Events and Activities
Our Annual Rendezvous seminars
start close to 10am and run
until about 2:30pm. We always
have a great turn out of repeat
and new customers.
Ron usually gives a talk
on his Top 10 Products of the year & Why.
Everyone gets a lot out of these seminars.
Rons' motto is if it is Metal
or Moves - "Wash it, lube it,
move it or lose it."
Brian our Sales Manager
enjoys giving a seminar on
The Future of Boating. He talks
about the new boat building procedures,
and the new technologies of
engines (Evinrude E-tech engines).
It's a great seminar with lots
of new information and insight.
Jim Lindell, the builder of
our Ocean Sport Roamer 30 boats
was at one of our Rendezvous' to
talk about the state-of-the-art techniques
used in building our boat for us.
He discussed vacuum infusion,
vinylester resin and
new techniques coming to the
boating industry.
We really appreciate his insights.
Here Tim is going over one of
our Yamaha engines. We have alot
of Pursuit owners who have questions on
the large outboards as well
as customers with kicker questions.
Everyone gets some helpful information.
Fred Fink, from Lunde Marine
gives a very iformative talk on
the various electronic systems for boats.
Terry Crockett from Navionics
came to one of our Rendezvous' and
gave a seminar. His very informative
talk was all about Navionics marine
electronics; it's features and applications.
George Scribner, our All Sports Representative
has faithfully been coming to our seminars
and discussing his favorite topic:
Fishing in the San Juans. He talks about
the new products and gives lots of
fishing tips and pointers. We thank
him for all the great fishing derby prizes.
Our famous and wildly delicious
BBQ usually features fish that Ron and
some of our crew caught on their
Barkley Sound trip. We also
have lots of great dishes and
desserts. Everyone has a great time.
There are always wonderful boating
and fishing stories. Some of
them can even win you great prizes.
For instance, if you have a
good story of a boating mishap you
could recieve our infamous "BENT PROP AWARD"
or if you logged the most boating
hours or even have a considerably funny
fishing story you might win fishing
gear or a crab cooker.
At one of our rendezvous
Ralph Coomber was very lucky,
he went away with lots
of great prizes. He said
he learned some new things and
got lots of questions answered about
his used 24' boat he bought
from us this spring.
We also have fun with our "Favorite SeaFood recipe" contest.
Cynthia Jaeger with the:
Halibut in Basil Garlic Tomatoes
Use Halibut or Orange Roughy
1 can of Italian style tomatoes, heat in open fry pan, add garlic, chopped fresh basil and fish. Cook to opaque, serve over rice. With garlic bread and white wine. Yummy
Maureen Carlson won with her Smoked Salmon Fettucine.
2T butter, 1 small onion - chopped; saute till limp;add 3/4C vermouth and cook down to 1/4C. Stir in 2C cream; simmer 5 minutes, till slightly thick, stir in 1 16oz. can artichoke heats, drained (not marinated!) and about 8 oz. smoked salmon. Heat through and serve on fettucine noodles.
The fishing derby put on by IMC and
All Sports is always great fun for
everyone. We all start out of Fisherman Bay
early Sunday morning, then we gather back at
I.M.C. marina to compare fish stories and award prizes.
Everyone had a great time and they are ready
for next year. We really want to thank
All Sports and George Scribner for their support
and extra effort they put into making
our derby so exciting, fun and popular.
Here is Mike Sear the day after our
party with a prop he bent Sunday during
our Fishing Derby. He is the front
runner for next year "Bent Prop Award".
We want to thank Carl Sutter, President of
Fisheries Supply for his generous donations to
our Rendezvous awards. The SS Marine Kettle BBQ
won by Denny Jardine for most hours
logged on boat 360.
The SS 15" cooker stand won by Sue Wing
for 40 fish caught tied with Ralph Coomber who
won the SS 30 qt. pot. We want to thank
Fisheries for their support of IMC and
their ever present superior customer service.
We want to also thank Lunde Marine for
their support and generous contributions to
our award fest. The ICOM M32 handheld VHF was won
by Scott Gordon for the Longest Crusing Destination
in his boat to Desolation Sound.
The Fujinon 7x50 WPXL binoculars were
won by Ralph Coomber for his
boat mishap where he was hit by another boat!
For that we figured the binoculars would come in handy.
Islands Marine Center
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P.O. Box 88 2793 Fisherman Bay Road Lopez Island, WA 98261, USA |
Toll-free 877-305-9892 Tel (360) 468 3377 Fax (360) 468 2283 Email Us www.islandsmarinecenter.com |
