I have always gone intercoastal from clear lake.made the trip about 4 or 5 times.our boat club ( topps ) is planning a trip this year.it is always a fun run.I here there is a new fuel stop up the naiches river a little bit.I would like to know the name for a contact.some of the go fast need fuel in between.

Knotty,

Have you made contact with the Nugget? The Nugget has put on some events for me in LV for my old Unit in the Marine Corps / Harley get togethers, I know the VP of Gaming for all the Nuggets pretty well. He and I have discussed this, if you want to take it and run no problem. I just don't want to get the lines crossed on groups and people, it turns into a cluster if we don't have one POC...

Thanks,

John

I think both of you have the right idea about contacting the casino, so why don't we appoint one person who can get the best deal to make the contact and get the information on here so everyone that is interested can get there plans together and let's make this a "Great Fun Run" for all that plan to attend.

I agree. That is why I will step back for now. To many people calling and saying they are with this or that boat group the scheduling people always get it confused. LOL...

I'm looking forward to this should be fun.

John

The Nugget has put on some events for me in LV for my old Unit in the Marine Corps / Harley get togethers, I know the VP of Gaming for all the Nuggets pretty well. He and I have discussed this, if you want to take it and run no problem. I just don't want to get the lines crossed on groups and people, it turns into a cluster if we don't have one POC.

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It is only my opinion, but if you have a contact with the casino then maybe you should be the one negotiating the deal for us!

It would be my pleasure. I just wanted to make I heard from Knotty 1st. We may have the same contact.

This should be a fun weekend.


J

Ok great!

Hey John

Please by all means make contact. I have no connections. Let me know if I can help out in any other way.

Will do.

I went to the Golden Nugget and L'auberge this last weekend to find out more about the marinas. I took pictures and labeled them but I can't post them. I am not 100% happy. This is the deal.

L'auberge - No place to take a shower if you want to stay on your boat at night. You have to get a room which may be around $350 - $500 a night around April.
L'abuerge - Docking is $50 during the week and $100.00 on weekends. Length of boat does not matter. They do not charge by length. So you are looking to spend around $600/day max unless you want to stink becuase you don't have a shower if you sleep on your boat.
L'abuerge - If you pay docking fee, you get to use the pool which is a plus, but the Golden Nugget pool and beach is going to be a lot better in my opinion.
L'abuerge - A lot more room to park boats than the Golden Nugget. There are two places where you can start stacking up boats side by side if we needed to do that. If there were no boats at the marina, I think we can get 20+ boats in the marina. It think it is designed for 15 boats.

Golden Nugget - No place to take a shower if you want to stay on your boat at night. You have to get a room which is going to cost you big time on top of you dock fee.
Golden Nugget - I talked to two seperate people regarding docking fees. They have not determined the docking fee yet, but they said they are thinking of charging $25 - $35 per foot per day. OUCH! I'm not paying that........That's BS plus a room!!!!! That's $1330 for me to dock plus a $300 to $500 room. Only the super rich can pay that.
Golden Nugget - The pool is not open yet, but you don't have to have a room or boat slip to use it. There will be a seperate fee to use the pool if you are just visiting for the day. You will get a wrist band. The pool has a swim up bar and looks like something you would see at an all-inclusive resort. It's awesome. Also has a lazy river.
Golden Nugget - Marina is small the way it is designed. Around 11 boats, but I think you can sqeeze a few more boats in between...maybe 15 total.
Golden Nugget - Beach bar was being constructed......nice!

If the Golden Nugget does not have a reasonable dock rate and room rate combo, there is only one solution I can think of that will not cost you several $1000s.
That is to dock at L'auberge and get a room, take the shuttle to Golden Nugget, pay the pool fee, enjoy the pool, take the shuttle back to L'auberge, eat king crap legs at their buffet, gamble at L'auberge, spend the night and go home.

I'm sure the Golden Nugget will come up with something that is fair.

I have pictures!