The Annual Peanut Island Party was held on Saturday, August 16, 2008,  from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.


 

This year we served hamburgers, Chicago-style hot dogs, grilled chicken, corn on the cob, potato salad, cookies, soft drinks and water.  The weather cooperated in the best day of the Summer with temperatures in the 70s ad 80s, lots of breeze, and beautiful skies courtesy of Fay, the incoming tropical storm.

Laureen and Jim Hunter did a fabulous job of attending to the details and getting all of us fed, sung, and entertained for a wonderful afternoon.

Jon and Karen Luscomb, with help from Buoy, secured a pavilion (the most important task) this year at approximately 6:00 a.m.  Karen and Buoy (the handsome one in the photo on the right) raced to beat out the second place team securing a Gold Medal and the best place to lunch.  Stu and Elizabeth Anne anchored the Shearwater off the Peanut Island beach Friday night and spelled the heroes once the hard work was done. 

Buoy explained the difficult task of securing the lunch spot and all the work he did to earn the hot dog and hamburger for his reward to his master, John, and Chuck Pickover a guest of Neal and Chris Sorenson (Welcome chuck!).

Stuart and Elizabeth Anne marinated and pre-cooked the chicken in a 50/50 mixture of Mojo Spanish marinade by Kirby and Richies Hot Wind sauce.  The chicken was washed carefully and marinated for about an hour then cooked for just under an hour at 350 degrees.  The time depends on the volume and weight of the chicken.  We cooked it until it was very slightly brown then froze it quickly so it would stay fresh.  After our gas grill failed, we charcoaled the chicken on a low flame for about 30 minutes until it was perfect.

John gave an extended foredeck lesson explaining the protocol for getting your crew to change head sails by notifying them well in advance of the work to be done.

You can click on this photo, and any photo, if your eyes won't let you read the fine print.  It is important to study this carefully before competing in the upcoming Castaways Cup!

Your browser doesn't support this type of video. SorryMusic has always been an important part of every Castaways event.  This year our special band, Flotsam and Jetsam led by Jim Hunter with Laureen, Steve and John, entertained us with music and singing.   Click on the band's name above or video player on the left for some real entertainment. 

Every day at Peanut Island has a special memory attached to it - at least most days for most of us.  The Peanut Island picnic seems to have taken place just before the start of the school year.  If you click on the photo on the right, you can look carefully and see a school bus being to shipped to some island that doesn't start school quite as soon as Palm Beach.  I can't tell if the bus is full of children - you have to use your imagination.