Leg 3: Boston, "Shipwrecked Party", July 9 2009

Rona II – ‘Shipwrecked’ Crew Party
When a party date had been decided we knew we had to make Rona II’s party the best of all of the Boston parties.
Nelson had made the invitations out of the image of the navy Lynx helicopter in front of Rona under full sail. Invitations on their own however were not going to get us a good party, so small groups were formed to look after everything from music to drinks and food.

As the day went on the various groups of people arrived back to the boat showing Chris what they had spent their precious budget on, first back were the boat dressers who returned with various materials to make fake palm trees, by wrapping tarpaulins around parts of the boat. But most importantly 24 bags of sand, which was used to make our own private beach on the pontoon which went down very well.

The speakers for the party did not arrive until 10 minutes before the party started. After searching the whole day for speakers Lloyd came up with the goods. The speakers were so loud that the harbor master commented we could be heard across the other side of the harbor! The cockpit was filled with water which became a main attraction of the party especially when the Captin of Peter Von Danzing did not realize there was water in the cockpit. Once he had stepped into the pool he continued to dance in there which was very funny.

The boot on the back of Rona was filled with ice and water and then loads of beer where we had beer bobbin.

The bow of the boat became a dance floor as the night progressed the deck was full of people from many of the boats. The party ended at around 11pm where a mass clean up began. The event was a great success and the feedback from the party was all very positive.