Would have liked to have made it this year but it is the same weekend as the air show in Portsmouth. Alot of great things going on that weekend.

http://www.bostonportsmouthairshow.com/

Reg in mail today.

Some of you CT guys who are complaining about teh Old Saybrook price should try this one. I've never been, but $200 for up to 4 people including dinner, docking all weekend and a T-shirt for the captain sounds like a good deal to me!

Hey Pete! Looking forward to it... One item though.. I believe the $200 includes you and a passenger.. The rest need to pay either $20 or $25 each unless they changed it this year.. But still for the run, it is extremely reasonable for such a GREAT time!

$200 up to 4 is what the flyer said with a $25 fee for add'l people. It says it includes 1 dinner, so I'm not sure if that is just the driver, or one dinner per person. Also includes complementary cookout and cocktails. Either way, it sounds like a good deal to me. Looking forward to this one.

I'll ge there early on Friday along with you so we can get the boats in and chill by the pool. Russ is confirmed! Willy coming?

Ill be down friday night with or with out my sh!t can to help people tie up dock and so on.
-Mike

GREAT... I must have read it wrong... that helps me for sure... I actually will have an entirely different crew this year.. I may have a total of 5 on board.

Me (of course)
Les - my Navy test pilot buddy going to school at the Naval War College in Newport, so easy ride for him.
Chris - a good friend I grew up with
Brian - did the Fall River Run with my last year
Bob - You know Bob from Jammin he was the one with the 22 Donzi

Should be a great time.. I usually drop in then have lunch at the Tipsy Seagull.. I plan on running to Newport to take a coworker for a ride but nothing major usually on Friday...

Ummmmm... how's the Cig?

Maybe I missed it (entirely possible!), but what is the course and where are the stops for this event?

Taunton River- Mount Hope Bay.
The run has 4 points and then home
There is:
Newport
Providence
Bristol
Warwick and Fall River
Not in that order but those are the stops about a 65 miles run
Cig has stb engine out....
-Mike

http://www.bordenlight.com/pokerrun/index.shtml

Beginning at the Tipsy Seagull Dockside Pub

- 1st Card Stop - Providence River

- 2nd Card Stop - Warwick Cove Marina, RI

- 3rd Card Stop - West Wind Marina, Newport, RI for lunch

- 4th Card Stop - Historical Bristol, RI

- 5th Card Stop - Finish Line - Borden Light Marina

4:30 PM Awards ceremony, dinner poolside afterwards

Looks interesting. So it's mostly 'inside' running? How many boats are you guys expecting?

Its all inside running. It goes from Fall River to Prov to Warwick, Newport for lunch, Bristol, then back to Fall River. I think 30+ boats this year.

Scot, just bring Jeff with you on your boat and take lots of pics! :lolhit::lolhit: It would also be interesting to get lined up with Ken and Dan and air that 37 1000HP's out! Its time......

Mike, whats up with the stb engine? anything major? If I have room you are always welcome. I think SL is looking for a ride also.

Pete (glad8her) with another 28 thunder is also coming. Maybe he will have room. I can vouch for ya. :drink:

Best Navigator out there!

:angry-smiley-038:
I'll tell you what, I'll drag my boat up there for this PR if you bring yours! :drink:

Haha! I have to say it does sound like a fun run, but I was hoping to get outside too if we're going..

The way this bay gets chopped up its worse than being out in open water lol,

I will second that one.

Ehhh not so sure about that. It can get rough but nothing like the ocean or LIS.

Kev Scot come on up. Might as well use them up here plus after the run on sunday take a blast to Block its on 35 miles to the inlet of block. I would say Newport area gets pretty snotty with all the traffic you get a good amount of washer machine. You can run out side from beaver tail around back into Newport if you want also.
OCD as for the engine nothing to to major just needs new Crank, 2 new Rods and another fresh rebuild after 1 hour of running.
-Mike

Yikes.. sorry to hear... Like I said you are always welcome aboard. I have a pretty full crew but could always use a good navigator if a spot opens up! Either way I look forward to seeing ya.

:drink:

At this point im pretty sick of boats and boating in general
-Mike

Mike i'll trade ya my duramax for the cig lol

Keep your head up Mike !
Better days are coming.If it wasn't challenging we wouldn't be doing it. It's the money part that gets tough after awhile tho..

Here's a start from another yr. i taped. For those that haven't been it's a great run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ0Lq...eature=related

you should post a pic of your cig, i know what you mean i blew 3 alpha1s so far this season

There were apparently 42 last year, So I would say Dan is on the right track with 30+, maybe there will even be more than last year...wouldn't that be nice.

Me and Sick go way back. We've done the CT River run together, just never got up close to shake hands. I already have one offer from slboatdrinks to be my navigator, but right now I have 4 or 5 people, so I'm pretty full.

Both of you bring 'em. I'm going up early friday so I can run around. You guys can run 'offshore' then!

sorry to hear mike, my motor might be in tomorrow, then its just hooking things up. so if I git hur donnnne in time and get the bugs out you can ride shot gun with me. I called you to day left a mes, call me this week.

Thanks Arti, Ill call you later today. Hopefully if all goes well engine will be sitting back in before end of month.
As for Glad, we ran about 5 years ago in the River Run never meet in person but pretty sure he hear me coming and going for what I had at that time.
-Mike

Mike, any word on what the problem with that engine was???

My Dad is still appalled at the name of your old boat. I loved it...

Really sick stinger apalled someone hard to beleive!;-)

I should have a Pic of that somewhere ill try and dig it up. I though it was fitted just right No?
-Mike

Hey Kev no know cause of what happen from what im told. Just needed to buy a new crank and new rods and do it again. I wish all my boats would last a whole hour of running. Then id be set for a while.
-Mike

Another couple grand down the drain.......:angry-smiley-038:

Yup might as well have a flush handle on it
-Mike

Looks good Mike.

I probably should have kept it.
-Mike

Should'a, Would'a, Could'a

Yup live and learn. Danm learning is expensive and hair tearing.
-Mike

Is there a link to this run?

Come on up. :drink:

http://www.bordenlight.com/pokerrun/index.shtml