PDQ Owner's Rendezvous 2024

Hello PDQ Family,

The date of the 2024 Rhumb Line PDQ Open House has been set! We hope you will all mark your calendar for January 20th and plan to attend. As in the past, it will be held at the Mariner Cay Club House in Stuart, Florida. Last year was the largest yet...what will 2024 hold for us?!

As in previous years, we plan to have a fun day filled with informative seminars, information sharing, catching up with friends and making new ones. We feel its a great way to bring owners together and keep the brand alive and fresh. We also encourage owners to get up and give presentations. If you have one you'd like to make, please let us know.

We will kick-off the day with doughnuts and coffee at 8:30 then roll right into informative seminars. We'll take a lunch break then seminars until cocktail hour. Rhumb Line has happily hosted cocktail hour every year and this year is no different! It certainly livens the place up! Dinner will also be provided (lunch $15/pp, dinner $40/pp).

This is still a work-in-progress but here is the DRAFT Agenda:

New gadgets and technology, Owner, Brian Webb presenting
Upgrading to Lithium Ion Batteries, Owners, BJ and Ginny Patterson presenting
Quick review of past presentations and experience gained, Dick Tuschick
Maintenance issues…new and recurring…., Dick Tuschick and Bart Belknap
Marine Insurance Overview, Keith Sargis, Novamar Yacht Insurance
Wrapping up your boat, Owner, Maurice Goneau presenting
Cruising Chronicles: Owner Recommendations** Owners presenting
The “CHANGING LATITUDES” ICW round trip highlights, Owner, Mike Hendry presenting
Marine Weather….wind and waves..they control our lives..what is available to stay on top of it…APPS and WEB sites, Dick Tuschick
Bahamas Rendezvous review of 2023 and looking forward to 2024
Upgrading your electronics……a fun project, Owner, John Tesdorpf presenting
Open Bar
Dinner

**This is a new idea and an opportunity to share you're "favorite" cruising locations with other owners. We encourage you to think about what makes it special and recommendations for others should they want to put it in their cruising plans. We will ask you to stand up and say a quick bit (no more than 10 mins) and can encorportate photos should you want to share those. Please email us and let us know you'd like a "slot" during this seminar.

If you need a hotel while staying in Stuart, here are a few that are close to the event.

Courtyard by Marriott, 7615 SW Lost River Rd, Stuart, FL 34997 (772) 781-3344
Comfort Inn, 3423 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34997 (772) 888-2424
Holiday Inn Express, 7900 SW Lost River Rd, Stuart, FL 34997 (772) 287-2522
Pirates Cove Resort, 4307 SE Bayview St, Stuart, FL 34997 (772) 287-2500 (closest)

If coming by boat, there is a mooring area just past Mariner Cay Marina in Manatee Pocket. It is run by the city of Stuart and the link to reserve a mooring is: https://www.martin.fl.us/ManateePocketMooringField

We look forward to seeing you!

Team Rhumb Line