LONG ISLAND STAMPEDE POKER RUN
The " LONG ISLAND STAMPEDE " Powerboat Poker Run is on!
The committee of the Long Island Power Boat Club; Bill Carroll, Chris Ryder, Joe Cibellis, Bill Betz, Joe Sgro and Jeff Cropper, in conjunction with promoter Billy Frenz and the National Power Boat Association have set out to return a world quality Poker Run to the south shore of Long Island.
Poker Run date : Sat May 17, 2014
Rain date : Sun May 18, 2014
The "Stampede" headquarters will be Bracco's of Freeport.
There will be a Friday Night pre event party displaying some of the boats and event sponsors .
The Poker Run Route :
1st Card
12:00 noon
Leave Bracco's in Parade fashion to the milling area at the Jones Beach Coast Guard station.
2nd card
pick up will be inside of the Rockaway inlet. This is a 10 mile ocean run.
3rd card
pick up will be at Kismet Fire Island . This is a 26 mile ocean run.
4th Card stop
will be in Bayshore at Nicky's On The Bay (not confirmed at this time. If Nicky's is not available a boat will provide the card pick up) this is a 5 mile run straight across the bay.
5th and final card
pick up will be back at Bracco's of Freeport . The return trip will be from Nicky's back to the Fire Island Inlet ocean run to the Jones inlet then the bay back to Bracco's.
The event will start at 12 noon on Saturday, May 15th and all boats must return or have a representative return to the Headquarters by 4 pm. the Awards will be presented at 5 PM. Courtesy cards will be given to any team that does not make it to all checkpoints so everybody will have 5 cards and a chance to win the grand prize(s).
There will be 2 classes to ensure fun and safety for all entrants. Life-jackets must be worn by all participants and kill-switches must be worn by the driver.
Class 1
Boats 28 feet or larger must take the above ocean route.
Class 2
27 feet and smaller have the option of the secondary bay side run.
Both classes will utilize the same card pick up locations and the distance using either route is similar.
ALL BAY SIDE BOAT MUST FOLLOW ALL LAWS OF THE BAY
including but not limited to: speed , no wake zones, PFDs, kill switches
The 2 Classes will have individual Prizes and entrance Fees.
Both class entrance fees include:
1 poker hand
2 tee shirts
http://www.nationalpowerboat.com/lon...d-stampede.htm
