[Capri25] Value of sailing excursion in Lake Minnetonka

Tue Jan 26 17:46:51 CST 2010

I offered  a charity cruise on Cyclone with snacks and beverages a few
years ago for my Church and the high bid went for $100.  The guests
insisted to buy me lunch at Sunsets.

Emanuel 'Rudy' Ruedenberg

Sr. Quality Engineer

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Boston Scientific

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From: capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org
[mailto:capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org] On Behalf Of dallas johnson
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:49 PM
To: capri25 at lists.wyc.org
Subject: Re: [Capri25] Value of sailing excursion in Lake Minnetonka

Last time I chartered a big charter boat on Mtka it was $1,000 per hour,
and that was back in the mid 90's. 

A half day pontoon rental is typically $80-$100 per hour.  A half day
Ensign rental at Shorewood is about $225 for a half day, but no skipper,
lunch, or singing Craigge for any of that.

FYI, my per race cost at WYC last year was $125 per race (not per day),
and when I race a huge schedule I got that number down to around $80 per
race. Seriously crew people, I'm not making this up. Love your skippers!

I saw a lunch cruise on Brigham's J22 go for about $500 ( a small
auction) this fall, and I've seen other silent auction bids for WYC
cruises for over $300 on many occasions. 

I'm 95% certain that a captains license is only required if you are
accepting the money as a captain for hire, not if the payment is a
donation to a third party.  

Charity boat rides are a great way to promote the sport for a good
cause, it's a VERY desirable item outside of our little community of
sailors.

dj

Dallas Johnson Marketing Services
952-935-3465w    952-931-9108h

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: Carmen "CC" Velarde <mailto:navytartan at yahoo.com>  
	To: capri25 at lists.wyc.org ; dallas johnson
<mailto:dallas at dallasjohnson.net>  
	Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:55 PM
	Subject: Re: [Capri25] Value of sailing excursion in Lake
Minnetonka

Keep in mind that the Mtka charters are in large vessels that are
dishing out a ton of gas not mention catering service.  Unless I am
mistaken we are talking about a Carpi here.  Not to mention you are
dealing with parents who dish out quite a bit as it is during a
recession.  

I suggested to start the bidding low at $20.00 (or maybe even $30.00)
with the likelihood that it will reach $50.00 if not more.  You have to
take into the "quality" of the ride ( no offense Lynne) and your
market/audience.  

Now of course if Lynne includes Craiggae singing then of course you will
have to start the bidding at $10.00.  We still luv ya buddy.

CC

--- On Tue, 1/26/10, dallas johnson <dallas at dallasjohnson.net> wrote:

	From: dallas johnson <dallas at dallasjohnson.net>
	Subject: Re: [Capri25] Value of sailing excursion in Lake
Minnetonka
	To: capri25 at lists.wyc.org
	Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 3:40 PM

	Whoa, Craggie,

	Maybe $50 to $75 with you singing. But otherwise it's easily in
the $300-400 
	range.

	Any boat charter on Mtka is going to be $100 per hour, plus a
skipper, plus 
	food to up the donation amount means you can hit $500 in bidding
pretty 
	easy.  While it's no big deal to us, it's a summer highlight for
many 
	people.

	Much of it depends on the expectations of the silent auction and
what's a 
	normal big donation for that event.

	dj

	Dallas Johnson Marketing Services 952-935-3465w 952-931-9108h
	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: "Smith, Craig A" <Craig.A.Smith at honeywell.com
<http://us.mc307.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Craig.A.Smith@honeywell.co
m> >
	To: <capri25 at lists.wyc.org
<http://us.mc307.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=capri25@lists.wyc.org> >
	Cc: "Lynne Roubal" <lroubal at comcast.net
<http://us.mc307.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lroubal@comcast.net> >
	Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:30 PM
	Subject: Re: [Capri25] Value of sailing excursion in Lake
Minnetonka

	> Lynne,
	>
	> I've donated Capri25 and J22 keel boat cruises to the First
Unitarian
	> Society, including refreshments (wine and cheese) and crew (2
	> experienced sailors).
	>
	> I promote these with "sit back and take in the lifestyle of
the rich and
	> famous, or grab the tiller and sail the boat yourself."  I
think I
	> suggested $50 to $75.  Maynards is an option, but that would
be an
	> additional cost.  Folks usually prefer to see the lake homes
with some
	> local history or sailing yarns thrown in for good measure.
Part of the
	> reward is meeting new folks with an interest in sailing.
	>
	> -Craig A.
	>
	>
	>
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org
<http://us.mc307.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.
org> 
	> [mailto:capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org
<http://us.mc307.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.
org> ] On Behalf Of Lynne Roubal
	> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 13:59
	> To: capri25 at lists.wyc.org
<http://us.mc307.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=capri25@lists.wyc.org> 
	> Subject: [Capri25] Value of sailing excursion in Lake
Minnetonka
	>
	> Hi Capri Sailors,
	>
	> Hope everyone is finding fun things to do to fill your time
over the
	> winter.
	>
	> I have a question for all of you.  If you had to put a value
on on a
	> sailing excursion from WYC to Maynards, or maybe just around
the lake
	> for a couple of hours, what do you think the value would be?
Our
	> son's school is having their annual fundraiser and they are
asking for
	> donations of unique experiences or services for the silent and
live
	> auction.  We thought we could donate a Saturday sail but I'm
not sure
	> what I should put as the value.  Any input?
	>
	> Thanks,
	> Lynne and Eric Roubal
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