JOBBIE CREW ARE NOT THE ORGANIZERS OR PROMOTERS OF THIS EVENT. WE URGE ANYONE WHO DECIDES TO ATTEND TO EXERCISE CAUTION, WEAR A MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCE.
Jobbie Nooner has been going on for a long time.
Jobbie Nooner is one of the largest boat parties in the World.
It takes place 5-miles off the mainland on and around Gull Island in Lake St. Clair in Michigan, just north of Detroit.
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Lake St. Clair is America’s busiest freshwater lake and Jobbie Nooner is Mardi Gras on the water: boats, beads, beer and boobs!
JobbieCrew ARE NOT the “organizers” of Jobbie Nooner, Raft-Off, etc.
Jobbie Nooner is a natural phenomenon that occurs every year. We are just one of the many supporters and information outposts for the various events.
Gull Island GPS coordinates
N42 32 17.012 and W82 40 35.884
DNR’s Handbook of Michigan Boating Laws & Responsibilities
https://www.boat-ed.com/michigan/handbook/book.html
What is Jobbie Nooner?
Jobbie Nooner, the “Mardi Gras of the Midwest”, is the ultimate annual Summer festival.
Around 60,000 to 100,000+ people attend Jobbie Nooner every year.
The concept is simple: if a girl shows you her boobs, you give her a necklace of beads.
The main attractions at Jobbie are beautiful boats, beautiful women, and hanging out with friends.
Jobbie has become a rite of passage.
It is one of the greatest celebrations of boats and female beauty.
A “Rite of Passage” is a ritual event that marks your transition from one stage to another, it usually involves water.
You will see everything at Jobbie Nooner. Hot topless honeys doing jello shots, girls making out with each other, going down on each other, you will see more topless women in one single day than you’ll see in the rest of your life.
Jobbie Nooner is consensual fun.
There is no coercion, girls are not forced to get topless or do anything they don’t want to do.
Girls act on their own free will and volition.
This makes for some excellent and memorable uncensored fun on the high seas of Lake St. Clair!
This event is not about disrespecting women. It’s about celebrating how beautiful all the ladies are!
All women are beautiful! Yes, ALL of you ladies!
Also, this is NOT about disrespecting law enforcement.
The cops have their hands full every day dealing with goofy dipshit assholes. So please, don’t add to their aggravation.
Just respect the ladies, respect the cops, respect each other and let’s all drink some beer, enjoy these events and have some fun!
Jobbie Nooner is centered around tiny Gull Island at the mouth of the South Channel in Lake St. Clair.
Several rings of boats line up in circles around the island. The water is shallow enough that you can walk around in it and you can walk on the island, what’s left of it.
The party starts at 6am.
You want to get there as early as possible to get a good spot!
We say that “prime time” is from 11am-4pm.
Every year we find that 4pm is “testosterone hour”. The drinks take hold by this time, people’s untethered boats start drifting into the channel, etc.
Many people pack up and leave by 6pm.
Getting to Jobbie Nooner
Jobbie Nooner takes place on Gull Island, which is only accessible by boat.
There is no other way to get to Jobbie Nooner, you must have a boat.
The majority of people launch their boats from Lake St. Clair Metropark (Harrison Township, Michigan) and head 5-miles out to Gull Island in Lake St. Clair.
If you are one of these people, remember, you legally must be at least one-mile offshore before your boat does 55mph.
Also, to clear up any misinformation, JobbieCrew are NOT the “organizers” of Jobbie Nooner, Raft-Off, etc.
Jobbie Nooner occurs every year and has been since 1974.
We are just one of the many supporters and information outposts for the various events.
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History of Jobbie Nooner
Exclusive Interview:
The Authorized Definitive History of JOBBIE NOONER: Original Co-Creator LEE O’DELL Sets the Record Straight! The First Jobbie Nooner Occurred Friday, June 28th, 1974
The first Jobbie Nooner was held Friday, June 28th, 1974 at Strawberry Island in Lake St. Clair, about two-miles Northeast of Gull Island.
“Jobbies” (ie: independent contractors) Lee O’Dell and Lee Wagner and 15 of their fellow jobbies from Modern Engineering (Minnesota Street, Madison Heights) “pulled a Nooner”, they took off work early and hit the water to celebrate Lee Wagner’s birthday.
R.I.P. Lee Wagner (1927-2012)
Jobbie’s are freelance automotive engineers, draftsmen, blueprinters, independent contractors.
Billy Fritts, a fellow draftsman at Entech, came on the scene about 1979-80.
The party was a nameless gathering of drunkards until Fritt’s named it “Lee & Lee’s Jobbie Nooner”.
Billy Fritts is also the one who moved the party to Gull Island to help accommodate the larger crowds.
Timeline of Jobbie Nooner’s Location
1974-1975 = Jobbie held at Strawberry Island
1976-1986 = Jobbie held at Fisher Bay
1987-present = Jobbie held at Gull Island
Billy Fritts purchased Brown’s Bar (“Big Boats, Big Beers and Big Party’s!”) in 1996.
Brown’s has been a famous boaters hangout on Harsens Island since its opening in 1946.
Brown’s Bar is famous for its kickass annual Halloween Party the first Saturday in October.
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Real Talk with BILLY FRITTS The Original Promoter of the Gull Island Jobbie Nooner Boat Party: The Man who Named, Organized & Hugely Popularized Jobbie Nooner is now a Multi-Million Dollar Self-Made Michigan Success Story!
Law Enforcement
Yes, Jobbie is lightly policed by US and Canadian authorities.
However, to get arrested at Jobbie Nooner, you have to be doing something incredibly bad or ridiculously stupid.
Overall, the cops are very cool and non-invasive. Hey, they like to see hot girls tits, too. Don’t you?
DO NOT GIVE THE COPS A HARD TIME! We support all American law enforcement and military 100% and so should you!
Jobbie is policed by:
- U.S. Coast Guard
- St. Clair County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol
- Macomb County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police units
- DHS helicopters
- Clay Township police jet ski’s
- U.S. Customs & Border Patrol
- Super Troopers = Ramathorn, Rabbit, Foster, Mac and Farva
The U.S. Coast Guard has an 80-foot long barge called “Jobbie Jail”.
This USCG barge serves as a central command post with temporary holding cells on-board.
Prisoners are taken to either the Clay Township police station or the St. Clair County jail.
The day after Jobbie Nooner, it’s time to clean up Gull Island.
This does not mean you can be an ignorant asswad pig who litters. Please throw your garbage away in a garbage bag!
The St. Clair County and Macomb County Sheriff’s have jail trustees clean up Gull Island.
Afterwards, the Clay Township Fire Department hauls away all the 6800lbs of trash and 5000+ beer cans.
Main Infractions people get ticketed for at Jobbie:
- BWI (boating while intoxicated)
- MIP (minor in possession)
- People riding on the gunwales (sides of the boat)
- Lack of lifejackets
- Illegally operating a jet ski. If born after December 31st, 1978, you must take a mandatory boaters safety course in order to operate a jet ski legally.
Canadian’s who want to come to Jobbie Nooner
If coming from Canada, you need a passport and you need to get an i-68 form from Canadian Border Patrol.
You’ll need to bring 3 passport photos to the port of entry (Port Huron, Michigan) and pay $16.00 US dollars.
You will need to do this at least 30 days ahead of time!!
Then once you get to Jobbie Nooner, you must call their number for clearance. Everyone onboard your boat must have an i-68 or a Nexus card. The i68 is good for 13 months.
Gull Island
Gull Island is the main central focal point of Jobbie Nooner.
Gull Island GPS coordinates
N42 32 17.012 and W82 40 35.884
Located five nautical miles offshore in a jurisdictional gray area between the USA and Canada, Gull Island is Michigan’s mini-Atlantis. And as far as you’re concerned…it’s another dimension.
Gull Island is a man-made island comprised of dredged dirt and sand.
It was created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a period of time from 1937 to 1967.
The island is actually about 137 acres.
However, due to high water levels, all but 19 acres are submerged.
The actual ownership of Gull Island is disputed.
Gull Island is technically legally owned by the Native American Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma.
However, Clay Township and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers also both claim the island, thus there are 3 claims to the ownership of Gull Island.
The island currently features a 35-foot tall U.S. Border Patrol security camera towerwith a 360-degree surveillance camera. This camera was put on the island in December 2009.
To reach Gull Island, make sure you have a GPS device, unless you really know your way around. The latitude and longitude coordinates for Gull Island are: 42.53037,-82.680509.
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