Power boat racing in CT this weekend
 

Anyone know of the event?

http://www.riverfront.org/

I think this would be great event to run on the boat and watch

Never heard of it, but looks like it would be fun.

i might check it out...

are there spectator spots for people whom come by boat?

I havent been able to find out anything about that.

even the scream and fly guys dont seem to know.

I would be willing to take a ride up though if you wanna go.

I have never been that far up the river without a paddle before.LOL

I was hoping one of the S&F guys would run up with us who had knowledge of the river that far up,

i havent either...the furthest up i have been is rocky hill and this was by jet ski.

its quite a ride with no wake zones etc...

jeff give me a call if you go...i will be out in th esound on sunday for sure...

I went a couple years ago to a similar event called the Hartford superboat race or something like that. There wasn't much room for spectator boats because they basically closed the river down where the course was. You couldnt pass the race course and go further up the river. The only spot that I saw was on the south side of the course which was pretty far away from the action. Not sure if it will be different this time. It looks pretty cool from the looks of the flyer. I hope Earl doesn't f up the sat and sun races. I'm sure the practice wont happen Friday.

i would be willing to take you guys up on sat sunday i am going to greenport

33 where do you launch out of?

sat i will probley launch in portland but i could meet you anywhere but for the most part i most i launch in chester at hase haven

my boat is in hays haven...

let me know if you go...ill pm you my phone number. give me a ring

ok i will give you a call tomorrow i will come to hays haven to launch we will see what the weather brings

Moses PM me your number again. I cant seem to find it. I may go up with you boys sat how early will you be going?


Are you guys going to claudios on sunday?

I may be up for that too.

Trying to decide on sunday or monday

ill be running to claudios on sunday... let me know about tomorrow

moses i might have a drive shower for u call me i live in meriden and have family in southington 1 street up from mulberry of southend rd pondview dr :drink:

^^^give me a call 860-620-7607

Who went up and how was it?

My brother was up there and saw a few guys. said it was good.

I never made it all the way up. I had the kids on board and my wife likes to wait until we get OUT of the no wake zones to go downstairs and do something with the kids. So it took forever.
Oh forgot to mention I locked my keys in my truck when the wind blew the door shut, while it was running too. It automatically locks all the doors when it starts. That was lots of fun.LOL

Luckily I grew up in Bristol so I was able to get it open.:)

Also saw Christian Gott on the party boat across from goodspeed.

All dressed up and looking pretty stylish, had his beautiful wife along with him. He was on the cuise boat for a wedding. Why he didnt have the old sutphen tied up along side I still dont know??

Turbo Eddie, spent some time over in Block yesterday flew his plane over for lunch, Must be nice Eddie.

any body going over to long island to watch the don arronow memorial race around long island on the 18

im participating in the sept 18 poker run hosted by pavilion beach bar

If I am able, to I think I will be doing the sept 18 poker run too.


Lets not forget the CT river run coming up soon too. The guy who puts that NON EVENT on is a member of the CPBA.

So I hope everyone is gonna show up for that one too. Its usually in late october like the 20th or so.

We had a pretty good weekend ,A bunch of us rafted up just north of haddam meadows and spent the night last night.

Thanks To Christian Gott, who kind of coordinated the whole thing last minute, His freinds were all very cool and we all had a great night hanging out on the river. Moses and the boys made an apperance and hung out for a while in his fasttech too.

We had a trio of forumlas, Two sutphens and a big cruiser thrown in for good measure.

There were also a bunch of other people in thier own groups rafted up and hanging out.

There were quite a few performance boats tearing up the river late night too like 2 am. Guess everyone chose the river over the 8 FTers that were out in the sound.

i think my boats to small for poker runs in the ocean i will be at the fall run scream n fly puts it on right rich owen

it was nice meeting you jeff...we had a great time on the river. for labor day (monday), we ended up going to hamburg cove and rafting up with a few people. it was packed with boats.

all in all we had a good weekend minus not being able to hit claudios or pavilion.

I saw hamburg on monday it was ridiculous.

I cant believe how many cruisers were packed in there. I got to the launch to pull the sutphen out at about 12 and it took me until 1PM just to get to the dock.

Loaded with inconsiderate and or stupid people who have no boating etiquette at all. One guy was blocked in with his truck and trailer across the street by cars with no trailers on them.
It took him 2 hrs to get his truck out!

The CT river run isnt a Scream and fly event it just happens to be that's where rich publicizes it.

after speaking with him about how its run , Its really a NON EVENT. Its not a run at all just a group of guys who get together on thier own. The charity end of it is a seperate deal.

Rich Owen is a member of the CPBA and we are proud of what he does with this NON EVENT.LOL

Hopefully all the CPBA guys will ALL turn out for it to support our brother.

hey jeff...
thanks for the compliments re: saturday...it was a blast...great way to get a bird's eye view of your new boat....
don't forget Randy's CC Scarab, too...the whole thing was really his idea...couldn't believe you knew some of 'em....the salmon ramp was smooth and easy at 11:00ish...even with both kids in tow!
moses, good to meet you and the guys...really is a great looking boat....
what are we going to do on the 18th?
c

nice to meet you too christian...

us and the boys will be at sept 18 poker run and the scream n fly's run...

this weekend i will be at pavilion for the last beach party of the year with darik and the funbags...

anyone going sunday?

Ahh man how could I forget randys scarab. I was on it most of the time.

Randys a great guy and I know I have met him somewhere before. My wife even said I knew him from somewhere we just can place it. Even his name was very familiar to both of us.


I have cousins down that way, and I also used to sell allot of cars down that way and deliver them to people.

He certainly took good care of us, we would have been screwed without the extra blankets, it got cold late night!
The extra beers were a huge plus too.LOL

I hope I didnt drink ALL your beer and his?

I hope the boys enjoyed the ride in the sutphen, its too bad you didnt get your shoirts or the ride.

next time for sure, but you already know how sutphens run.

ricks boat was nice too, he really should realize how nasty of a ride that boat can be. Sure its old school but its classic formula that put them on the map! without that model there probably wouldnt be a formula line today. It was funny that we knew eachother I have allot of family and we are all over like the perverbial horse SH&^.LOL