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EVENT MANAGEMENT
RESERVATIONS & LODGING
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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Pete Boden
Ryan Ferraro
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6. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT:
FPC President Stu Jones updates us on the exciting Summer Bahamas agenda and reminds us of the importance of safety messaging in a sport that continues to fall short on safety practices by many participants.
8. MIAMI BOAT SHOW BASH - FEB 2025
The South Beach bash that just keeps on going after thirty years and gives Miami Boat Show exhibitors and show visitors a place to let down their hair and tip up their glasses!
10. 30 TH ANNUAL MIAMI BOAT SHOW POKER RUN - FEB 2025
It was a momentous occasion for Team FPC and participants from all over the United States and Canada, to celebrate three decades of this mid-February escape to paradise, returning to Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys!
34. NAPLES POKER RUN - MARCH 2025
Bringing back the poker run excitement to Naples sparked a new chapter in FPC event planning, as over thirty poker run teams discovered this upscale destination has shed its sleepy image and emerged as a first-class boating playground.
52. 15 TH ANNUAL TAMPA BAY POKER RUN - APRIL 2025
Never to disappoint, this downtown Tampa poker run venue has stood the test of time, as over seventy poker run teams united for a festive three-day format with exciting boating by day plus first-class dining and entertainment to the midnight hour!
72. NOR-TECH OWNERS SPRING RENDEZVOUS
For its second year running, Team Nor-Tech pulled all the stops for a firstclass reunion dedicated to their loyal Nor-Tech owners, moving the event to the landmark Westin Cape Coral Resort, and hitting record numbers with over fifty teams in attendance!
FPC’s only event that crosses state lines into Alabama, provided a great reunion of loyal attendees who enjoyed a double-header format, with Friday run to Juana’s in Navarre and a Saturday run to Mobile…. making
The Wharf its poker run headquarters!
ON THE COVER: Nor-Tech Owners Rendezvous- Underway near Sanibel Island- Photo Kevin Lane.
The New FPC Girls Team on the King of Clubs Nor-Tech- Orange Beach 2025
We pushed our publication dates for this issue of Powerboating in Paradise Magazine into June this year for this Summer 2025 issue, so that we could pack this edition with feature coverage of several events. As you will see in these editorial features, we finally dropped our March Spring Key West event in exchange for our FPC return to Naples, and we followed that with a record-attendance Nor-Tech Owners Spring rendezvous. In both events, a venue change provided fantastic attendance and reminded FPC organizers that changing the schedule and working with new event venues, may often produce remarkable results for organizers and participants alike. In keeping with this tradition, you will see some new events added to the FPC event calendar very soon, including the return of our once-popular Holiday Season Fun Run in late December, which will visit the Florida Keys.
Since we are on the subject of “new and exciting events” I want to share that Jackie and I just returned from a late May Europe vacation, which involved an 8-car Porsche car rally staged by Fast Lane Travel. We attended with FPC members Mark & Eileen Fischer, and while this is not necessarily a boating event, it is certainly the most exciting way to explore the European countryside! Starting in Stuttgart Germany with a private tour of the Porsche factory, the 7-day agenda started with high-speed 150-mph cruising on the Autobahn then traversed mountain passes in Switzerland, Austria, and Northern Italy. I say this only to plant the seed now, that FPC will likely be planning a very special European driving adventure for late spring 2026. So, for those adventureseekers who are equally passionate about sports car touring as you are about powerboating, we are excited to bring this first-class adventure back to the FPC agenda! Operated by Fast Lane Travel, the format will feature brand new Porshe’s from the Stuttgart factory, plus 5-star hotels and dining along a scenic driving course, with St Tropez and Monte Carlo as destinations! Please stay tuned for details that will be released later this fall!
Amsterdam- May 2025
their very own summer playgrounds, and we always enjoy every event we attend!
On a final note, I want to share my latest safety update on the poker run scene! We are absolutely impressed with the widespread positive response by FPC members to the mandatory PFD regulations on all FPC events. It was a big push to get everyone on board, but the results are better with every event. Some of you may have noticed that FPC has begun to stock and supply a wide variety of inflatable and foam-based PFDs from the leading manufacturers including Mustang Survival, BlueStorm and Onyx. We want everyone to have the best products on board, without compromising style points! Soon we will be offering the widest range of colorful PFDs that make it FUN to be SAFE! Please stay tuned as we stock up on supplies over the summer months and let us help you equip your crew with the coolest life jackets on the market! Remember, the best poker runs are the ones that you finish safely! Let’s do this together!
Meanwhile, summer 2025 offers a continuous menu of what might be described as Adventures in Paradise, with two exciting Bahamas trips planned for June, and August. We are also pleased to bring back the FPC Summer Poker Run tour, with our Cigarette Top Gun Flight 1130 heading to poker runs
Stu Jones
Florida Powerboat Club President
MIAMI BOAT SHOW BASH 2025
PRESENTED BY
With the world-famous Miami Boat Show returning to its original venue at the Miami Beach Convention Center in 2023, most loyal visitors and marine industry professionals agreed that it was simply good to be back! After getting acclimated to the updated show venue and the new Informa management team, it was not long before FPC considered the option of bringing back “The Bash,” a longstanding event that commenced in 1993 and ran for almost three decades. Once again FPC partnered with Matt Trulio from Speedonthewater and Nor-Tech Hi Performance Boats agreed to remain as presenting sponsor for its second year running, and soon the 2025 Miami Boat Show Bash was off and running in its Friday night spot!
Supporting Sponsors
Returning to the historic art-deco Sagamore Hotel on Collins Ave was an easy decision by organizers. With its location just two blocks from the Miami Beach Convention Center, it was the ideal post-show getaway for show visitors, exhibitors, and performance boating enthusiasts to gather for a festive evening of fun! Complimentary food, beverages, and a live show on stage featuring the Miss Miami Boat Show Poker Run swimwear contest, filled the evening with an upbeat South Beach vibe. Special thanks to Nor-Tech Hi Performance Boats and the supporting sponsors for taking part in this fabulous function!
SJ
A new wave of lovely ladies were provided by SJL Modeling, providing party hostessing and model search contestants for the entertainment
Matt Trulio, Trond Schou, Bill Raisbeck, Stu Jones
Party sponsors were recognized for their support.
Judges had a tough time selecting the model search winners! Devin Wozencraft receiving award from Stu. Five lovely ladies joined the 8-person model search judging team.
Model Search Winner, Sonia Stu Jones seized the opportunity to promote safe boating, putting Mustang PFD's on the contestants.
Celebrating The Big 3-0!
The Miami Boat Show Poker Run logged a big number this past February, operating uninterrupted for three decades, and joined the ranks of its senior FPC siblings including the Bahamas and Key West Poker Runs!
Story by: Stu Jones
Sometimes it is hard to imagine that we at FPC have carried the torch, year in and year out, for three decades or more on at least three of our annual poker run events. The leader in this category has been the annual Bahamas Poker Run, which commenced in 1992, followed by the annual Key West Poker Run, which had its first run in Fall of 1993 with a departure from Pier 66 Resort in Fort Lauderdale. And alas, the Miami Boat Show Poker Run has finally joined the ranks of the 30-something club, celebrating thirty years this past February, returning to Hawks Cay Resort & Marina on Duck Key. Historically, this event has bounced around from Key Largo to Islamorada, Marathon and back on several occasions, and while the event headquarters has changed over the years for assorted reasons, the overall theme has remained
consistent! Combining the need for a mid-February escape to paradise with the opportunity to see a wide selection of brand-new high-performance boats from the leading builders is a simple format that has never wavered!
The 2025 edition of this annual pilgrimage to the Florida Keys kicked off again at Grove Harbour Marina, with a Thursday departure to lead off the four-day format. With approximately 55-teams in attendance, the numbers may have seemed to be a little off from the previous year’s 70boat fleet, but organizers discovered a year earlier that the Hawks Cay venue started to feel a little over-crowded with the larger roster, which seated well over 300 guests for the Saturday night party, in a banquet room that would comfortably seat about 250.
Now in its second consecutive year at this popular resort based in the middle Keys near Marathon, the Hawks Cay management team took notice of the changes necessary after the 2024 visit, and the 2025 event seemed to flow without a hitch!
After an exciting run from Miami on Thursday, Friday morning was dedicated to aerial photography sessions, which were met with some challenges from Mother Nature, due to high winds on the east side of Duck Key. But the winds did not deter many of the weekend warriors from their daily outings, which offered a variety of options.
The poker run format provided attendees a flexible cruising agenda on each of the open days, Friday and Saturday.
With an abundance of waterfront dining options in either direction, the teams broke off into smaller groups and frequented the more popular spots such as Faro Blanco Resort and Island Grill in Marathon, while the more adventurous attendees opted for the crowded sandbar near Three Waters Resort (formerly Postcard Inn), just twenty-five miles to the north in Islamorada. In either case, Hawks Cay Marina appeared deserted in the daytime hours, only to be filled with colorful fiberglass and rows of Mercury Racing outboards as far as the eye could see by late afternoon. Words cannot match the power of visceral imagery, so we’ll let this colorful editorial feature tell the story of how much fun our attendees had at the 30th Annual Miami Boat Show Poker Run!
Photos: Ryan Ferraro, Tyler Jones
FPC members demonstrated elite rafting skills at the Thursday lunch stopover at Gilberts Key Largo. Absolute perfection!
No Florida Powerboat Club event could be staged from any location without first class marina partners to provide a launch pad for dozens of powerboat teams that travel hundreds, and even thousands of miles to attend. The team at Grove Harbour Marina continues to offer its support for these FPC poker run events, and despite its small geographic footprint in the heart of Coconut Grove, this venue continues to operate like a welloiled machine, regardless of the size of the poker run event. Two major hotels, including the Courtyard Marriott and Ritz Carlton, are walking distance from the marina, not to mention a vibrant Coconut Grove entertainment district, just two blocks away!
On the heels of the Miami Boat Show, FPC members were already rolling into Grove Harbour marina, to take advantage of lifting services, weekend storage for trucks and trailers, and in-water transient docking on the night before poker run departure. On Thursday morning prior to the poker run departure, the marina was alive with excitement, as teams enjoyed a dockside breakfast, quick captains meeting, and by 10:30am the FPC girls were handing off poker cards dockside, as teams hit the throttles southbound for Key Largo! Special thanks to the entire team at Grove Harbour Marina for their continued partnership with FPC.
Grove Harbour Marina, Coconut Grove, with abundant hotels and entertaining nearby
Overnight rafting at Grove Harbour Marina is a standard practice
Morning dockside breakfast and captains meeting before departure
Sal & Stephanie Olivia - Team X-Scape II - 40 Mystic
Hagan Glaser -Team Midnight Express
John Holler | FL | Team GSX | 32'GSX Powerboats
Kruis Retherford | AL | Team GSX POWERBOATS | 36' GSX Powerboats
Steel Team 6 Crew - 43' Midnight Express
Mireya Tusha - Team The Dredre - 44 MTI
FPC Girls Lexi & Payton
Michael Tandoi & Crew - Team SPEED RACER
Jeff Campbell | FL | Team EL JEFE | 38' Renegade
Thomas Fjeld - Team SEACILIE
FPC Girls Lexi & Payton
Sal & Stephanie Olivia | NY | Team X-SCAPE II | 40' Mystic
Paul Nigito | NJ | Team ENOUGH SAID | 52' Outerlimits
Brad Fowler | SC | Team UNPLUGGED | 32' Sunsation
Tony Chiaramonte | AZ | Team BANK OWNED | 42' DCB Performance Marine
ENOUGH SAID Crew
FPC Girl Lexi
Ryan & Rachael Garnett | TX | Team FLIGHT 311
39' MTI
Zach Polsky | NJ | Team MEGA FLEXIN | 50' MTI
Bob Ladas | MA | Team MTI | 44' MTI
Robert Hays | FL | Team HELLKATS POWERBOATS | 32' Catamaran
Justin Wagner | MO | Team WAYS AND WHEELS MARINE | 39' Doug Wright
Eddie Mac | NJ | Team JOKER | 43' Midnight Express
Eric Glaser | FL | Team MIDNIGHT EXPRESS | 43' Midnight Express Solstice
Jorge Arellano | FL | Team OUTERLIMITS | 39' Outerlimits
OUTERLIMITS Crew
Dustin Orozco | WA | Team THE BULLY | 39' Deep Impact
FPC Girls Lexi & Payton
Stopping at Gilberts Resort in Key Largo has been an FPC tradition for decades, and it is quite easy to see why. With one of the largest tiki bars in the Florida Keys and over five-hundred feet of sturdy docking, the simplicity of rafting up to sixty boats in a matter of minutes and feeding three hundreds guests a hearty lunch in under an hour, just cannot be matched anywhere else! But it wasn’t always that way. Back in the early1990’s and three owners ago, Gilberts was a run-down hotel full of derelict sailing vessels tied to its dock, which had missing boards, rusty nails, and no cleats whatsoever! That all changed in 1998 when the (then) owner Reinhardt Shaup finally listened to the FPC President, removing the run-down vessels and allowing FPC to repair
the docks, on their own dime, of course! Don’t laugh, true story…but the investment was worth every dollar!
Fast forward twenty-five years, and it is apparent that the third owner of Gilberts, over a forty-year span, has the program on cruise control. With updated docks, renovated hotel rooms, and a hard-working restaurant team that can serve a thousand customers on any given Sunday, dropping in with three hundred poker run guests, is just a walk in the park. Special thanks to owner Elina Weisberg and restaurant manager Amber Howard for welcoming FPC on the Miami Boat Show Poker Run!
ERIC & HAGAN GLASER- TEAM MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
Ed Champion | MO | Team BIG THUNDER | 38' Fountain
Jared & Chelsea Bartholomew | NY | Team STEEL TEAM 6 | 43' Midnight Express
Ron & Rachel Carroll
Dennis Delatorre | FL | Team DEEP IMPACT | 49' Deep Impact
FPC girls Payton and Lexi handing off poker cards from FPC 390 Nor-Tech, King of Clubs
The FPC Nor-Tech Support boat provided a great platform to hand off poker cards after the Gilberts lunch.
Fpc Girls Lexi & Payton
Cordell Goddard | MO | Team BIG THUNDER | 34' Fountain
Michael Tandoi | NY | Team SPEED RACER | 44' MTI
Christopher Richards | NY | Team ANGLE OF ATTACK | 40' Mystic
Brett Manire | MO | Team PERFORMANCE BOATING CENTER | 42' Performance Cat
Thomas Fjeld | Norway | Team SEACILIE | 40' Nor-Tech
Hugo Marcelo Prigue | FL | Team XPRINTX | 36' Doug Wright
Jorge Arellano | FL | Team 151 DCB | 35' DCB
Fpc Girls Payton & Lexi
Howard Hefner | GA | Team INSANITY | 44' Concept
Hawks Cay Resort & Marina - Luxury villas overlooking marina was convenient for attendees
Daniel Goldberg | FL | Team SHADOWFAX | 39' Nor-Tech
Jeff Campbell | TX | Team EL JEFE | 38' Renegade
Fpc Girl Payton
Friday Night Lights
WITH HAWKS CAY MARINA LIT UP BY A COLORFUL COCKPIT AND UNDERWATER LIGHT SHOWS FROM THE IMPRESSIVE FLEET, FPC MEMBERS GATHERED FOR A FESTIVE EVENING OF FOOD, FUN AND A CAMARADERIE, AS THE POKER HANDS WERE PLAYED AND DOZENS OF AWARDS PRESENTED.
With the popular four-day format for the Miami Boat Show Poker Run, this gives attendees three nights to enjoy in Duck Key, with many dinner options on property or just twenty minutes down US1 to Marathon. But Friday is party night, and all of the poker run teams, and their crews are invited to attend the Poker Run Dinner & Awards party. This year’s banquet was moved to a larger dining room, and it gave everyone plenty of space to move around freely, and enough time to hit the poker tables, have a few cocktails and enjoy a fabulous dinner. But the highlight of the evening as always is the ongoing sponsor presentations and President’s Choice awards. Of course, with so many categories plenty of teams went home with a coveted wall plaque or broken propeller award, which can ensure bragging rights for a lifetime! Towards the end of the evening after the poker tables are closed, the top three poker run team winners were recognized, and we congratulate Howard Hefner in Team INSANITY for taking home the grand prize! Thanks to everyone who joined us, and we are pleased to announce the 2026 event will return to Hawks Cay Resort.
First Place Winner - Howard Hefner & Crew - Team INSANITY
FPC Girls Payton & Lexi
Second Place Winner - Octavio Valdivia & Crew - Team ROYAL FLUSH
Third Place Winner - Team PERFORMANCE BOAT CENTER
Sexiest Crew - Sage Rush led Team FOUNTAIN to Sexiest Crew Award
Best Performance V-Bottom - Paul Nigito - Team ENOUGH SAID
Sexiest Crew - Ladies of Team EL JEFE
Sponsor Award - Eric & Hagen Glaser Midnight Express
Sponsor Award - Simon Tusha & Brianna Murray accepting for Deep Impact
Sponsor Award - John Holler & Tiffany Ison GSX Powerboats
Farthest Traveled- Thomas Fjeld - Norway Team SEACILIE
Best Sterndrive CAT - Chris Nazetta Team BLU GATTI
Best Dressed Crew - Jorge Arellano Team 151 EXPRESS
Best Samaritan - Craig Ackerman Team LEVEL UP
Best Center Console - John Stella - Team WOLF
Best Poker Run Boat - Howard Hefner Team INSANITY
Best Graphics - Jason & Shanna Tolliver Team VOODOO
Sponsor Award - Brett Manire Performance Boat Center
Best Sound System - Chelsea Bartholomew Team STEEL TEAM 6
Farthest Trailered - Junior Stefanini Team MTI
Sponsor Award - Dennis McComb Myco Trailers
Sponsor Award - Greg & Samantha Timmons accepting for DCB
Best Outboard CAT - Chris Richards Team ANGLE OF ATTACK
Member Appreciation Award - Terry Sobo Team NOR-TECH
Sponsor Award - Fountain Poweboats - Big Thunder Marine
Sponsor Award - Natalie Smith Wozencraft Insurance & Finance
TORNA A NAPOLI !
It was 2011 when Florida Powerboat Club last made Naples Florida a scheduled stop on the club’s annual event calendar, and the photo archives revealed ideal spring weather, great waterfront dining venues and an abundance of calm coastal cruising waters. But these criteria are not the sole grounds for establishing a successful poker run venue for a growing powerboat club. Indeed, the most challenging roadblock in Naples for the next several years was the scarce number of waterfront marinas that offered transient docking and upscale lodging, the two most crucial components needed to support a major boating event. Naples sadly, did not meet muster, until now.
Over the course of the next decade, FPC president Stu Jones kept a watchful eye on resort and marina development activities in the Naples area, soon to discover the Naples Hyatt House, located in the heart of downtown Naples.
This new facility offered a large inventory of upscale accommodations plus an enormous floating dock marina to support up to forty transient powerboats, and the pieces of the puzzle started to come together.
Finding the right weekend for a poker run event would be the next box to check off, and it was an easy decision to discontinue FPC’s March Spring Key West event, which had dwindled in numbers over recent years, replacing it with the “new” Naples Poker Run. The late March dates captured the snowbird crowd before they headed home for the season, and did not interfere with other FPC events, with dates that were exactly four weeks after Miami Boat Show Poker Run, and three weeks prior to the popular Tampa Bay Poker Run.
Alas, FPC was headed back to Naples, with about thirtyfive registered teams.
Returning to Naples on the Southwest Florida coast after a dozen year absence left FPC members asking one simple question."What took us so long?"
Story by: Stu Jones
If there were any challenges remaining, most attendees would agree that the boat launch facilities for visiting teams are not the best in the Naples area, forcing FPC management to produce as many options as possible. Sadly, the city planners years ago never imagined that recreational boats would morph into 40-50 foot multi-engine center consoles and cats that dominate the poker run scene, and therefore all of the city boat ramps were designed to manage and park small fishing boats averaging 20-25 feet, so there are virtually no parking spots and limited mobility for the big rigs at all three of the area boat ramps. Offsite parking for boat trailers was arranged at a local boat dealership, which solved the problem temporarily, but finding more trailer parking will be on the club’s TO-DO lists for the coming years.
The agenda for the Naples event followed a standard weekend format, with arrivals on Thursday to prepare for
a Friday and Saturday boating itinerary. The Friday lunch run was scheduled northbound to Fort Myers Beach but had to be scratched due to rough coastal waters in the Gulf of America and no ICW option northbound from Naples. Instead, the group took a scenic ride southbound along the ICW to Marco Island, where several teams discovered a variety of waterfront lunch stops.
Evening activities offered an abundance of dining options at area restaurants, most of them just walking distance from the Naples Hyatt House, and the overall feedback from most attendees was a pleasant experience was had by all. Earlier closing times at most dining establishments still reflect the slower pace of Naples compared to bigger cities like Miami or Tampa, but staying out until the wee hours during a poker run is not on everyone’s wish list after a long day being on the water. (does that make me sound old?)
Photos: Pete Boden, Tyler Jones
Poker Run teams depart from Naples Hyatt House Saturday morning as first poker card was handed off.
The Saturday run proved to be the highlight of the weekend for all attendees, as the fleet was underway by 10:30 am, collecting the first poker card dockside at the Naples Hyatt House, then another from a Pardo yacht anchored near Gordon’s Pass, the gateway to the Gulf. Notably, the Pardo yacht, named “Problem Child”, is owned by FPC members Michael and Lori Smith, who were quite active with FPC ten years earlier with their Nor-Tech 3900 Supervee and later, a Cigarette 41 GTR center console. The Smith’s were very helpful with the Naples event planning and recon missions, and it was a perfect fit to have them on the handoff mission with family and friends on board, considering the Pardo, a day cruiser, would not maintain the normal cruising speeds of the FPC fleet. With multi-million dollar mansions as the backdrop for poker card #2, the setting illustrated the opulence of living along these mansion-lined waterways.
Wozencraft's Natalie Smith with FPC event manager Sydney Jones
Stu & Tyler Jones
Christopher Richards - Team ANGLE OF ATTACK
Greg & Racquel Tolson - Team POWER TRIPS
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Michael & Lori Smith - Team PROBLEM CHILD - 42' Pardo card handoff team near Gordon Pass
Steve Smarsh | MI | Team HYDRAFOAM | 44' MTI
Casandra, Team TOP FUN
Jim & Sarah Wiley | FL | Team
Jorge Arellano | FL | Team 151 EXPRESS | 49' MTI
Christopher Richards | NY | Team ANGLE OF ATTACK | 40' Mystic
BAD ALTITUDE Crew
Gary Karwowski | FL | Team LOADED DECK | 42' Mystic
SATURDAY LUNCH: EVERGLADES CITY
With much lighter winds than the days prior, the coastal waters settled and provided an enjoyable ride southbound to Indian Key Pass, located beyond the Cape Romano shoals, taking the fleet into the scenic beauty of Everglades National Park to the quiet, backwater town of Everglades City. Our destination was Everglades Isle RV Resort, an upscale, class A motorcoach park with lavish grounds, a giant clubhouse for group functions, plus an extensive floating dock marina around the perimeter of the park. A hearty BBQ lunch was served to over 150 guests, who had the option of indoor or outdoor dining on this beautiful spring day. The RV park residents, many of them seniors, not only engaged socially with our attendees, but several had volunteered their services as dock assistants or lunch servers for the entire event. It was like a big happy family waiting for us to arrive! Yes indeed, we all felt like rock stars, and it was an experience that many of us will never forget!
Pete & Cathie Mackey | FL | Team IN SPADES | 43' Black Thunder
Everglades Isle clubhouse, where lunch was served.
Frank Bulte & Crew - Team SHARK RIDER
Christopher Richards & Crew - Team ANGLE OF ATTACK
Mark & Eileen Fischer with the crew - Team DEEP IMPACT
Robert Burger | FL | Team SKATER | 39' Nor-Tech
Ron Paul | IL | Team NOTHING BUT TIME | 39' Nor-Tech
Brett Halper | NY | Team RESURRECTION | 39' Deep Impact
Jorge Arellano | FL | Team 151 EXPRESS | 35' DCB
Hunter Fooks | FL | Team NO FOOKS GIVEN | 32' Sunsation
Departing Everglades City
Tommy Mason | FL | Team PERFORMANCE BOAT CENTER | 32' Sunsation
Bill Robbins | TX | Team CENTER OF ATTENTION | 39' Cigarette
PERFORMANCE BOAT CENTER Crew
FLY MTI Crew
Tony Decker | MD | Team TRIPLE DECKER| 38' Renegade
Mike & Olivia Lopez | IL | Team GRAY AREA | 42' MTI
Matthew Schulz | MI | Team McLOVIN | 39' MTI
Conrad Kray | FL | Team NOR-TECH | 45' Nor-Tech
NOR-TECH Crew
Saturday Night Awards
After a fantastic day on the water, the poker run activities culminated at the Hyatt House ballroom overlooking the massive outdoor pool, as attendees enjoyed another fabulous dinner and the usually spirited poker run awards and presentations. Congratulations to all the winners, and FPC thanks our sponsors and participants for taking a leap of faith to explore this newest FPC poker run venue. Based on widespread positive reviews from participants, Naples will be back on the calendar for 2026, with a registration cutoff at 50 teams!
Stu & Jackie Jones with FPC Crew
First Place - Bill Robbins - Team CENTER OF ATTENTION
Second Place - Frank Bulte - SHARK RIDER
Third Place - Jorge Arellano - 3 Boats - Team - 151 EXPRESS '
Best Performance V-Bottom Peter Mackie - Team IN SPADES
Best Center Console Brett Halper - Team RESURRECTION
Sponsor Award - ANGLE OF ATTACK
Farthest Trailered - Hunter Fooks Team NO FOOKS GIVEN
Sponsor Award - Devin Wozencraft & Natalie Smith
INSURANCE & FINANCE
Best Team Name - Mike Calfa - Team ICE ICE BABY
Sponsor Award - Presented to Jay Zadrozny and Tommy Mason Jr PERFORMANCE BOAT CENTER -
FPC Girl Sonia with Sydney Jones
Best Paint & Graphics - Michael Ciasulli Team MAXON AUTO GROUP
Sponsor Award - Mark & Eileen Fischer DEEP IMPACT CUSTOM BOATS
Member Appreciation Award - Greg Tolson - Team - POWER TRIPS
Best Outboard CAT - Steve Smarsh Team HYDRA-FOAM
Farthest Traveled - Frank Scheelen Team TOP FUN ( Germany ) Most Enthusiastic Team - Jason Efron - Team PARTY OF FIVE
SPEED | TECHNOLOGY | LUXURY
BELIEVE IN BEYOND
Story by: Stu Jones
Considering that Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties are among Florida’s top five ranked counties for boat registration along with the tri-county area of Southeast Florida, it makes perfect sense that the Tampa Bay area is one of the most active recreational boating regions throughout the Sunshine State. That is certainly what prompted FPC to take notice of this very active boating playground in the late 1990’s, as the club experimented with various events up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast from Fort Myers to St. Petersburg, and over the next decade a handful of venues came and went. It wasn’t until about 2010, when club founder Stu Jones decided to establish an annual event format in St. Petersburg, using the landmark Renaissance Vinoy Resort, a glorious Flagler-era property that opened in 1925 and after many years, was later designated in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. With
the Tampa Bay Poker Run now established as an annual fixture on the FPC calendar, the appeal of the Vinoy Resort & Marina soon diminished as a poker run headquarters, due to the shrinking number of transient slips, not to mention kickback from nearby residents who complained daily about the loud engines and dockside stereos!
By 2018, the move was made to Downtown Tampa, setting the stage for the next chapter in the evolution of what is now a fixture on the Spring event calendar for FPC. The downtown area offers an endless inventory of upscale lodging, including the Westin Waterside, Tampa Marriott and more recently JW Marriott was added to the mix. The most obvious appeal to most attendees is the vibrant atmosphere of downtown Tampa and the countless dining and entertainment options, many of them on-site or just steps from hotel lobbies.
After LOGGING fifteen years of the Tampa Bay Poker Run, the vibrant downtown Tampa venue continues to deliver an exciting big city vibe and expansive boating playground on its doorstep, DELIVERING SOLID PROOF THAT THE TAMPA EVENT IS HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL!
Primary docking was staged at the Tampa Convention Center, with a limited number of slips at the nearby Tampa Marriott, although the 10-slip overflow at Marjorie Park Marina on Davis Island was off limits for the second year in a row, due to recent hurricane damage.
The Tampa Bay Poker Run format remains locked in mid-April, making it an ideal run for many FPC members who want to get in one last poker run event, before trailering back to homeports outside of Florida for the summer months. The three-day agenda resembles many other FPC events, with a Thursday arrival program, using the nearby Davis Island boat ramp for the trailer crowd, and a small number of full-service marinas for forklift-assisted launching.
The Friday morning itinerary kicked off with a lunch funrun to a popular waterfront restaurant Sunset Grill, located
along Tampa Bay’s eastern shoreline, in a boating-centric community called Little Harbor. The facility is managed by Suntex Marinas, which partnered with FPC to provide adequate transient mooring and docking assistance for the 60-plus fleet arriving for lunch. Many teams had traveled from their homeports to rendezvous with the group, which made for a pleasant, well-attended lunch stopover.
The Saturday run kicked off on schedule from the Tampa Bay Convention Center docks, with the first poker card, then took the group on a 100-mile course to rendezvous with a series of yacht checkpoints at Egmont Key, Vinoy Basin and Hula Bay. A total of four popular waterfront restaurants accommodated the 60-boat fleet, and by late afternoon all teams had returned to their docks safely, with no incidents.
Photos: Pete Boden, Tyler Jones, Lukas Wozencraft
Tampa Bay Convention Center provided crowded but cozy docking headquarters for the FPC fleet.
FPC Girls Morgan and Daniela
Eric & Hagan Glaser | FL | Team MIDNIGHT EXPRESS | 43 Midnight Express Solstice ( Miami Boat Show 2025 display boat)
FPC Girls Morgan & Daniela
Ladies of Team SPEEDRACER, 44 MTI
Mark & Eileen Fischer | FL | Team DEEP IMPACT
Chelsea Bartholemeux | NY
STEEL TEAM 6 43 Midnight Express
Gino Gargiulo | GA
Stu & Jackie Jones | FL | Team KING OF CLUBS | 39' Nor-Tech
Mark & Eileen Fischer | FL | Team DEEP IMPACT | 39' Deep Impact
Jeff Shellenberger | MD | Team PATIENCE | 38' Donzi
FPC Girls Morgan & Danielle on King of Clubs
The fleet exits the Seddon Channel, into the open waters of Tampa Bay, for the Friday fun run start
Hunter Fooks | FL | Team NO FOOKS GIVEN | 32' Sunsation
Greg & Racquel Tolson | FL | Team POWER TRIPS | 34' Nor-Tech
Bruce & Tracy Kruglick | FL | Team BAD DOG 3.0 | 38' Statement!
Tim Busch | OH | Team THROTTLE UP | 39' Outerlimits
Jack & Jennifer Couto | MD | TRIMMED OUT | 39' Nor-Tech
LOADED DECK Crew
FPC Girls Morgan & Daniela
Docking at Little Harbor Marina-Suntex for the Friday lunch at Sunset Grill.
FPC Girl Daniela at Sunset Grill
Chris Erickson | FL | ERICKSON MARINE | 39' Nor-Tech
Greg & Barbara Musilek | FL | Team THE COLOR OF MONEY | 37' Active Thunder
Barry Childers | NC | NEVER SATISFIED | 42' Fountain
FPC Girl Morgan On Cigarette Flight 1130
Joseph Castellana | NY | AWESOME | 38' Skater
ERICKSON MARINE Crew
Tony Decker | MD | Team TRIPLE DECKER | 38' Renegade
Craig & Paula Ackerman | GA | Team LEVEL UP | 39' MTI
Viking motoryacht checkpoint with Renaissance Vinoy Resort in background
Hunter Fooks, Team NO FOOKS GIVEN, picks up card at Vinoy Basin
Jackie Jones with the KING of CLUBS crew
Fpc girls Daniela & Morgan recruited some help for Card #5, Marjorie Park.
Poker card girls on Marlow Yacht checkpoint #4, near Hula Bay Club
Bill Waters Sr. and crew on 70 Viking card yacht, checkpoint #3 at Vinoy Basin.
Gino Gargiulo | FL | Team SPOOLED UP | 52' MTI
Reese Cropper III | MD | Team B4iDIE | 37' Midnight Express
Eric Lemoine | FL | Team TIMEKILLER | 37' Midnight Express
Michael Tandoi | NY | Team SPEED RACER | 44' MTI
FPC Girl Morgan
Tampa Convention Center poker run sponsor docks
Devin Wozencraft & Stu Jones
FPC Tampa Safety Management Team
Saturday Night Awards
The Westin Tampa Waterside resort once again hosted the Saturday night dinner and awards party, with an opening cocktail reception sponsored by Cigarette Racing along with the local dealer, Cigarette of Tampa. This was a fantastic way to get all of the teams together for one big celebration, and the President’s Choice Awards took the entertainment level up a notch, when the Sexiest Crew award brought dozens of lovely ladies on stage, to invite audience participation for this coveted award! With spectacular spring weather and a solid turnout of participants, the 15th Annual Tampa Bay Poker Run produced a high energy experience for everyone, creating lasting memories for the three-hundred guests in attendance! SJ The16thAnnualTampaBayPokerRunreturnsinApril2026!
Best Paint & Graphics - Gino & Renei Gargiulo Team SPOOLED
First Place - Barry Childers- Team NEVER SATISFIED
Second Place - Ron Paul - Team NOTHING BUT TIME
Third Place - Raymond & Jamie Evans - Team HIGH VELOCITY
Sexiest Crews - Team MIDNIGHT EXPRESS & Team NO FOOKS GIVEN
Best Center Console - Simon Tusha; Mark & Eileen Fischer - Team DEEP IMPACT Sponsor Award - Cigarette Racing (factory team) & Cigarette of Tampa
Broken Propeller Award
Broken Propeller - Jared & Chelsea Bartholomew - Team STEEL TEAM 6
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Best Team Name - Tony Decker Team TRIPLE DECKER
Best Dressed Crew - Eric & Hagen Glaser Team MIDNIGH EXPRESS
Farthest Traveled - Frank Scheelen Team TOP FUN
Best Outboard CAT - Brandon & Kathy Mayer - Team NO WORRIES
Best Sterndrive CAT - Barry Henson - Team FLIGHT TIME
Farthest Trailered - Team RELAPSE Crew
Stu & Jackie Jones with FPC Crew
Sponsor Award - John & Robyn Cosker - Mystic Powerboats & Chris Richards - Angle Of Attack
Sponsor Award - Natalie Smith & Devin Wozencraft - Wozencraft Insurance
Sponsor Award - Tommy & Jay Performance Boat Center
Sponsor Award - Simon & Dee Williams Cortez Cove Fountain Powerboats
Sponsor Award - Eric & Hagen Glaser - Midnight Express
Best Poker Run Boat - David & Charlyn Veracka - Cigarette of Tampa
TO REMEMBER
Nor-tech's management team stepped up their game for the 2nd Annual Owners Spring Rendezvous, uniting hundreds of attendees and creating memories to last a lifetime!
Story by: Stu Jones
t is no secret that many performance boat manufacturers appreciate the importance of unique events to keep their customers active and enjoying the powerboating lifestyle. Just a few years ago, to commemorate their 30th Anniversary of boat building, the Nor-tech management team staged a special party, inviting owners and dealers to participate, and help celebrate the success of the Nor-Tech brand. Included in the weekend format was an owner’s fun run on local waters between Cape Coral and Useppa Island.
Then again, in Spring of 2024 the factory team staged an exclusive owner’s rendezvous at South Seas Resort on Captiva Island, which brought together loyal Nor-tech owners, with dealers and the Nor-Tech management team for a relaxing weekend that included first class lodging, fine dining and two days of boating fun!
After a banner production year in 2024, it was time to take it up a notch, and Nor-tech teamed up with FPC by announcing their Spring Rendezvous 2025 to be staged at the highly acclaimed Westin Cape Coral Resort & Marina. The response was tremendous, as the event roster soon reached fifty registered teams, with Florida Powerboat Club managing event registrations and hotel lodging for the guests, on behalf of Nor-Tech.
In late April, just two weeks after the completion of the Tampa Bay Poker Run, Nor-tech owners began rolling into Cape Coral to launch boats, check into hotel rooms, as the annual Nor-Tech dealer meeting started to wind down. The marina was soon lined up with a variety of colorful Nor-tech models, including 340, 390 and 450 Sports, as well as several brand new Nor-Tech 400 Supersport models, all powered by Mercury Racing.
In some cases, dealers were using this event to deliver brand new boats, making it equally exciting to see so many new owners were now joining the extended Nor-Tech family.
For the Friday Fun Run, Nor-Tech management requested that Florida Powerboat Club assist with a group lunch run, and with almost forty boats wanting to join in, the Three Fisherman’s Restaurant along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers was the ideal destination! Their hundreds of feet of floating guest dock, plus an industrious restaurant staff that had a “bringiton attitude,”and a record of hosting FMO events, made organizers confident that they could manage the large lunch function.
The Friday run started with a rendezvous at the Sanibel Bridge, and with the FPC Nor-Tech 390 “King of Clubs”
leading the pace, the fleet proceeded for an offshore ride in the Gulf of America to Redfish pass, before turning into the protected waters of Pine Island Sound. Shortly after 12 noon, the group arrived at Three Fisherman’s, where the restaurant staff churned out food and beverage for over 160 guests!
Friday evening featured an upscale reception hosted by Nor-Tech on the event lawn, overlooking the new Westin marina docks, which were loaded with colorful Nor-Techs, all ready for another day of excitement! At the event check-in, goody bags were offered to all the attending teams, which were packed with swag and souvenir Nor-Tech polo shirts to commemorate the special occasion.
Photos: Kevin Lane; Jenny Drew Photography; Tyler Jones
Stu & Jackie Jones | FL | 39' Nor-Tech, KING OF CLUBS - Official Paceboat
THE MONEY SHOT CAPTURED BY KEVIN LANE, AS THE 50-BOAT NOR-TECH FLEET DEPARTS FROM FORT MYERS BEACH, ROUNDING THE TIP OF SANIBEL ISLAND.
Stu, Jackie & Tyler Jones
Saturday provided another fabulous day of boating, and the light winds ensured that the fleet could run offshore in the gulf waters once again. With the Nor-Tech chopper in hot pursuit, the fleet ventured further north and turned in at Boca Grande and then navigated Charlotte Harbor to a rustic waterfront outpost called Riviera Bar & Grill. Located in Punta Gorda, this destination was well known by area boaters, but for the out-of-town Nor-Tech owners who were visiting for the first time, it was the perfect setting! With hundreds of feet of bulkhead and solid pilings for mooring, the entire fleet of over fifty Nor-Techs settled in for a fantastic lunch, all sponsored by Team Nor-Tech.
The festivities continued later with a first-class dinner party at Westin’s largest ballroom, and featured an open bar, succulent surf & turf menu, continuous entertainment, and a festive atmosphere for all the enjoy. This Spring Fling did exactly what it was intended to for the Nor-Tech factory team, to show their appreciation to loyal NorTech owners, and give them a “Wow” experience. To that end, we would all agree, Mission Accomplished!
ThenextadventureistheNor-TechOwners BahamasRun,takingplaceAug5-13.This eventisbeingstagedbyFloridaPowerboat Club, with an exciting 8-day agenda! Currentlyjust tenregistrationslotsremain so book soon! For more information, visit www.flpowerboat.com, or call the FPCofficeat:954-684-9333.
Robby & Aubrey McAtee | Nor-Tech 400 Supersport
Jimmy & Jackie Blackburn | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Todd Armstrong | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Jerald Ignash | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Dave Stepanek and Brennan Lane | Nor-Tech
42 Flyer
Bill Raisbeck | Nor-Tech 42 Flyer
Steve Perry | Nor-Tech
400 Supersport
Daniel and Chelsea Beck | Nor-Tech
450 Sport
Gus Wintzer | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
John Lanza | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Nor-Tech 400 Supersport
Dave Raisbeck | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Trond Schou enjoying camaraderie with Nor-Tech owners at Friday reception.
New floating docks at Westin Cape Coral Marina provided a great host Marina for the event
Friday afternoon cocktail party hosted by Nor-Tech.
Dan & Anya Kurzejewski with Stu & Jackie Jones
Steve Perry crew
Attendees relaxing dockside at Westin Cape Coral Marina, after the run.
Dave Schau | Nor-Tech 400 Supersport
Mark and Pam Johnston | Nor-Tech 450 Sport
Stacy Anderson | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Ted Harkins | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Photographer in the helicopter - Kevin Lane
Dave Stepanek | Nor-Tech 42 Flyer
Raymond Roberts | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Ralph Mueller | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Al Wehmeyer | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Arrival at Riviera Grill in Punta Gorda for the Saturday run
Riviera Grill with the boats all rafted up
Trond Schou | Nor-Tech 450 Sport
Eric and Ivy Ducrou | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
Steve Gross | Nor-Tech 390 Sport
ORANGE CRUSH!
After six years running, the Orange Beach Powerboat Week at the Wharf continues to draw a loyal crowd of repeat attendees as their ongoing romance with this fun Alabama boating playground keeps them coming back every May!
Story by: Stu Jones
Extending north from Key West to the Florida Panhandle, the Gulf of America shoreline enters Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, with a combined distance of almost 1700 miles along US soil. And while Alabama claims only 60 miles of that shoreline, the tidal inshore waters that include bays, rivers, bayous and intracoastal waterways measure over 600 miles of protected, navigable waterways. The Pensacola & Perdido passes, along with Mobile Bay entrance, provide easy access points to the gulf from these protected waterways, making Orange Beach and Gulf Shores Alabama popular boating playgrounds that have made Alabama an attractive hotbed for the local community and visitors alike.
Florida Powerboat Club first explored the Alabama boating scene in the summer of 2004, staging a small poker run event in Orange Beach, but it was not until 2019 that the club took the concept to the next level with a more structured event.
This was the start of a new partnership between FPC and The Wharf, an Orange Beach family-friendly, retail, lodging, dining, and entertainment complex that featured a full-service marina. Minus the 2020 global pandemic, this tradition has continued for six years, with FPC returning to The Wharf this past May, staging a stellar fleet of 42 powerboat teams from eleven states.
With the relative ease of launching boats at the spacious, modern boat ramp across from The Wharf, many of the visiting teams were in town by Thursday, settled in their slips and checking into the Spring Hill Suites and luxury condo units on site. Poker Run activities commenced that evening with the Miss Orange Beach Powerboat Week, hosted by the Sandshaker Lounge at The Wharf (see page 82), and it was an otherwise flexible agenda with many dining and lounge options just steps from all on-site lodging.
With two structured boating runs planned over Friday and Saturday, each morning a captain’s breakfast was staged at Marker 158 Restaurant overlooking the marina. The morning function allowed captains and first mates to attend in a casual setting to review important course details and safety guidelines, a practice that has been unique to the Orange Beach event format.
By 10:30am Friday, the boats were underway, making their first touch-and-go dockside at The Wharf, with a bevy of six lovely FPC girls handing off the poker card #1. The eastbound run to Juana’s in Navarre offered an offshore route in the Gulf of Mexico, and a protected ICW route, which is favored when windy conditions and choppy gulf-coast seas produce a rough ride. Surprisingly, most of the teams opted for the offshore course, providing great photo and video opportunities for the chopper crew in pursuit! After crossing state lines into Florida, the teams began arriving at Juana’s Pagodas before noon, but many decided to shorten their stay, and hustle back to the Wharf before the afternoon storms swamped the region.
With a structured itinerary that flowed smoothly after the Friday rains dissipated, the Saturday run was a rinse-and-repeat cycle in some ways, albeit in a westbound direction to Mobile Bay, where the poker run returned to a rustic backwater restaurant called Grand Mariner, located on the Dog River near the city of Mobile.
Saturday evening wrapped up the three-day adventure with a private poker run dinner party at Dicks Last Resort, a spacious restaurant that has offered a private buyout option to FPC for the last three years. (see page 94) The consensus among many attendees was that the convenience of The Wharf venue and the casual, fun vibe of the Orange Beach Powerboat Week event, are the primary reasons they keep them coming back, year after year!
The 7th Annual Orange Beach Powerboat Week will return to The Wharf in May 2026, so stay tuned for dates and registration details at the FPC website, www.flpowerboat.com
Some attendees may assume that it was the Emerald Coast Poker Run in Destin that established the tradition of a Miss Powerboat Week contest at each annual event, but historically, this practice dates back to Florida Powerboat Club’s earlier days. As far back as 1991, FPC has staged bikini contests and model search pageants in conjunction with many poker run events, a trend that has stood the test of time!
Miss Orange Beach Powerboat Week kicked off festivities for the poker run weekend on Thursday evening, and for the third year the event returned to the Sandshaker Lounge at the Wharf. With the 2019 contest winner Amber Content taking charge of model recruiting and organizational aspects of this annual highlight, a twelve-contestant roster of lovely ladies provided a fun evening of entertainment for all in attendance. Special thanks to Chad Havens and Demon Bikini for sponsoring this special occasion, and congratulations to all the winners!
Stu & Jackie Jones | FL | Team KING OF CLUBS | 39' Nor-Tech
Chad Havens | TX | Team SAVAGE | 40' Skater
Devin Wozencraft | CA | Team WOZENCRAFT | 34' Victory
Paul & Tee Bertucci | MS | Team BEER MONEY | 39' Deep Impact
Kurt Kiser | IL | Team YEAH BUOY | 37' Midnight Express
FPC Girl Brianna
Brent Medley | MO | Team FIRST BORN | 42' Performance Cat
Cain Kiser | IL | Team ICE ICE BABY | 38' Statement!
John & Shaun McBain | FL | Team AIR FORCE 1 | 34' Fountain
Tommy Mason | FL | Team PERFORMANCE BOAT CENTER | 42' Performance Cat
AIR FORCE 1 Crew
FPC Girl Lauren
Saturday Night Awards
In addition to the adventure that is associated with performance boating and fun we have by attending organized events, one of the key ingredients that contributes to the magic of the poker run experience, is the camaraderie that fellow FPC members share with other powerboaters. While people come from all walks of life and from many places (11 states alone for the OB event), the common denominator is the passion for performance boating, and the chance to share fun stories and make new boating friends.
The Saturday night dinner and awards party is that one place where it all comes together, and for five of the six years that the Orange Beach event has been staged, it was at Dicks Last Resort, formerly The Port, located on Main Street at The Wharf. Once again, restaurant management offered an exclusive private event format, which came with a premium and required additional financial support. Special thanks to Paul & Tee Bertucci from Team Beer Money for their sponsor commitment, along with over a dozen event attendees who contributed to the all-night open bar! What a party and what a fantastic way to wrap up another successful Orange Beach Powerboat Week! SJ
First Place Winner - Ryan & Rachael Garnett - Team FLIGHT 311
Saturday Night Open Bar Sponsors
Second Place Winner - Cameron & Lauren Bailey Team CUT THE CHECK
Third Place Winner - Chris Jarreau accepting for Kevin Johnston - Team MYSTIC GEM
Miss Powerboat Week Contest Sponsor Chad Havens - Demon Bikini
Saturday Helicopter Sponsor - Octavio Valdivia
Friday Captain's Breakfast - Paul Boyden
Best Paint & Graphics - Tony & Veronica Lovins Team 440X BOAT
Best Sterndrive CAT - Chad Havens Team DEMON BIKINI
Best Team Name - Jason McCorkle Team OFFSHORE ACCOUNT
Good Samaritan Award - Joseph Storey Team MISSMILLIE
Member Appreciation - Christian Marquez Team PERFORMANCE BOAT CENTER
Sponsor Award - Tommy Mason & Christian Marquez - PERFORMANCE BOAT CENTER
Sexiest Crew - Robyn Sarvis - Team EZ MONEY
Best Center Console - Paul & Tee Bertucci Tem BEER MONEY
Best Outboard CAT - Clark Beecher Team EL GATO GRANDE
Best Dressed Crew - Weston Harlow Team IN 2 DEEP
Farthest Traveled - Gary Lane - Team ELEANOR
Farthest Trailered - Christopher Richards Team ANGLE OF ATTACK
Sponsor Award - Christopher Richards ANGLE OF ATTACK
Sponsor Award - Chris Langille LEGENDARY MARINA - BLUE WATER CAY - BAHAMAS
Sponsor Award - Devin Wozencraft & Natalie Smith WOZENCRAFT INSURANCE & FINANCE
Sponsor Award - Scott Favre - THE WHARF
Kenny Armstrong - Team PHANTOM - Winner of Certificate LEGENDARY MARINA GULF SHORES
Best Performance V-Bottom - Philip DeBusk Team TINKER TOY
FPC MEMBERSHIP MARKETPLACE
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