Official BOTB 2015 Detailed Information Guide

Saturday, August 22nd - Event begins 9:00AM - We encourage all attendees to arrive around 9:00AM to get to acquainted and settled into their slips.

- Entertainment -

"Justified" - Cover Band (11am-1pm)

Bill Stasse - Guitarist/Vocalist (2pm-5pm)

Geno Marriott - Itunes recording artist/Saxophonist (6pm-10pm)

- Food -

Catered Saturday Dinner sponsored by Comstock (6:00pm) Clams, Burgers, Chicken, Sausage & Peppers, etc INCLUDING a Pig Roast!

Following the Jersey Food Truck Festival craze we are lucky to have award winning gourmet food trucks with culinary chefs come to the marina to offer lunch on Saturday and breakfast/coffee on Sunday morning. We told them about our event and how we needed somewhere for our attendees to buy food from and they were happy to help us in our efforts by giving us just that! So why worry about cooking or packing food on the boat?!?

Romanos Disco Fries - Serving lunch on Saturday. They will serve their famous "disco fries" along with gourmet sliders, dogs, salads and more.

The Fork In The Road - Recent winners of the "Best on a Bun" award at this years Food Truck Wars. They will be serving breakfast and coffee on Sunday morning.

The Ice Cream Shop of Manahawkin's Ice Cream Truck - Serving all homemade ice cream from their main location in Manahawkin and their specialty fresh made donuts! Saturday evening.

- Hotels -

There are plenty of hotels nearby as the Jersey Shore is a summer vacation destination but here are a few of the closest. Please book early, to retain the best rates and also to assure availability.

Closest to Marina:

Red Carpet Inn
1609 Bay Ave
Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
(732) 892-1208

Rodeway Inn
620 Ocean Rd
Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
(732) 899-3776

Hilton Garden Inn Lakewood
1885 NJ-70
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 262-5232

Best Western Leisure Inn
1600 Highway 70
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732) 367-0900

Ramada Toms River
2373 U.S. 9
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732) 905-2626

The White Sands
1205 Ocean Ave
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
(732) 899-3370


- Ramp and Trailer Boaters Information -


Sherman's Boat Basin which is a couple hundred yards away from Comstock waived all ramp fees ($30 roundtrip usually) for Formulas attending BOTB 2015. Rig parking will be available on Comstock grounds.

- Event Coverage -

So far the event has been covered by Speed on the Water. Well-known professional boating event photographer Sharkey-Images will be at the event.

"Sunday Funday" @ the Cove

Sunday morning we will grab some breakfast from the Fork in the Road and then for those interested head out to the "local cove". The cove is protected from all the elements we battled in the past for our raft-ups. Also you just nose up onto sand, with no need to anchor or raft-up to anyone. We will just have a chill day hanging out on the water with fellow Formula Owners before we go our own ways. The big boats, ips drives, etc can moor outside the cove and dinghy in if wanted.
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Questions or concerns should be directed to [email protected]!


- Captain's & Mate Fees aka Donations -
Captain's Fee - $115
Mate - $15

Our generous sponsors helped us set up an event that is going to be amazing. Now to raise money for the family we need attendees to come and enjoy the party! If you were on the edge of coming for the past 5 years FOONJ held the Birds on the Bay this year we need you to really make the effort! More the merrier, if you have friends bring them along they are considered a "Mate". As we get closer we will set up where to send the donation to, and at that time we will have full commitment from you in which we will fill in the slip assignments. If you cannot make the event but would still like to make a donation contact us, it would be greatly appreciated. Tyler and family are planned to be joining us in the fun at the Rendezvous.









Check out www.formulaownersofnewjersey.com for more info!

Ok I have 20 Formulas that gave me their official commitments to BOTB 2015. I have another 8 on a side list that gave me a yeah but have not gave me the official with all the info I need to input in our guest list spreadsheet.

This spreadsheet will be used to account for your party at the catered dinner and also be used to plan the slipping assignment.

That info includes....

-Boat Name
-Attendee names
-Formula Size & Model
-Head count of your party

Joining us this year at our BIRDS on the BAY Formula Rendezvous will not just be a great time and huge party but it has been revamped to be a fundraiser to help out the community. This year is for a young boy diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome. By the help of generous sponsors we were able to set up quite the day for a Formula Owner. Come join us on August 22nd-23rd on a very fun and memorable day. As a Formula Family lets help out another family in need.

Tyler and family will be there, so lets show them a great time!

All information is at www.formulaownersofnewjersey.com under the Birds on the Bay tab.

RSVP asap - [email protected]





2 Weeks away from the BIG EVENT! Don't worry about packing food for the weekend! Award winning gourmet food trucks will be on location of BOTB 2015! Romano's Disco Fries will be offering lunch on Saturday, August 22nd, Ice Cream Shop of Manahawkin will be offering dessert Saturday after the Catered Dinner Sponsored by Comstock, and Coffee and Breakfast will be offered by the Fork in the Road on Sunday morning!

Please make sure you are on the BOTB Guest List. If you are not, then we need you to rsvp at [email protected]

Please include:
- Boat Name
- Owners Name
- Formula Size and Model
- Headcount of your party

It Don't Come Easy - 26 PC
There - 312 Fastech
Smoke - 292 Fastech
Have A Nice Day - 292 Fastech
MT Pockets - 271 Fastech
The Solution - 272 SR-1
Gadgetized - 34 PC
Do Over - 400 SS
Something Fun - 40 PC
Formula For Fun - 48 Yacht
Bad Habit - 242 SS
IM Relaxin - 41 PC
Our Time - 34 PC
Admiral - 302 SR-1
Unforgetable - 31 PC
Sea-Ya - 242 SS
Maurohana - 37 PC
Nameless - 350 SS
Nameless - 350 CBR
Nameless - 292 SR1
Nameless - 27 PC




Knotty Kitty - 340 Sundancer

Looking forward to shooting this event !

This year we raised money for Tyler, a 20 month old boy that was recently diagnosed with Dravet Syndrom (form of intractable epilepsy that begins in infancy). Through generous sponsors and attendees we raised $7,570 dollars that got to be donated to the family at our event. We were honored to have the family join us at our BOTB Rendezvous and enjoy the day of entertainment, food trucks, catered dinner, games, boat rides and of course a lot of beautiful FORMULAS! Tyler's first boat ride ever was on a 2016 Formula 350SS.

THANK YOU Comstock for being so generous in helping us make our event so special.

Thank you to all who attended and helped us along with our first attempt at incorporating a charity with our yearly event.

Locations-
August 22 - Comstock Yacht Sales & Marina Brick, NJ
August 23 - F-Cove Brick, NJ


FOONJ BOTB 2015 Photo Album
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=63a9b1434b

Sharkey-Images' Coverage of the event
http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/bo...2015_august_22

MONDAY MORNING Donations! The Mauro's 37PC were battling some Boat Gremlins on Saturday and were unable to make the event. They sent a $250 check. Also the Hall's 400SS had another obligation but still sent a $100 donation. That brought the total to $7,920.... I felt that we were so close so I am rounding her off by adding $80 more dollars to make it an even $8,000 raised at BOTB 2015!

August 21-23, Formulas owners from the tri-state area came together to have our annual Jersey Rendezvous. This year was special for Formula Owners of New Jersey because this was our first year incorporating a fundraiser/charity along with our Rendezvous. We had many great sponsors to let us plan a full day of entertainment 11am-10pm, gourmet food trucks serving us great grub, an amazing spread at the catered dinner sponsored by the guys at Comstock Yacht Sales & Marina, even the Ice Cream Shop of Manahawkin came and chipped in by serving their homemade ice cream and fresh hot donuts!

The boy Tyler, who is battling Dravet Syndrome, was on hand along with his family to share the eventful day with us. Tyler's first boat ride ever...... 2016 Formula 350SS. His second..... 2016 Formula 330CBR! Thanks to Comstock for getting the family and other attendees out on their new boats for a nice ride on the Metedeconk. Despite a handful of last minute cancellations due to mechanical and personal issues we had a total of 15 Formulas and 1 Sea-Ray which is also a charter boat, NY Harbor Boat Charters, who came down from the Hudson River area early Saturday morning to help us support the cause. John and Bethany towed down from Massachusetts with their 1985 302SR1 Kaama, which was an awesome boat to see running.

As a group we raised $8,000 which was handed directly to Tyler and his parents towards the end of the night.

Sunday August 23rd, some said their goodbyes to head back to their home ports from all over but a group of 6 from the group headed over to F-Cove for a Sunday Funday hangout in the cove. Along the way Time Sharkey from Sharkey-Images was able to capture some great shots of the Formulas heading out.

I must say I have never been around a group of people with such class. The generosity had me choked up when I announced our accomplishment and at that point BOTB 2015 was a success. We partied, we laughed, we surpassed goals, and we enjoyed our Formulas.

Few pics below but our full album is here.... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...4352569&type=3



Thank you Split (Brian) for all your help and also for making the FOONJ Cornhole, FOONJ Washer game and Jumbo Jenga.











My daughter Raelee, welcoming Tyler (the boy who we were raising money for)





Tyler and Family aboard a 2016 Formula 350SS - his first boat ride ever