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LIVE AUCTION ITEMS
Guests at Sultana
Projects’ 2011 Annual Gala on September 17, 2011, will have an
opportunity to bid on the following items during the Live Auction:
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IF IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR
BODE…
Sk i
Condo in
Whistler/Blackcomb, BC
Minimum bid
$1,000
Donated by
Mickey & Margie Elsberg
Okay, so Bode
Miller didn’t exactly stay here, but
he did ski
here when the Winter Olympics were
contested at
this premier winter sports venue.
The winning
bidder gets a seven-night stay (Sun.,
Fe b.
26 – Sun., March 4) at the Ironwood
resort
i n
a two-bedroom, two-bath
condo that can sleep
si x
in king and queen beds
plus a pull-out sofa.
The
accommodations include a kitchen and
l iving
room warmed by a gas fireplace. The 70-
mile drive
from the Vancouver airport takes you
through some
of the most spectacular scenery in
the
PacificNorthwest. Five
minutes by car to the
slopes or 15
minutes on the free bus. Dozens of
restaurants
plus full spa facilities almost at your
doorstep. Transportation
not included.
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SAY, BEVERLY, ISN’T THAT CLINT
EASTWOOD AT THE BAR?
One Week (a lmost)
Stay in Carmel, Califorina
Minimum Bid
$1,000
Donated by
Nancy & Bill Low
The owners
call it “The Betsy Ross Cottage,” but
yo u’ll
call it home for five nights and six days on
negotiable
dates in 2012. Situated in the original
vi llage
five blocks from the beach, the cottage
sleeps six
comfortably in three bedrooms (two with
queen beds,
one with twins). Has two bathrooms,
ki tchen,
and comes fully equipped. Fifteen
minutes from
Monterey airport (90 from San Jose).
D ay
trip to Big Sur,
Cannery Row and the fabled
17-mile drive
at Pebble Beach. Some blackout
d ates,
and you’ll need to hire a car if you’re flying
in.
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TAKE YOUR CREW ON A CHESTER
TOOT
C ruise
in the Buyboat East Hampton
Minimum Bid
$750
Donated by
the Barry Buckley family
Three-hour
picnic or cocktail cruise for 20 people
on one of the
few remaining Chesapeake Bay
o yster
boats. We provide beer,
sodas, and snacks
plus river
tales and chanties performed by the
legendary
Capt. Andy McCown. You make the
guest list
and provide whatever else you wish to
eat or drink.
We provide a leisurely toot on a husky
old boat.
Date, time, and location (somewhere on
the Chester during 2012)
to be worked out.
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SEE
THE TALL SHIPS FROM YOUR OWN
…
TALL SHIP
D ownrigging
Charter of Sultana
Minimum Bid
$750
Private
cruise for up to 25 guests on the schooner
SULTANA on
the Friday of Downrigging Weekend
(November 2,
2012). Cruise from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
w hen
the Chestertown harbor will be filled with
visiting
vessels. Several might also be sailing on
the river
during this time, making this a fantastic
p hoto
op. BYOC/NBP (bring
your own caterer/
no booze
permitted). Still, this is perhaps the
m ost
spectacular time of
year on the Chestertown
waterfront.
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BRING OUT THE REENACTOR
IN YOU
Spa ce
for Two on Sultana for
the Tea Party
Reenactment
2012
Minimum Bid
$300
Pi cture
the two of you on SULTANA’s deck
dressed up as
Sons of Liberty, feverishly tossing
tea and
whatever or whoever else is handy into
the Chester
River. This is a unique opportunity
to take p art
in a Chestertown
tradition, Saturday,
May 26, 2012.
Colonial clothing required and
provided.
AND, if you sign a waver absolving us
o f
all responsibility, we
can even arrange for you to
be thrown
into the water! Winners board Sultana
a t
approximately 1:00pm on
Saturday, May 26 and
r eturn
to the dock at around
4:00pm
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PADDLE WITH A PRO
Thre e-Hour
Guided Kayak Adventure for
Eight
Minimum Bid
$350
Ei ght,
single-seat kayaks plus
paddles and life
jackets are
at your disposal in the company of
Sultana’s own
Chris Cerino, who knows our local
waters like
few others. Paddle where the wild
things are
and learn all about the hidden crannies
o f
the Eastern Shore
waterways. To take place
on a mutually
agreeable date in 2012 (weekend
dates
possible) on the Chester, Sassafras, or
upper
Choptank rivers. Sorry, no children under
10 years old.
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SOMETHING TO REALLY RALLY
‘ROUND
C ustom
Sultana Masthead Flag
Minimum Bid
$500
Flown from
SULTANA’s main mast the last two
seasons, this
is only the second actual SULTANA
ensign ever
auctioned. Not sold in any store. (Or
e ven
on Ebay, for that matter.) Custom crafted,
five
feet by one
and a half, yellow and black. Hang
i t
in your trophy room,
wave it from your porch, or
tu rn
it into a pair of socks. Just don’t
wear them to
th e
next Steelers-Ravens
game.
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