Fall / Early winter Event Schedule:

Saturday October 11, 2008 - Fun Run to Naples Bay Resort, Naples, FL. ( Columbus weekend ) 11 AM Start. Season opening event. After lunch everyone is invited to the beach at Keewaydin Island however this is not part of the organised event.

Saturday November 29, 2008 - Annual Thanksgiving weekend run to Fisherman's Village in Punta Gorda. 10:30 AM Start. Note this is a fund raising event to help FMO Inc. meet it's goal to award a number of academic scholarships to Lee and Collier County students. We also intend to use a helicopter at this event to capture pictures of your boats during the run. We will also be offering overnight accommodations at South Seas Plantation if there is support for it.

Thursday January 1, 2009 - Annual New Years Day run to Guy Harvey's at the Esplande Complex on Marco Island, FL. 11:00 AM Start Come by boat or come by car, but just come and join in the fun.

January / February / March 2009 to be announced

Notes:

If the weather does not co operate for any of our Saturday events, the fun run will take place the next day if possible. If the weather does not co operate for our New Years Day run you are invited to drive to Guy Harveys as many did last year, when over 80 people had a great time.

All events leave from the south side of the Sanibel Bridge at 11:00 AM unless noted otherwise.

More detailed information for each run will be posted on our website www.ftmyersoffshore.org (under construction),
circulated by e mail to FMO, Inc. membership, as well as posted on this forum on SeriousOffshore.com.

To participate in our Fun Runs, the boat owner / operator must be a boating member of Ft. Myers Offshore, Inc. It is preferred that you sign up by downloading an application form on the website and sending it in, in advance, however you can register at any of the runs. I can also be e mailed at bobbarnhart1@gmail.com

Generally speaking Ft. Myers Offshore, Inc. Fun Runs are free of charge to members, other than runs that have been identified as " fund raisers". We are committed to having two fund raising events a year to fund our scholarship program, one in the fall (Thanksgiving) and one in the spring.

Welcome to Ft. Myers Offshore, Inc.

Bob