports.  John O is the LDRU24 coordinator and Raft Captain  ldrucoordinator@pentagonsailing.org.

PSC Charter Boat

• 2024 PSC Labor Day Raft-Up: Club-Chartered 47' Catamaran
• Ross R is the Skipper
• Location of Club charter boat: Waypoints Annapolis, 222 Severn Ave, Annapolis, MD 21403 Google maps (Parking space may be limited. Try to carpool).

DETAILS ON CHARTER BOAT AND REGISTRATION Click here to register for the PSC Chartered Catamaran.

PSC Private Boat Owners/ Skippers

• Slip Reservations. Private boat owners make your own slip reservations at Pirates Cove. Call Pat the harbormaster  - his phone number is 301-928-6605 

• Boat Owners/Skippers Information Needed: John O will be Raft Captain. Please let him know at your earliest convenience the name of your boat, length, make, Skipper's name and mobile phone number and name of alternate contact person who will be on the boat for the raft up along with that person's mobile number. Please provide this information via email to ldrucoordinator@pentagonsailing.org.  This information will be placed in a Boat Tracker document and will be shared along with the Raft Plan with all participating boat Skippers.

  
  

LDRU24 Events and Dinner Reservations

We are planning a fun filled set of events and hope that you are able to participate.

• Day 1, Saturday - Sail to the Raft Up which will be held in Little Round Bay off the Severn River.  John O is the overall coordinator for the event including Raft Captain for the raft up itself. CAPT Ross R will be the Skipper for the Club boat. We will have a party that evening at the raft up. See below for details.
• Day 2, Sunday - Sail to our LDRU 24 marina, the Pirates Cove Restaurant and Dock Bar in Galesville, MD where we will be docking and having dinner.  The dinner starts at 1730 and is open to all Club members and their guests even if you are not participating in the on-the-water raft up and sailing activities. 

*****Dinner Location and Registration. Dinner will be at the Pirates Cove Restaurant and Dock Bar, Galesville, MD. All persons wishing to participate in the dinner need to register. There will not be a group menu. Instead we will be ordering off the regular restaurant menu.  Each person will pay separately for their meal and drinks.  Sign up for the dinner here Labor Day Raft up 24 Dinner Reservations Sep 1 2024. The sign up is for head count purposes only. ****

• Day 3, Monday we return to our home ports.

Festivities

1. Keeping with the theme  “Give My Regards to Broadway- Broadway Musicals,”  each boat is asked to select a Broadway Musical - any musical from any year will do. 

2. Boat crews should get in the spirit of the raft up by decorating their boat. As a minimum each boat is encouraged to play songs from their selected Musical and print out and display the show’s Broadway Poster. Keeping it simple on the poster is fine - an 8.5x11 print out on copy paper using your home computer and displaying it in the cockpit is easy and will help you get in the spirit of the evening.

3. Other decorations and character costumes are very welcome.  And in keeping with the tradition of PSC raft ups, a theme drink based on your Musical is a nice touch. For the drink consider both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options.

4. Lets Light up the Raft Like Broadway. All boats are encouraged to put up some decorative lights - battery LEDs are cheap, easy to rig  and available on Amazon.

5. The “Shows” start when the raft is secured and crews have had a chance to freshen up and decorate their boats. 

6. So make it a point to visit your neighboring boats and see their Musical , catch-up with existing friends, make new ones and generally relax and have a good time.

Contests Contests for a raft up are a lot of fun. For this year’s LDRU we will have the following:.

1. Best-decorated boat:  the boat that best exemplifies the theme and spirit of the raft up.

2. Best Costume:  the person or persons with the best costume.

3. Best theme-related drink:  Consider having both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options.

4. Guess the Favorite Musical. Each boat is asked to provide the name of their favorite Broadway Musical AND to guess, of the boats on the raft, what will be the overall favorite musical.

The LDRU Coordinator will be reaching out to boats to provide “Theater Critics” for the contests. The “Theater Critics” choices for each category will be announced and prizes awarded at Sunday’s dinner

We look forward to seeing you. Please pass the information about this event to anyone who may be interested. Let me know if you have any questions.

John O ldrucoordinator@pentagonsailing.org.

LDRU24 Coordinator

POC: Bay Commodore Sumeet C.

PARTICIPANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN THE BAY SKIPPER PROGRAM