Southwest Non-Affiliated Pocket Cruisers

OK!! It's Done! The Photo/video journal of the Havasu Pocket Cruiser's 09 Poker Run is LIVE! Thanks to everyone that sent in photos for the webpage. If you still have some that you would like to include...get them to me and I'll fit them in. I have to go back to work tomorrow so I wanted to get this done today since a lot of folks have been asking for it. There are 4 webpages of pictures and you get to them through my homepage at www.havasumontgomerys.piczo.com Go to the bottom of the page and click on the Havasu Pocket Cruiser's Poker Run link. Enjoy!! There's a shoutbox at the bottom of the last page. Feel free to leave any comments or suggestions for making next year even better!!! Thanks everyone. We had a great time!!

Sean

Reminder!!! If you have pictures you want to share with the Poker Run Group try to get them to me ASAP!!.. I'm gonna start buiding the webpage today. I know some of ou are sending CD's and that works fine. You can also upload to something like FLIKR (like Howie and Al did) or email the pics to me. Whatever works for ya.

Thanks!

Sean

"SIX" is fine...I will be back for Lake Havasu Poker Run 2010!!!...Dan

2009 Havasu Poker Run, Sean and Jo's "Non-Event." Thanks for the fun guys.

Havasu Poker Run, great trip, great fun and great people. Thanks to Sean and Jo for all your efforts. Follow the link below to Captain Howie’s Fliker album. Images got a little jumbled up in the upload but you can sort through them. Image resolution has been downsized but still should be good for normal size prints. If you see something you would like to blow up to mural size email me and we can accommodate your needs.

Link to Flickr album: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26564166@N00/...7614448530870/show/

Get those pictures sent in folks...email ma if you need my adress to snailmail a cd. I'll start the webpage and DVD next week!!

S

Yikes Dan!

I'm glad you guys didn't get hurt. That's a bummer about the truck and trailer. Thank goodness it wasn't worse. I take it SIX made it through the ordeal OK?

I'm so glad you guys came. I hope that you might consider coming down again next year.....sans deer! Did you get any venison out of the deal???

I emailed you my address. Looking forward to seeing your pics. As soon as I have everyone's I'll combine them all and send everyone a copy.

Thanks

Sean

Sean & Jo...thanks for a great event! Your attention to detail is 2nd to NONE!! Messing about in boats is always way too much fun...especially when there are TWENTY of them! Heck, I've almost forgotten being placed under "House Arrest" by the Race Committee Boat Saturday.....Jim & I made it "feet dry" to Ft. Bragg by 1300 (Wed.)...One minor miss-hap...south of Sacramento, we clipped a deer with 3/4 ton F-250 truck and trailer...remodeled my left trailer fender & axle mount, tore off my running light, tore off license plate & bracket...good news...we will fix everything tomorrow....Deer= un-fixable!...Send me an email with your "snail mail" address...I will send you a CD...Best, Dan M17 #653 "SIX"...P15 #1051 Ol'Geezer

We missed ya Gary!!! Next year I'm comin' down to Phoenix and draggin you here kickin and screamin'! :-)

S

the fleet tied up at Havasu Springs

TWENTY boats - WOW - them Mulligans put on quite a Raid!

Thank goodness for people like Sean and Jo who give so much of their time so the rest of us can have fun!

Thanks guys - wish we could have made it.

WOW - that is a GANG, a Fleet, a FLotilla, a large group having FUN!
Good on ya!
Take Care, Have Fun, Be Safe,
GO

Hey Everyone,

Well, another one in the books! Thanks for the reports that you arrived home OK and all the nice comments. It's about 7:45 on Tuesday now and Larry and I are getting ready to depart for Vegas to get him on a plane headed home to the Pacific Northwest.

I'll send you guys some individual replies when I get home. Just wanted to tell everyone how much fun I had and to thank you all so much for taking the time out of your schedules to come over here and sail with us. No-one has seen 20 sets of monohull sails on this lake for a long, long time. It was beautiful!!!

I'll be contacting you all about sending any picutres/video that you'd like included on the DVD and Webpage that I'm going to be putting together. Remember that if you got a great shot of someone's boat to send it to them! Hopefully you'll get one of your's in return. More later....were heading to Vegas!


Sean

Safe and sound at home by 1PM. Got rained on from Barstow to home but otherwise a good trip. Got through the border crossing no problem.

It was great to see all of my SoCal Potter and other friends and it was great to meet all the new folks from the Phoenix area as well as the No Cal sailors.

Also nice to meet Larry who I will be joining on the San Juan trip in June.

Thanks to all of the sponsors and especially Bob for making the trip out with his daughter to see some of his hard work paying off as enjoyed treasures to those of us who love these trailer sailors.

And especially Sean and Jo for putting on such a great event and making sure everyone had a good time. And I am greatful for their extra research on hiking trails and seeing that Sue had something to do while I was enjoying Grace on just our second time in the water. Now Sue can put a face to the people I describe in all of our exciting adventures.

I'm looking forward to next year!

Jim Ellsworth

I hope everybody made it back up the lake on Sunday okay. Dawn and I of Desert Dawn had to get back to baby sit our grandson.

It was great meeting all of you. We have only had Desert Dawn since October and it was lots of fun talking boats and learning more about small boat cruisers.

A special thanks to Jo and Sean for putting on a really great weekend.

Thank you,

Bill and Dawn of Desert Dawn

winners of the Sardine award:

and after spending 7 hours on the boat we were happily cruising along

Good Morning Guys,

wWell, I made it Vegas and back yesterday and picked up my buddy Larry at the airport. We made it home in time to get out ofr a short but realy nice sail last night before dark. There was a beautiful breeze.

Matt Marx and Dan Phy and his crew Jim have already arrived and will be launching this morning and I expect tosee the rest of you all before dinner tonight.

Denny, a seven knot breeze from the north would be great for tomorrow. Even a little more would be better. Being an inland lake, the wind is usually up and down so more is possible, but then again, so is a little less! Keep your fingers crossed.

Looking forward to a great time with everyone. Please please be safe driving over. We'll see ya'll when you arrive. My cell # is 928-566-7663. Call me if you need anything.

Here we go! It's on!!!

S

Hey Denny, if you want to buy all my sails from Solitude for the boats asking price, I will toss in the boat at no extra charge!

See you tomorrow sometime in the afternoon!