Cruising North Seminar in Everett

[Stella Maris]

Of those that are attending the seminar, are any of you planning to take your boat to Everett? Maureen and I are currently planning on taking Karma and overnighting at Everett or possibly Kingston.

 

[R-Matey]

Many thanks to Mac for the informative presentation given yesterday in Everett; to Linda for a beautiful burgee for our soon to be R-MATEY; to Jeff and Andrew for everything they did to make sure everyone was well fed and comfortable; to John and Laurie (LAURIE ANN) for their 'lock' experiences and cooking/supplies suggestions. We just had a wonderful time. Nice to meet so many of the TUGNUTS, too.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again sometime in the future.

Sincerely,
Ruth & Joe
R-MATEY

 

[Nellie Too]

Bob and I ditto what Ruth and Joe said about the seminar. We found it to be fun as well as informative.

By the way, the cook book I mentioned at the seminar is called Galley Guru by Lisa Hayden-Miller. It has many great ideas for boating plus some easy recipes you can make on board your boat.

Thanks goes out to Ranger Tug, Jeff and Andrew, Mac and Linda, and Laurie and John. We apprectiated the time you spent to make this event successful.

Thanks all. It was fun seeing everyone.

Bob and Nita

 

[Zuma]

Thank you to all in organizing, planning and preparing this informative seminar. Captain Mac you rock.. great job in covering tons of information in 8 hours in an understandable way.

Jeff and the rest of the Ranger crew... excellent, you continue to amaze me with your customer service.

 

[Spirit of Gratitude]

Stuart and I ditto everything that everybody else said. We are looking forward to traveling North someday and loved the seminar including the maintenance and outfitting. With just having our boat for a couple days, we already feel like a part of the Ranger family. It was great to meet all the other Ranger owners 🙂 Howard, Andrew, Jeff and Mac have been awesome and have all been so kind and generous with their knowledge, experience, and suggestions. Today, I got to spend the day with Mac out on the water practicing maneuvers including docking without thrusters. I must say I did quite well and it wouldn't have happened without Mac and his patience and great guidance. After the last few days, I feel like we have the confidence to head out on our own. Having never boated here we are excited to experience the area. Bright and early tomorrow morning(Monday) we are headed up to the San Juans for the week to soak up as much beauty as we can squeeze in. I can't wait!

Fondly,
Bridget
Spirit of Gratitude

 

[jbissell]

We want to add our thanks to Ranger Tugs - and Jeff, Andrew, Mac, John and Laurie for presenting this seminar. We learned so much. Everything was easy to understand and so useful since it all applied to our Ranger Tugs. And, a gathering of Ranger Tug owners is always fun. Great to see everyone!
Herb and June
Sea Sweeper

 

[j&lgray]

Laurie and I were proud and pleased to be a part of this effort, a first, but for certain there will be more to come. We send our thanks to Jeff for his vision and inspiration in putting forth the idea, for Mac for his planning, preparation, and his polish as an excellent instructor. He captured our attention with nearly an all day of instruction! We really want to thank all the participants for their acceptance, patience, and sharing their wisdom.

Laurie and I are both longtime professional speakers and presenters. We have been before hundreds, if not thousands of groups in a variety of roles. My point is that this group has the nicest people, very sharp, willing to share their lessons and experience. We walked away with more than we contributed, a great day for everyone.

A great compliment came from a brother of a Ranger owner, who was standing in for his brother, "I had heard about this cult of Ranger Owners and I am pleased so say that it is all true."