The Longest Raft Off
Photography by Alex Boge - Pictures By Alex
The Longest Raft Off + Jobbie Nooner : Lake Saint Clair, MI
Dates: Jobbie Nooner 2025: Friday,June 27th | The Longest Raft Off 2025: Saturday August 9th | Jobbie II 2025: Saturday September 6th
Lake St Clair is known as a boating hotspot where boaters from all over form rows by tying up to each other (we call it "Raft Off") and mingle with other boaters for good fun in the sun. Every year thousands of boaters gather near Harsens Island, Michigan for a full days festivities to gather their boats (2000+) and let loose. Raft Off typically occurs at Little Muscamoot Bay (map) while the Jobbie Nooner's (the other big annual Boat Party) are located around Gull Island. Raft Off is sometimes known elsewhere as a Tie Up but, to us, it'll always be "Raft Off" and is a public, community affair. Raft Off takes place on the 2nd Saturday in August, Jobbie Nooner is on the fourth Friday in June and Jobbie Nooner 2 is on the first Saturday after Labor Day.
FYI: These are only a couple preview photos. To view all the photos, click the underlined link in the text description to view the full album on Facebook. You don't have to have an account but it helps to make viewing the photos much easier and quicker. The thumbnails open into a new window, full sized. Close that window to return to this one. Best viewed in landscape mode (sideways) on phone devices.
The weather for Jobbie 2 was not good so no one went. Instead,
The Weekend After was great!
A Good Day at The Moot - a birthday and more! Check it out and enjoy the view!
Raft Off 2024 - The 20th Anniversary - was a good time - and I hope you enjoy some photos I captured.
My friends threw me a birthday celebration at The Moot - It was so thoughtful, kind and amazing! Check out photos from the day.
Photos from July 13th at The Moot have been posted. Celebrating my friends pre-wedding bash and just a whole lot of sexy people having fun
Independence Day at The Moot was a great day! Overcast but everyone had such
an asesome time no one noticed. I hope everyone enjoys the photos. FB has been
acting up and not always letter you scroll. Keep at it; eventually it lets you
see all the photos. There are over 400 in this album alone!
Jobbie Nooner 2024 is history. Jobbie is usually colder and less visited than other big parties but it's the Granddaddy of them all so here we are. Doing the best we can with what we've got. And what matters the most: Good Times Were Had By All who came!
June marks my return to The Moot for the start of a boat party season and another fun day in the sun. Our first two outings I've combined into a single larger album, including a birthday for a special lady - and all our friends, old and new: Check All The Pix Out!
The 1st Day of Fall marks the end of Summer but The Moot only knows when it's sunny and then us diehards come out for one more hurrah! Check it out in this album. Looking forward to seeing everyone again next year!
Jobbie Two 2023 - It was an overcast and chilly day so only a few diehards made it out but we still had fun! Sorry, no pix of the dancers in action but I did put my drone to work to capture what was there.
Labor Day at The Moot 2023 - What a great way to celebrate a day off! Check it out.
Had some more Fun at The Moot Sunday - before the summer ends!
Raft Off 2023 was a great success. So many boats, so many people, a brief bit of rain and lots of sunshine! You can view the album here. Sadly, due to varoius issues, this is only about 2/3rds of the photos I took. Plus, the line was so long there was no way I could walk it all. Sorry if I didn't see you. I'm at the Moot various weekends, look for me and give a wave. I'm happy to take your photos for you. ENJOY!
A Two Day Weekend Event - I decided to celebrate my Birthday at the Moot and went out both Saturday and Sunday so - double the fun. Saturdays Album and Sundays Album are available via the links herein. ENJOY!
The Fourth of July at The Moot was a blast! Thousands of sunseekers had a blast under perfect skies. I captured some of the fun for everyone to enjoy. Check out this album on my FB Page to see all the photos, just a small slice of a huge event.
JN: Due to rain, many of us elected to visit nearby Little Muscamoot Bay the day after Joobie Nooner and this was the result. I hope you enjoy these images and will, perhaps, join us out on the water for some fun in the sun. You can view the album on my FB Pictures By Alex Page.
Memorial Day 2023 photos are available - My first outing for the year. I look forward to seeing everyone at Jobbie Nooner.
Jobbie II 2022 is in the books and was a lot of fun! Check it out!
Nauti Times aboard Nauti Buoy at The Moot! Another sexy day of fun in the sun and water.
Raft Off 2022 was a great success - Photo Album here!. Cloud cover made it cooler but plenty of hot bods partying still.
Photos from A fun day in the sun and on the water - my birthday weekend - at the moot!
Photos from Independence Day at The Moot are posted!
Photos from July 2nd are here. Independence Day Weekend fun in the water and sun!
Jobbie Nooner 2022 Photos posted at Facebook. Unfortunately, FB decided to block several of them (pasties and twerking is apparently against Community Standards) so I've posted a bit of xtra material here.
Memorial Day was a blast at The Moot! Check out the photos from May 30th. Looking forward to even bigger events this summer. Stay tuned for more...
Photos from Labor Day 2021 - Summer almost over but it's still hot out there
Photos from Raft Off 2021 - Enjoy!
A Funday at The Moot - July 31st, 2021
Sunday Funday at The Moot - July 18th, 2021
Photos from the Independence Day at the Moot - July 4th, 2021
Photos from
A Fun Day at the Moot - June 12th, 2021
Photos from Memorial Day 2021
Photos from The Last Day at the Bay 2020
Photos from Jobbie Nooner 2 - Enjoy!
Photos from Labor Day at The Moot
The Saturday Before Labor Day - a little warm up!
A Sunday at The Moot - August 30th, 2020
A Saturday at The Moot - August 22nd, 2020
A gorgeous day at Muscamoot Bay - August 15th, 2020
Photos from A Day at the Bay - August 1st, 2020
Photos from Raft Off 2020 are available! Feel free to share the album or it's contents but remember that they are © 2020 Alex Boge.
Jobbie Nooner 2020 Photos are here!
Fun at The Moot on a beautiful Saturday, maybe the last of the summer - check it out!
Photos from Jobbie Nooner 2019 2 are here. Enjoy!
Photos from Labor Day at the Moot have been posted. A big album with a lot of goodies.
Photos Raft Off 2019 are here!
Sunday Funday at The Moot - Check out this FB Album!
Jobbie Nooner 2019 Photos are here. It was hot outside but the water was cold (and levels were high) so not as much action in the water or between boats - fewer than normal photos - but good times were to be had!
A fun day at The Moot plus a surprise engagement between Z-Man and Crystal!
Raft Off 2018 was a mixed success - we didn't achieve the world record due to a technicality (there was a single boat gap in the line, but we had over 2000 registrations at that time. Yes, that close!), however, Everyone had a great time with perfect weather and an awesome community party. Photos are available via this FB Album.
Jobbie Nooner 2018 photos are available in this FB Album.
Memorial Day at The Moot - Check out the photos I took!
2018 is going to
be a big deal for Raft Off - we are going to have officials from the Guiness Book of
Records on hand to certify us as the Worlds Longest Raft Off - Officially.
Details here.
September 2017: Couldn't make it to Jobbie II - but I went out for one more great day at the bay and you can see it here in this FB Album! Cya all next year.
Raft Off 2017 photos are in this FB Album. I think we broke the unofficial worlds record for longest Raft Off!
Jobbie Nooner 2017 photos are in this FB album. Casper shot the photo below around 4 pm. It was a great success. The Longest Raft Off is coming up next and we will have Guinness World Book of Records folks there as we attempt to make the longest line ever! Please join us!
Stay Tuned for more fun this year! You'll find me, most often, aboard ZMan's boat, Rockin' The Bay.
Here are the Jobbie Nooner II 2016 photos in this Facebook album.
Photos from Raft Off 2016 are in this Facebook album.
Photos from the 4th of July at Muscamoot Bay are in this Facebook album.
Photos from Jobbie Nooner 2016 are in this Facebook album.
Photos from Memorial Day 2016 at Little Muscamoot in this Facebook album.
Due to expected poor weather and therefore lower than usual turnout, PBA didn't attend Jobbie II in 2015.
Photos from Raft Off 2015 are available in this Facebook album.
Photos from Jobbie Nooner 2015 are available in this Facebook album.
Note: Due to poor weather and prior engagement, I did not attended Jobbie II 2014 but I expect I will be back in 2015!
Photos from Raft Off 2014 are available in these Facebook albums: Volume 1 | Volume 2
Photos from Jobbie Nooner 2014 are available in this Facebook Album.
Photos from Memorial Day 2014 are available in this Facebook Album.
Photos from Jobbie Nooner 2 2013 are available in this Facebook Album.
Photos from Raft Off 2013 are available in this Facebook Album.
Photos from July 4th, 2013 at The Moot: Facebook Album
Jobbie Nooner 2013: Facebook Album
Raft Off 2012: Facebook Album One and Album Two
A couple more days at The Moot, July 1st 2012! FB Album and Independence Day at The Moot!
The Jobbie Nooner 2012 All-In-One FB Album - Thanks to FB for increasing the limit of photos per album, we're able to post all the photos, in high resolution, to a single album. Enjoy!
Additional Muscamoot Bay FB Photo Albums: Memorial Weekend - June 9th - June 10th
Photos have been uploaded to Facebook (links below). Please keep my copyright in the bottom right intact - it's the only credit I get for my work. Tag your friends and yourselves, use the "Share" link in FB or use the Download link for a higher resolution version of any photo.
Facebook
users - Check out our 2010/2011 photo albums from Raft Off and Jobbie Nooner at the
following links:
Raft Off 2010: Volumes
One,
Two and
Three plus Jobbie II 2010: Volumes
One,
Two,
Three and
Four.
Jobbie Nooner 2011: Volumes
One,
Two,
Three and
Four. Raft Off 2011: Volumes
One,
Two,
Three and
Four.
Jobbie II 2011: Volumes
One and
Two.
Jobbie Nooner 2012:
All-In-One
Do you have photos from the Raft Off (or Jobbie Nooner)? Want to use any photo or video? Contact us: webmaster@raftoff.com.
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