FPC KW Poker Run

[jackie.fpc]

There were three full houses. Dr Ino had the high full house, 2nd & 3rd had a tie & we pulled cards to determine the 2nd place winner. Alan Lima won second & Dave Peterson won third.

no flushes...

[richanton]

There is no f'ing way that i am missing this run again next year.

What day has the most boats, thurs? What speeds do you guys typically run?

[ChiefApache]

Went down to KW on Thursday, blew a drive about 20 miles from Key West.... Limped into Cudjoe Key on one moter and called a cab to Hotel in KW....Took shower and went to Serious Party.... went back to get boat later in the weekend...

Just one of our stories from the week......

You need to start a thread just on what happened with you and your group alone!

[Sydwayz]

There were three full houses. Dr Ino had the high full house, 2nd & 3rd had a tie & we pulled cards to determine the 2nd place winner. Alan Lima won second & Dave Peterson won third.

no flushes...

Thanks for clearing that up Jackie! Too much Kettle One for some!

[Sydwayz]

You need to start a thread just on what happened with you and your group alone!

No doubt. I forgot about that! Are you guys going back to Cracker Barrel?

[BBB725]

There is no f'ing way that i am missing this run again next year.

What day has the most boats, thurs? What speeds do you guys typically run?

It's a paced run down to Marathon, nose to tail thru the mangroves. Ohio Key for lunch then the ocean turn right see you in Key West

[gatorone]

alot of the cats and larger Vees were not paced

[Otis311]

Lots of boats. We watched them roll in one or two at a time for hours. The wind was blowing a steady 30 knots all day (as well as the couple days prior) with gusts to 40kts...it was ROUGH. Reports were coming in that it was mostly 6's-8's the whole way.

naahhhh ......it was 2-3 footers about 1- 1.5 miles offshore

[Otis311]

My budy went in his 38 top gun on thursday. He said it was rough.

Also on Saturday they went to the Boca Grand Raft up instead of last years YCOA.

I'm goin to be there next year and no way in hell I'm going to a deserted island on my vacation. I prefer something like YCOA, pool...music...women...bartender...

What do you guys like?

you wouldnt be sayin that if you saw the crew we had and the action that was going on in our crowd on the deck of the boats !! there would have been NO ONE at the pool party if they saw are party rafted up

[Otis311]

go to your pool party... ill be in BOCA BABY

[Gladhe8er]

I'm following you next year Bob!

[richanton]

It's a paced run down to Marathon, nose to tail thru the mangroves. Ohio Key for lunch then the ocean turn right see you in Key West

Nice. Thursday is the big day?

Never run to KW before, how long does it usually take without killing the equipment?

[SHARKEY-IMAGES]

Nice. Thursday is the big day?

Never run to KW before, how long does it usually take without killing the equipment?

Thursday is the big day. I believe we were in the neighborhood of 80 boats on Thursday.

It made it quite challenging to say the least to try to get a shot of everyone from the chopper. I think I faired very well considering I had no control over the pilot.

Video takes priority so I just rolled with it and tried to nail the shots with the 10 or 20 seconds I had to compose a shot for each boat passed.

Plan on an entire day by the time you make the card stops, have lunch and refuel.

[95south]

we did the thursday run, in a 95 topgun with 525's, the 55mph group, ran approx 50 miles , then stopped for lunch at gilberts, then a approx another 50 miles a little windy and rough, then stopped for fuel and headed into the ocean where it was calm for the last 40 or 50 miles to key west. it was the first time we did the run, spent most of the day chasing rooster tails. not sure how long it took , but it was a good day. the trip back on sunday was sunny and calm, took us 3.5 hours to get back to miami beach
Sharkey did a great job with the pics, I got to meet him at gilberts

[BBB725]

Nice. Thursday is the big day?

Never run to KW before, how long does it usually take without killing the equipment?

I've done the run twice, Paced from Miami to Gilberts where we stopped for a breakfast, left there on a slower pace because of mangrove, fisherman and no wake. Stopped at Ohio Key just west of the 7 Mile bridge, had Lunched and fuel and headed down to Key West. Over all I think we left at 9 and got into Key West at 3. Great time so I didn't check my watch very often.

[richanton]

Sharkey, the pics are awesome. I've been on the computer every day since last weekend combing over them

Video? Are you putting together a video of the run? I have watched the "Best of 2005" video and the "No Way Out" video 1000 times.

55mph would probably be the group that I would run in as well. Sounds like a great day, already can't wait until next year!

[SHARKEY-IMAGES]

Thank you !

Yes, a full video is being produced.

The Florida Powerboat Club does a great job with the production of their Videos.

As a courtesy and per my agreement with the club, all Aerial Photos will exclusively be available through the club for approximately 120 days.

This gives the club an opportunity to get the pics up on their website, printed in their magazine and get images out to their Sponsors.

Once the USE LICENSE expires, all images will be available through Sharkey-Images.com and / or the Florida Powerboat Club.

[richanton]

How do I get my hands on the video, will it be posted on the web?

[glh]

We left about an hour after the main gang on DOI Thursday and were running about 110 after peaking around 140 and 'done blowed up'.

Still had a blast in KW and Boca Saturday. Thanks to Stu and the FPC crew for putting on a great party.

Kudos to the SOS crew for the best party of the weekend.

[Chris]

Damn GL. Awfully nice of you to say.

Good hanging with you. See you soon.