2010 Havasu Pocket Cruisers Poker Run

Edited by author 10-26-2009 06:09 AM

Guess who's at the helm? Secret photo from the SoCal Potter's Long Beach Raft-up

Stan,

Please either have him email me or give me a call at 928-566-7663. I would love to talk to him....or send me his contact info if he would rather I contact him. That's be a super contact! Thanks,

Sean

Don...

hmmm. I can't tell who is at the helm....based on your previous posts I would have to guess.....Gary Jobsen???? Forutnately, you seemed to have found someone wiht that high speed camera! :-)

AHHHHHhhh.....AHHhhhhh.... I don't know nothing about that picture posted... But what I will confess is that I got my butt handed to me by a certain green "Monkey-Boat". I could sure use a bigger head-sail, but then again, I too ain't no "Jim Ellsworth"....... :)

Don Boyko
"Quality Time II"

Hey! What happened to all that "Monkey Killer" stuff???? m ;-)

The big gun is swinging.....looking for another target! Ready....aim....BOOM!!! "SABOT SMASHER"

Don, Youv'e got to look out for those pesky little sabot's. Just when you think you have one in your sights, another comes at you screaming STARBORD in an ear pearcing tone that makes you think your head will explode. As you tack to avoid scratches in your gelcoat from smashing through him another one luffs you into the shallows, OH CRAP, now your in their world, That big gun better be a simi-auto and have lots of ammo. LOL

I can't wait to see 30, no 40, no 50 sailboats sailing under the London bridge. That will be a sight to see!!!!!!!

Careful Don, I was a Sabot racer and could have them gang up on you!

Jim....I just gotta learn to keep my mouth SHUT! (But realy, "ZOOM", on a Sabot?)

Sean....Attended the Venture Yacht Club meeting tonight,(San Diego's "Trailer-Sailor" club), and made a pitch for the Lave Havasu event. Several people requested that I e:mail them the link to the web site. Maybe you'll make 50?

Don Boyko
"Quality Time II"

moored in my garden

Don, I did get lucky and won a couple of races, but with me at 200 + pounds Zoom was probably not the best name and she did not live up to that name except as mentioned above.

Knot on Duty!!! I luv it! :-)

Now now Don before you go poking at Jim's Sabot like that....I think I overheard the same exact conversation at the J-boat convention referring to Capris! It's all relative! ;-) Plus, you made all those claims about the "Monkey Killer" while Jim sat silently waiting in ambush to silence your grumblings...better watch out...keep it up and he's likely to show up with the sabot and clean your clock! That would REALLY be embarrasing!

As for 50 boats...well, if we start pushing numbers up into that region we'll have another issue to deal with and that is the number of slips avaialable at the hotel. They have about 50 slips but sometimes, depending on the water level some of the inside slips get too shallow to use. We can always get slips at the marina for overflow, but it certainly won't be as convenient and also will not be included in the price of the hotel room. I believe that they are getting $25/night there still for transient slips. Unfotunately, until we get right up to the time of the event, we won't know the exact number of slips we may use on the inside. That being said ....50 boats would be awesome...and if they are willing to come knowing what the slip situation is....Bring it on!!

Sean

Don't worry Don, when I joined the one new boat a year club, I started getting a little light in the finance department and put everything up for sale that was not nailed down. Well Zoom was one of those items, she went to a lady that was in charge of the kid's racing program at Dana West Yacht Club, in fact the check to pay for the boat was from Dana West.

Jim.....I still can't believe how crazy the folks are out here for the Sabot's. Everyone has one it seems. They have a ton of them at MBYC also, and are very popular with not only the kids program, but with the adults too! I sailed one with the adult group at MBYC and I just couldn't get comfortable in the boat. Of course it was set-up for kids sailing. I hadn't sailed a small light boat for years and forgot about coming about smartly and getting in irons. I'm going to try sailing one again....once was not a fair judgement.

Don Boyko
"Quality Time II"

Don, As a kid I went quickly through the Sabots on into a Kite which pre-dates the Laser as the hot young adult boat. Getting back into a Sabot was quite a learning experience. Although they seem like a simple boat, there is a ton of tuning you need to know about to be competitive. But I would say 180 lbs is about tops to sail competively with the adult sabot group, although the Balboa Yacht Club Briney Bunch was a real fun group to sail with. I did sail in the adult Nationls (I think 2005) and we had over 40 boats in about 4 classes. I do know besides BYC, NHYC and ABYC both San Diego YC and MBYC have very large contingents of Sabots (junior and adult).

Hey Gang, Short update here

Wow..things continue to move forward! I don't know if you've looked at the "who's coming" list on the website lately, but if not check it out! There are 38 boats now signed up ad I have been in contact with likely #39 and #40 today. Not only that...But #39 is the chairperson for the Lake Mead Sailing Club trialer sailors and wants to promote the event at his club. So, I would expect to probably pic up a couple more boats there! It wasn't long ago that we were wondering if we could actually top the 30 boat mark.....DONE!!! Then it was 40......I think we are about there!! And Now the number 50 looms on the horizon??!! WOW! That's just plain SCAREY!!! hahaha 50 of us in the same place at the same time?! Oh boy!!

All right, ...now...we need to talk about something here. The size of the event is exploding...way beyond where I or anyone else thought we'd get to for this year. No problem...We are gonna make it work and have an awesome event so keep 'em coming. But, the one issue that is going to come into play is available slips at the London Bridge Resort. There are about 50 slips there that we can use. However, in Feb, our lake is traditionally at it's lower level and that makes some of the inside slips very shallow and possibly unuseable. Fortunately, a lot of you guys can pull your boards and rudders up and draw very little water. We will depend on you guys to get into as shallow of a slip as we can get you into. I am anticipating that we should not have any problem using 40 of the 50 slips...probably more. BUT I am figuring that anything over 40 is a bonus and so once we have 40 boats booked at the hotel we'll be advising additional boats that they will be assigned a slip, but it is possible that it may not be useable due to water levels. We just won't know 'till we get close to the event. In that case there will be slips available at the marina which is only about a 3 minute drive from the hotel, however they will not be included in the $99/night rate. I beleve that the marina is getting $25/night for a transient slip. The other option would be to launch each day and store overnight on the trailer.

There is a boat rental operation in the channel right next to the hotel slips that does not utilize all it's slips in the winter time. I have talked to the owner and he seems receptive to possibly renting out some of those slips if we need them. This would be great because they are right there at the hotel and a lot easier to deal with than the marina. Huh Dan? (Dan can vouch for me... the marina can be a bit tough to deal with :-) ) I will follow up with him and see what kind of deal we can work out if need be. Maybe I can even get the hotel to help out on the rate, although, I don't know about that...we've already dropped them from $239/nt and $40/nt for a slip to $99/nt on a holiday weekend.

Don't panic! Right now we are fine. Of the 38 boats participating so far, a number of them are local and wont be using the hotel docks. So we are fine on slips as we speak. BUT...I am working with the hotel to make sure that slips are given out first come first served. Make your reservation and lock up your slip if you have not!! MAKE YOUR RESERVATION AND LOCK UP YOUR SLIP!!!! There is no deposit necessary and a 48 hour cancellation notice policy....SO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS!!! The hotel is telling me that about 30 of you have actually booked as of last week. So some of you haven't . Please make the call!!

OK enough of that. I'm off on a "4 day" starting today and got a lot to do so stay tuned. Keep your ears and eyes open for anyone that might be a potential sponsor and send them my way if you think of someone!

Can't wait to see all those sails!

Sean, 'Jo, and yes, of course...Bosun!