2010 Havasu Pocket Cruisers Poker Run

Edited by author 11-21-2009 09:32 AM
William,

There is no "registration" as it were, other than making your hotel reservations with the London Bridge Resort and then letting me know you have that done. At that point I will add you to the "who's coming" list on the website. For updates on the event you will want to "subscribe to this list if you haven't already. You can either receive daily digests or each post as an individual email.

As for your boat, as soon as I saw it I knew that I had recently seen boat very similar to it. I started going back through references and websites where I amy have seen it. Yeah, you guessed it...it was your posting in "Mystery Boat" in SCA! Ha! I knew I'd seen one. Unfortunately, I have no imformation for ya. I bet that an SCA reader will have some infor for you though in the next issue!

Sean

Rinsing off the salt.

Are there any other small boat sailors that dive? I know many sailors that don't dive and have dive buddies that for some reason don't have a boat. Am I the only one who loves both of these activities? It seems to me that doing one without the other leaves you with only having seen half the show. My wife and I towed our M17 from Idaho to Redondo Beach, sailed to Catalina and enjoyed diving at various locations outside Isthmas cove and the dive park at Avalon. We use our tandem sit on top kayak as the ship's tender, diving tender, and sit down surfboard. The trip to Catalina would have been good without the diving but only half as good. Thoughts anyone? Are there any brothers or sisters out there?

Hey Dave,

Jo and I both dive. we didn't dive Catalina when we were there summer before last but I sure wanted to! So far we have not used Dauntless for a base of diving 'cause we already seem to have too much "Stuff" aboard when we are in the cruising mode. Next time we head t Catalina, though, I think we will take your advice!!

Sean

Hey Everyone!

Well, here's this week's update:

Great News Again!!!

Josh and Craig over at Small Craft Advisor Magazine let me know yesterday that they are on board with being Sponsors of the event for the third time. Woohoo!!! Each year a number of you guys have gone home with year long subscriptions to SCA. It's the magazine that supports EXACTLY the type of sailing, boats, and crews that are just like us. I will be adding them to the website today. If you get a chance, get on their website, go to their message board, and post a big thank you to them so we can acknowledge their support publically. There website is www.smallcraftadvisor.com PLEASE TRY TO DO THIS!! Also, Josh has asked me to be thinking about a recap article of the entire event once it concludes for publication in the magazine. Way cool. In the next issue of SCA you will see an ad for the Havasu Pocket Cruisers Poker Run!

OK...Next is the Hotel update:

I spoke with the Hotel yesterday. We have 38 of the 40 rooms/slips they blocked-out booked. There are only 4 more 1 bedroom suites left in the hotel and they have all been assigend to be held for our event. I expect them to book...so, they have given us a deal on 6 two-bedroom suites as well. The two-bedroom suites are 2bed/2 bath, so having two boats share a suite is totally do-able. They will also allow two crews that are sharing a suite to each obtain a slip. Our two-bedroom suites group rate is $159.00 per night, another great deal. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get your rooms booked ASAP. There is a big fireworks convention in town the same weekend and the town will be full of the "pyro-people" (a breed amongst themselves!).

I am working with the Hotel and we will be using their convention center building for a seminar to be put on by Stan Sussman of Interlux/Awlgrip on the products that they make to make your boat look beautiful. Stan is an expert in this area, usually overseeing paint jobs on million dollar yachts! So if you have been wishing you knew how to paint your own boat, or get confused when you look at all the different products out there, like I do, you won't want to miss this!

We are looking into doing a t-shirt/sweatshirt or embroidered ballcap for the event. So I am posing this question. Is there any interest in this? The balllcap would be easier because we wouldn't have to make so many sizes and it is pretty easy to customize with the name of your boat on the side of the hatband. But lots of folks don't wear caps. If we did do this it would be a prepaid order kind of deal as I'm just not gonna have the spare $$ to front for the t-shirt design and production. Sorry but that's the only way as a lot of little $$ items are adding up quickly. Send me any feedback.

Sailmaker:

WE NEED A SAILMAKER TO ATTEND THIS EVENT! So far nothing is lined up. Have you purchased sails recently. If so, get on the horn with your favorite sailmaker and talk him into coming down, doing a seminar on sailcare/tuning/maintenance and to give a good sales pitch. Of the 40+ boats attending there will surely be some that are ready for new sails! I know of one for sure!(Dauntless)If you get any positive feedback send them or their info my way and I'll follow up.

Manufacturers:

Bob Eeg of Montgomery boats is onboard as a Sponsor for the second year and will be attending the event. Thanks Bob! We also will have Steve Haines from Hardmoney Boatworks sponsoring us and attending. Steve is a Compac Dealer.
Hey, Where's International Marine??? Are you kidding me? C'mon Potter guys. Get on the horn with IM and get them on board! I know you guys can do it. How about everyone using Idasailor stuff? I haven't heard back from them this year. If you are an Idasailor customer give 'em a call and tell them you'd like to see them attend as well. Catalina Guys? MacGregor Guys? C'mon and get your dealers down here to see what this is all about. This is OUR event and you guys have really jumped on board to help put it together. That's awesome.....let's keep it going! Together we drive this into a huge event if we can get these sponsors onboard and attending. Next year...100 boats??? :-)

Ok that's it....keep spreading the word. This thing is rolling now!

Thanks everyone. Make those phone calls and send the leads my way. I'll do the rest. Have a great weekend!

Sean and Bosun.......('Jo is still hiding probably until March!)

Edited by author 11-21-2009 11:19 AM
Possible sponsor? Hi Sean I don't know anyone at yeti coolers but their products are fantastic and would be of interest to small boat cruisers. They have a web site with a contact number. I tried to call today but only got an answering machine. You may want to try again during the week. Good job on all you ahve accomplished so far.
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Great idea Dave...I am on duty Mon-Tues....I'll try them Wed, although with the Holiday weekend it might have to wait 'till next week.

Thanks for the help! That's exactly what we are after!

Sean

I have no idea if Bill Tosh is interested in coming but when I saw that you were looking for a sailmaker, I forwarded the email to him. We met him last spring at Lake Palestine in Texas. He also sails an M-17.

Super Dorothy,

I have seen his name many times. I will try to contact him as well next week. Great idea and thank you for tip and effort. We sure are looking forward to seeing you guys again. You should be all snuggled up in your new Monty Sweatshirts directly as they are in the mail!

S

Sean, one other product that trailer sailors might be interested in would be the pottibag. Nearly all of us have had the unpleasant opportunity to deal with trasporting the potti. The pottibag doesn't make it pleasant but, perhaps a little less unpleasant. Check out www.pottibag.com.

Thanks Dave....Sponsorship request email sent out to Pottibag. Great idea and a cool product. Gotta luv the port-a-pottie. Remind me when you are here to tell you the story about sailing down East Sound (San Juan Islands) in a good blow, shortacking, in the rain, and having 'Jo go below look back up into the cockpit and announce in a very concerned way " Uh......we've got some kind of leak!".....yeah........and it wasn't saltwater! YUCK! hahaha I think that so far in all our sailing I would put that as the biggest CRISIS we've ever suffered! Especially when you consider we were living on the boat for the next week! hahaha

Hey Dave! Great call on Potti-bag! Already heard back from Robert at Potti-bag and sounds like they might be onboard! Have to get with him on the phone later this week still, but sounds good! Great work!

Also, I shot-off and email to Yeti Coolers too. We'll see what they have to say. Another great idea. I was not familiar with either product and you are right, they both fit what we do perfectly!

Sean...has anyone approached West Marine for sponsorship? The ATUS just purchased a couple of $100.00 gift certificates from them for the Havasu Bash...unfortunately no one of authority was around for me to lobby a sponsorship...maybe West Marine Havasu?? We spent a couple of hundred bucks there last time we were in your town!!!...Best, Dan

Hey Dan,

yes, I am working on the WM angle. Last year we got a lot of support from the gals at the local store. I have been talking to them, but also sent a request to WM corporate to see about a corpporate level sponsorship. No word back so far. I also have sent info to JSI and The Sail Warehouse....again, so far no replies from them.

Thanks.....Sean

Hey Sean, have you checked with the folks at power tiller about sponsorship? The contact number for them is (602)852-9150. I would contact them for you if I didn't leave for work at four AM and not return until eight PM. Like you my employer dosen't appreciate personal business while I'm working. Power tiller appears to be located in Pheonix. You can get info at information@powertiller.net. Perhaps you can send them an E mail with a link to the poker run site. I don't yet know how to send a link as I am still somewhat of a digital dumb @#%!. Hope this helps. It would be great if power tiller could show up and put on a demonstration. See you in February.

Another good idea Dave! Ok, I'll get on that this week.

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving Day!!! We all have so much to be thankful for.

S