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08-10-2009 09:41 AMI am waiting for some reports myself, I have heard some stories but untill verified or someone else posts something that was there I will keep'em.
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08-10-2009 10:55 AMI was there. Some really nice boats there for sure. The king was My Way. Even though he broke a prop, seeing him drop the hammer after the first turn was crazy. Never seen anything move that fast on water before. The new turbine Airborne from Double R was very cool as well.
I've got some pics that I need to upload.
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08-10-2009 11:05 AMHello Tom!!!...we had a great time...
Originally Posted by Tom A.
left Maimi last Wed, arrived in Kingston Thurs..
launched the boat Fri...
had never run our "cat" before...
ran up to 103 mph during the poker run...
there were about 65 boats i would guess...
where are all the pics!!!????
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08-10-2009 11:42 AMboxy said about 48 boats
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08-10-2009 11:44 AMThe cat looks great, good luck with it! Originally Posted by nthdegree
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08-10-2009 12:23 PMI just want to congratulate you guys on your new boat. It looked great and you guys ran a safe run. We were running with you a good part of the way in our Donzi knowing you could pull away anytime. Originally Posted by nthdegree
I had the boat count at 51 by counting the number of cards sets posted on the board at the awards dinner. I usually take lots of pictures but for some reason did not bother this year other than some phone pics I posted on FB.
Bob
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08-10-2009 02:04 PMSounds like you had a good time. Originally Posted by Bobthebuilder
Glad you enjoyed it.
Many cats verses Vs Bob?
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08-10-2009 02:32 PMThank you... Originally Posted by Bobthebuilder
Bob, my son pointed out you were using the "smaller" boat this year!!!
My son usually throttles the boat but since it was our maiden voyage we had a very experienced person on the "sticks"!!!
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08-10-2009 02:50 PM Originally Posted by Shanghied Again
Originally Posted by Bobthebuilder
Well I was pretty close ....
PIC 1 .. Calm before the Storm
PIC 2 .. STATEMENT getting on it
PIC 3 .. BobtheBuilder showing the rough water who's in charge
Look at the difference in water conditions in the 3 pics. The wind didn't change from the first pic to the third, that is all due to boat traffic.
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08-10-2009 04:20 PMWow, the boat traffic did kick the water up in that spot. In the wider sections of the river it was a lot smoother. Just certain areas were messy where it would bounce off the rocky shoreline. That was when I missed the big guy. LOL Originally Posted by bluellama
Well I was pretty close ....
PIC 1 .. Calm before the Storm
PIC 2 .. STATEMENT getting on it
PIC 3 .. BobtheBuilder showing the rough water who's in charge
Look at the difference in water conditions in the 3 pics. The wind didn't change from the first pic to the third, that is all due to boat traffic.
Make the boat count about 53. Add PRA boat and My Way to my 51 count. Also I never saw so many renagade boats running with us as this year. Many of them operating carelessly and giving the rest of us a bad name. It's a problem in my opinion.
Bob
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08-10-2009 04:46 PM
I can't say I didn't try.... Originally Posted by Tom A.
It being my Anniversary today I asked my wife on Friday if I could take her somewhere special for it.
When she asked where I would suggest we should go I said Canada.
She walked right up to the NJPPC Calendar and saw the 1000 Islands Poker Run was Saturday and rolled her eyes at me...
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She said that I just spent an entire week in Michigan covering boating related stuff and now I want to go to Canada for a Poker Run?
I asked, "Is there a problem with that ?"
Needless to say, I did not make it to Canada.....
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08-10-2009 05:21 PMI just dropped off 6 rolls of film from this weekend to be developed. See how they turn out, I think I had a couple of rolls slip in the camera so I don't know how many I actually have. Never buying Kodak film again since this seems to happen quite often with their film in my camera. It was unfortunate that this years boat numbers were down from past years, and hopefully the event will survive all the controversy being stirred up by all the eco-hippie tree-huggers and be back next year with a larger turn out. It is the biggest event held in Kingston all year and would be a crying shame to see it gone.
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08-10-2009 05:44 PMBob, there are always rolling waves in that section of the river. Just West of the bridge as you leave the slow zone the water is about 95-100 feet deep, as you near the bridge it drops abruptly to 275-300 feet deep. The current moves through there at about 7 knots. Think about a 200 foot underwater waterfall. When the water hits the granite bottom it starts back up, and that sets up these long rollers east of the bridge. Coming home late in the afternoon the water can look flat and all of sudden you are stuffing into a 5 foot wall. Originally Posted by Bobthebuilder
The renegade fleet was ridiculous this year, they are pretty easy to spot, no lifejackets, no water sense. I'm not sure where the police presence was, but it sure wasn't anywhere near the bridge.
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08-10-2009 09:35 PMThat spot is where I've stuffed a 197 Sea Ray bow rider and nearly went over backwards in a Scarab Panther (which then proceeded to stuff, thankyouverymuch!). Originally Posted by bluellama
Great pics. Thanks!
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08-10-2009 09:50 PMOk, here we go. I just got back the pictures from being developed, out of the 6 rolls, I got 5. One roll had nothing on it. Turns out that the place I bought all the film from has their empty cannisters reloaded and then they resell it w/o telling you that it is reloaded. The girl doing the pictures had all kinds of problems with getting the film developed. Apparantly they did not load the film properly...... GRRRR
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