"SMOKE" ... Roll Call !?!?
 

OK folks ... we're startin to thaw out up here and the Poker run season is right around the corner. The first BIG one up here is still Smoke on the Water (July 9-10).

SOOOO .... who's all doing Smoke this year ???

Hope to see more of the "Apache" hulls there this year with a leg or two of "water" to match !!!!:D

See ya there !!!

JM

I will be there and also I am putting a weeks stay at my Duck Kety condo in the Charity auction

Hey Fred .... we don't discriminate over here !!!:D

Looking forward to meeting you and seeing your boat in the water !!!!!:D

JM

Is'nt there a poker run in Mentor that weekend....:confused: :confused: :confused:

Since my gang is computer illiterate I will roll call the Grand Haven group -

Ancestral Spirit - 41 Saber
Primal Instinct - 38 Top Gun
Cheif - 41 Apache
Playboy - 35 Cigarette
Ruthless - 46 Skater
Green Wing - 55 Highlight
Rooks - 50 Hustler
Nykamp - Something Fun
Riscorla - 36 Apache
LaFontaine - 38 TS Top Gun
Vorce - 48 Fountain
Peters - 28 Saber
Reynolds - 28 Saber

Pray for big water. :D

I will be there with the Saber posse. :cool:

Great News !
 

Probably needs to be an annual Sutphen return for "the refrigerator on it's side"

Remember that this boat kicked Wicked Won's azz last year! :D















































Good thing his power steering pump spued little red juices so I had time to get in front. :)

I will be there ! Something from the tribe !!:D

Thats one hell of a rollcall! :eek: Is that about 600 feet of boats?

Yep, will be there again. Fourth year in a row. Will be in a new boat this year, 2001 358 Sonic. Can't tell the participant's from year to year without a program.

Staying at the Best Western, See you all there.

Have room reservation and will be there assuming boat is running, Hope I'm not assuming to much. Also Un-Ortho-Docs will be with me with in the 47. What are the normal h2o conditions up there as I have never been up north.

Have room reservation and will be there assuming boat is running, Hope I'm not assuming to much. Also Un-Ortho-Docs will be with me or in the 47. What are the normal h2o conditions up there as I have never been up north.

42MTI, you can not really count on the water up here. One day it might be 2 foot chop (perfect) and the next it could be flat as a board or 6 footers. It varies that much. Plan for both, pray for the first option!

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I am signed up and paid for and was planning on attending. Then I took a look at this post :eek: :eek: :eek:

Looks like I better stay on the dock and not embarrass my self.

fightclub

Who owns Ruthless? That's one bad azz Skater.

OUCH !!
 

Too Old, looking forward to you and your " Flying Fridge" joining the rest of us old straight V's as we chug around Lake Michigan :D

Fightclub, it's one of the nicest groups of people you'll meet anywhere, and as far as the hardware goes there's something for everybody to run with ( see above :D )

This should be an even more interesting year with several Pleasure Apaches, Hotrod Apaches ( Tonto's coming so maybe he can get Michael F. to bring a BIG one) a new Chief and two 41' Sabers not including my old yellow turd :D :D

PokerRunGun ( Brandon) is gonna ride with us to re-aquaint himself with slow, non epoxy, straight bottoms and get some good pics of all that new stuff flying by us !

I'll be floating outside one of the piers watching and taking pictures of everything. I can't wait just to watch, wish I could partake.

Darrin all it takes is $$$I cant afford it either. I'll be with you!!!wich pier you want to be at?

OOOOH !!!!!! Now I'm gettin excited !!!!!!!:D :crazy: ;)

Thought I would add to the list some of the others that have signed up so far
Not giving all the names or all the boats just an added feel of what is coming and are already signed up!!! Powerboat Magazine will be here covering the entire weekend as well as Extreme Boat Mag and Family and performance Boating

1) Cigarettes – President of Cigarette Skip Braver will be here
2) Powerquests
3) Active Thunder
4) Eliminator Boats - President of Eliminator Bob Leach is signed up
5) Skater’s-Normally have General Manager of Douglas Marine and possibly Peter Hleden
6) Fountains
7) Endeavor
8) Navy seal boat (Classified boat)
9) Black Thunder’s
10) Nor-Tech Terry Sobo (Salesmanship) National sales Manager will be here (Yes you will Terry)
11) Baja’s
12) Saber’s
13) Outerlimits
14) Hy- Lite
15) Formula's

Marine Representatives we are anticipating are

Lake Cumberland Marine
National Marine
Shogren Performance
Marine Performance Sources


Also some of our sponsors this year are as follows: More to be announced soon

Skater (Douglas Marine), Cigarette, Nor-Tech, Powerquest, Livorsi Marine, Poly wheels, Bio-Clean, Power Boat Magazine, Extreme Boat Magazine, Family and Performance Boating Magazine Hardline Products, Agnew Graphics, The Art Of Design, Mitcher T, World Wide Marine Underwriters, Manning Marine Trailers, Northstar Logistics, Sterling Performance, WLAV Classic Rock, Offshore Only.com

We take boats 26’ on up and have currently signed up 27’ to 55’ offshore performance boats for the event
More to come but looks like this is going to be a blow out

We just ordered over $40,000 in food for the event

Steak and Lobster for Saturdays dinner all other meals covered as well

Any questions can e-mail us at
[email protected]


Marc & Bob

We already have the apache guys telling us they are coming but havent got any registered yet

Saber on the other hand i think we will have all of there 41's on deck

Scott G tells me Bobbie S is bringing a Chief and Scott is bringing his Apache so they will be confirmed on the list soon

We are hoping to top the 100,000 goal for money to the Make A Wish kids

Friday we take the Make A Wish kids for rides all day

Going to be a great time :)

Perfect for who?:confused:

Fightclub everyones welcome!

Ron - Tyler Smith of Grand Rapids bought it this fall. It's at skater basically being completely redone. It will be a new 46 when it's done. One very bad ride.:eek:

42 mti Waterfoul is right except these conditions can change during the run considering the time and distance we are running.

WW Who are you trying to kid being modest? :rolleyes: Next you're going to tell us about your heavy set, average looking wife with the great personality. :crazy: No way that drunk Brandon will be able to hang on to a camera less we glue it to his face. NK

Darrin & Don, I would love to do it, I think the money is steep but divided by four may not bee bad. Is the rule $1000 for the first two and $500 or so for the next person? That would be a problem, 2K is out of the question. If that is so, lets meet up at the Holland pier, then run to GH, steel a slip:D and be ready for lunch, then go out with them and maybe run to Musk. Then sit and watch them come back from White Lake and chase them to GH. That ought to burn some gas huh?:D :D :D Darrin, what happened to your friend the other night and are you going to load up with hotties like I saw last summer:D ;)

DK, Dyno, and Mitch, if my boat is still my boat at that time (I hope it's not), I'll be floating around the pier in Grand Haven.

Just doing a little addition here. According to my sources (me) this is a 462' boat with 21,425 horsepower that will go 1136 miles per hour top end and weighs approximetly 187,000 lbs, give or take a few speakers. That's dry weight, by the way. Fuel capacity looks to be around 4400 gallons. It can hold 83 people under offshore conditions and it has more stereo wattage than a motley crue concert. Last interesting tidbit, the combined captain's capacity for grey goose vodka during sotw should top the 13 bottle mark, not including crew.

BTW Previous record was 9 bottles by Pokerrungun ts and his date at the tiki bar in Islamorada in Febuary. Previous Heineken mark set by GLH at fpc party in Miami of 91 bottles seems safe. Considered unbreakable:) NK

Nauti Kitty


Thank you for the kind words, I will be attending. If the conditions are in the 2' foot range all will be good and I can hang with 29' of boat.

It's not a race and the money goes to a great cause. The fun off the water will make it worth it.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.


Plus if it gets real rough I am going to borrow Dyno's boat and beat the SH*t out of it
:D


Oh and Dyno you can ride along I will pay for fuel.

fightclub

The record will fall at SOTW, if the party is as hot as it sounds at your buddies house. :D :cool:

Mitch,

$1000.00 is for 1 boat and up to 4 persons at all event functions and dinner that run in that boat

also a goodie bag that we are sure is better than any other poker run i know of

$1000 for food for four persons (Four Meals)

beer, wine, lemonade, water, and ice tea to drink

a ton of fun and a chance for $10,000 (best Hand ) I don't think it is steep at all

split this cost along with fuel among 4 persons isn't that bad for a weekend of fun I don't think

hope you guys join in

Marc

I know what you are all saying i ment to say the $1000 includes the 4 meals NOT ADDITIONAL :)

dont read mor into it :)

Looks like this is going to be BIG fun


Dyno Don

come on and play with us all

Mitch no snaging a dock In Grand Haven WE OWN EM ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

Jim This look familiar

Jerry ????

card stop last year

You are right Marc, that is not bad, I had bad info. $1000 is still not bad, its the fuel that will eat us up. What do you think Don? Want to make a go of it? we only need two more,Darrin? Mike? Rob? anyone? We could even squeeze in 5. Figure another 400 for fuel.

I wish I had the money. But I have a boat to fix!!

Mitch

extra persons on the boat to get into the dinners is additioanl $150 per person over 4 persons

Randy S in his MTI at last years SOTW run

I agree here is a typical Friday at least once a month on the East Side of Michigan.


$150.00 bar tab.... 3 hours @ Capital Grill Somerset. Food.... toss in another $45.00 - $60.00.

Detroit Run
Trip to Ballet ..... $ 500.00 or Casino $300.00 if lucky.

Metro Car just to get home around 5 AM... 75.00

Explaining where you have been all night... NOT Priceless

Count me in SOTW is a cheap date.:D

Approx. how many miles is this run and is 93oct. available.

Looks like I'm in !!