"SON OF A SON" SCHEDULE
"As the son of a son of a sailor
I went out on the sea for adventure"
Jimmy Buffett
FRIDAY, MAY 27
Sunset
Arriving guests report to the Drifter poop deck
If you show up in flip flops, beer is on the house
(If you don’t show up in flip flops, beer is also on the house)
7:00 ’til whenever
Late-night spaghetti supper, on the house for freeloaders
After nightfall
Registration and check-in
SATURDAY, MAY 28
8:00 to ~ 11:30 a.m.
Jr. Dixie - Pre-registration requested
9:00 a.m. - noon
Dixie registration topside, on the upper deck
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Rita’s annual stuff-yourself brunch
12:00 noon
Competitors report to Point
1:00 p.m.
Spectator boat passengers meet at the Point (BYO life jackets)
1:25 p.m.
1st race warning signal
2nd race to follow
6:15 p.m.
Little landsharks pizza picnic
Downstairs in the Junior Room
6:30 p.m.
Parrothead Margarita and Appetizer Party
“The very best margarita will always be the one
that somebody else buys for you.” (J.Buffett)
Appetizer feeding frenzy on the lawn
Big kid games in the yard
Dress code? Pirates, Parrotheads and Landsharks! Put on your wildest Jimmy Buffett Concert attire and your larger than life Parrothead hats!
The bigger, the brighter, the wilder -- the better!
7:30 p.m.
Cheeseburgers in Paradise, of course!
Inside/Outside/Wherever
8:30 p.m.
Dessert
8:31 p.m. till we drop
Beach music, hang time and Potted Thistle spy ring
SUNDAY, MAY 29
7:30 a.m.
Caffeine and calories from the galley before heading back to the water
9:25 a.m.
3rd race warning signal
(No warning signal will be made after 1:00 for Flight 1.
Flight 2 may have a warning signal after 1:00.)
12:30 p.m.
Lunch, regatta winners and special awards
Recognition of our multigenerational Thistle families
Cheers for our Son of a Son of a Sailor Dixie champions!
MONDAY, MAY 30
No more Thistling, but on-the-water fun continues with
the MEMORIAL DAY REGATTA for Lasers and Optis.
Bring a second set of toys and check it out here