2010 Havasu Pocket Cruisers Poker Run

Rinsing off the salt.

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

Edited by author 11-18-2009 10:26 AM

help identify?? I am planning to attend in Feb, and am starting total rebuild of this beauty. She is 1961 vintage, hull is built like iron. Steel bulb/fin keel, tons of bronze hardware on this boat...like fore/back stay atachements, running lights, hand holds cast bronze rudder.....even has bronze roller furling device for boom. Cabin has 5'4" standing headroom, 4 berths, head, galley. Everything on this is WAY overbuilt, but would sure love to know who made this craft. Also is there somewhere I need to preregister for Feb's Poker Fun Run? Thanks william

There are rumblings that we may see "The Skunk" attend!! That would be awesome!

NEWS FLASH!!! Hey gang! Great news!! The Interlux Company, producers to Awlgrip yacht paints have come aboard to help sponsor the event. Not only that, but they will be sending Stan Sussman himself as a company rep to give us a little seminar on their products. What does this mean to you? If you have questions regarding painting your boat's deck, hull, bottom paint, rig, or blister protection...Stan will be able to answer your questions and recommend the appropriate products to make your boat look like new again! Normally, Stan is jet-setting around the globe overseeing paint jobs on million dollar yachts, but according to him, small sailboats, like ours, are where his heart lies. In fact, Stan used to own (and built along with Jerry Montgomery) the highly modified Montgomery 23 "Windward Skunk". If you aren't familiar with "The Skunk" go to
 www.msogphotosite.com
then, click on the M23 section and look for The Skunk. It is a cut down M23 hull, with an M15 deck instead of the big M23 deck, with a fixed keel and lots of other mods that Stan built specifically for racing. It's a very unique boat.
We are thrilled to have Stan, Interlux, and Awlgrip as sponsors! We'll be annoucing more about the seminar shortly but Stan says he loves to answer specific questions. So think about what you want to do to your boat and get your questions together. You will never hav a better opportunity to get real answers from a real expert like this! Make sure to give Stan a BIG thanks for getting Interlux and Awlgrip onboard with us and for making the time in his busy schedule to come on out and personally attend! WOW!!! Way Cool!!! :-)

Food for thought!

Have you all been watching our Sponsor's list? Well, if not, you should be. We have some awesome folks that have stepped up to the plate to help make this the best get together so far. When you get a chance click on over to the website and check it out! Also...stay tuned...there are some big things in the works that we should be able to announce next week! The hotel tells me that they have 36 rooms/slips booked out. I think we are up to 44 boats registered but a few are locals and wont need hotel slips. Please make sure to get those reservations made if you haven't already done it.

Let's fill all 50 slips at the hotel! Get a hold of your local buddies and get them to come on down and join in.

This weekend the Hobie International Association is holding their "nationals" for some of their fleets here in Havasu. 140 boats were pre registered. I'm not sure how many are here but man there are a lot of sails out there and it is beautiful....I can't wait to see all you guys out there! Here's a math problem for you...they charged each boat $200 to $375 to register for the event! GULP Pick an number and multiply by 140 boats! Whew!! Interested in checking out their website? It's:

http://www.havamega.com/

OK...heading back in to work (overtime) tomorrow. I'll be home Sunday night and Monday. Email me with any questions and/or issues and I'll get them handled for you ASAP.

Keep those sponsorship ideas and new participants coming in!!! You guys are doing a GREAT job at putting this thing together. It's just about to start feeding on it's own success!!! C'mon 50!!! (I can't believe I am actually saying that!)

:-)


Sean and Bosun (Jo has decided to take cover and is hiding!)

canyonbat,
Thanks for the response, but I don't think traveling throught the heart of the mountains will work for us in Feb.. I am thinking that I would go down the front range thru Abq. and west from there. I also can't leave until monday. Laramie has it's challenges already and I wish not to add more with multiple passes. I do hope to be early and would enjoy meeting early. Thanks for to offer though.

Metes No Bounds

Yes, the Western Slope of Colorado is watching te message board! We would be glad to convoy down if schedules permit. We are planning on leaving the Saturday before and spending the night somewhere along the way, maybe Las Vegas or Mesquite. We need to leave Havasu by mid day on Sunday, again spending the night somewhere and arriving in Grand Junction on Monday. Drop me an e-mail and we can talk about it - dougames@acsol.net.
Doug and Katie Ames

PS - could you have them raise the level of Lake Powell as well? Another 50 feet or so would great! The hike from the bottom of the boat ramp up to the parking lot is a killer!

Sean......Just a little request. Could you have them raise the lake level to bit more? 6" will do it......I want to wash the car, hose down the driveway, and flush again for #1....

Don Boyko
San Diego Water Customer

Hey gang..I'll try to keep up on the message board through my phone while at work the next couple of days...but for some reason Sprint isn't doing all that well with the phone web browser.....not sure if it's my phone or if the system is slow....either way....if I am slow to respond or don't respond please be patient. I'll get back to ya asap. Worse case by Saturday morning or afternoon.

:-)

S

Metes,

Lets see...not everyone that has signed up has "subscribed" to the message board. So I'm not sure if all the CO contingent is on here or not. Let's do this. I am heading off to work in the morning and will be on duty for two days. When I get off I will make some time to get all the email addresses of the CO crowd together and make sure that you guys get in touch with each other. I totally agree with you. Traveling together can be a lot of fun and gives you piece of mind that if anything does go south on you, there is someone out there willing to give a hand.

In the mean time .... Any of you CO guys out there? Chime on in and feel free to use this board to communicate with one another. That's exactly what we have it up here for!

Sean

Sean,
Can we set anything up so that we may convoy with other boats on the trip. Company would be good for us long distance trailer sailors. In my case the Colorado contingent to join up with.

All Potters...I command you.....Travel to Lake Havasu! (see..that's better!)

OMG Howie!!! What are you trying to do to us!!! We DON'T want anything "Biblical" to happen during the event!!! hahaha....

And Dan....B Frank Franklin!!! WOW! That guy sure does follow you closely! I'm sure the Immigration Authorities won't be a problem for him as long as he has his trusty bottle of Laphroig....and maybe one extra "for the man"!