SJRR 2014

About what time does everything get going? We plan on heading up there pretty early Saturday morning. I'd like to be on the water by 9 or 10.

This being our first time, I have no idea what to expect or what's going on throughout the days.

Well after a long talk with the boatdr this afternoon about this years River Run there are some things that are going to be out of the NORM as SJRR's past. This year will be MUCH different as Correct Craft is the featured manufacturer at the Sunnyland Boat show down in Tavarres (30 mins) from Parramores. This is OUR time to shine as Poster Girl quality CC's 75 and older will be on display either on the trailer or in the water. Special rules will apply to those boats who are on display. YOU MUST be a ACBS member to have your boat for the water display. If you boat IS on the water you will be able to launch it elsewhere and retrieve it later but even then special rules apply. Boats on trailers for the show will need to be there by EARLY Friday morning and MUST stay until Sunday at Noon.

Friday play day may have to take place on Lake Dora with the boat show in full swing. We will probably have to rotate CCFans in and out of the show to babysit boats and field questions. At the time of this post we just don't know...With Correct Craft being the focal point/feature manufacturer Billy said we are supposed to provide a speaker for the Capt's Dinner Friday night at the show. I can't think of anyone better to do this than Mr. Ralph but he is 96 years old and with a estimated 7:00 dinner time (I'm guessing) it will be much to late for him to do it. My 2nd suggestion would be to ask Yeargin to do it but he may be too busy to do so. He has come up to Friday night dinners before so you never know. Boat Doc seemed to think we may need to come up with a powerpoint presentation as well and we know who is good at that but we'll figure that one out too as we go along.

Saturdays events will most likely be at the boat show too. We may have to trailer boats to Lake Dora again and do our thing away from the show and drop participants off to attend to the boats WE have on display and to answer questions. Basically a repeat of Friday. A lunchtime Cruise to some island for BBQ is what they have planned for the water displayed boats and I don't know at this time if the Gang from CCFan with the newer boats can tag along as part of it or if it's just those who paid to have their boats in the show. That has yet to be determined. Saturday night the Sunnyland boat show will have a dinner under the bigtop so our traditional "Bring what ya Brought" cookout at Parramores will be delayed until 2015. (or Sun night if your staying)... Tickets for said dinner will be available at the boat show according to the site but we'll look into this as well and come up with .......a plan!

This River Run will be vastly different and we CCFans will most likely have to "move" our fun to Dora so as to show the 1000's of people in attendance that there are huge number of Correct Crafts enthusiats, they do have a huge following, and we are boat owners who truly love these machines and aren't afraid to show it. Old Correct Crafts are the center point of the show and if we drop the ball on this it's gonna look really bad IMHO if we aren't there.... NO, we were not asked by Nautiques to do this..... No, Keith didn't ask us to do so....No, we aren't getting paid to show up, but it's our chance to honor a 96 year old Mr. Ralph that we love these old boats, we still use the heck out of them and show them all that they are truly ......"The Correct Craft for you!" ....


More to come as we figure out what the heck is going on with this. You can get an idea of the Sunnyland Boat show by checking out the link......

Sunnyland Boat Festival


Just a little side note....When I talked to the Boat Nurse this morning I asked if she had spoken with Mr. Ralph lately. She said she received a phone call from him shortly after Christmas thanking her for sending he and Betty a Christmas card. She asked how he was doing and he said pretty well and his health is pretty good for being 96. He also told her that he was really looking forward to March so he could come see, and visit with the gang from CCFan. I think that pretty much says it all in a nutshell about how important we are to him and why we need to shine and stand out at his show. Many of you don't know this but the last two Masters tournaments that I have been to I've seen Mr. Ralph walking the beach, working the crowd sporting a current Nautiques/Masters shirt on but by gollies he has a Correct Craft Fan hat on his head. Yes it's gonna cut into our ski/foot and boat time but whether we do it on the St. Johns River or Lake Dora...It's all good!

People,
As an ACBS member for 34 years, I can tell you you are in for a very pleasant experience if you have never been to one of the shows. The Sunnyland chapter show is one of the very best. Plan on attending to promote our favorite brand of boat as well as giving support to Mr. Ralph.

Gary,
I'm sorry to hear you were disappointed in the show.

Double post....   

mmfarmer1 wrote: Im looking forward to attending my very first CCF Reunion!!! I have been a Correct Craft owner and restorer for about 15 years and am currently on my 4th boat(1976 Ski Nautique)which I'm hoping to be completed by then. If all goes well, Me and the family will be driving up the RV and would like to know if there is a truck owner who wouldn't mind helping us launch and recover the boat?? After hearing about the ramp condition, the last thing I want is to back a 30 ft motorhome down a sketchy ramp . Mike Farmer 1976 Ski Nautique

Mike, I am sure there would be many to offer this help, as well as myself. The ramp is a little sketchy, and the public ramp is 5 minutes away, either way, 4x4 Suburban, The "Blue Rhino", is at your service.

Jerry Smith

JoeinNY wrote: Gary S wrote: Easy for you to say,tow your boat 3k and we'll talk. We went a couple of years ago and it was ok,certainly surprised me because of all the hype. I'm really on the fence yet and my boat is already there I don't think you get to sit the fence Gary - your boat is too pretty, and a perfect example of what correctcraft was making at that time that no one else was - sorry, but that is what you get for putting a windsheild on it - we will still let you hang out with the unshow-worthy crowd though.

DITTO.

Maybe I can hang with you guys, too. Not only am I not a member of ACBS, I don't even know what it is. So, can the ignorant join the Smith and Joe in NY club?

Sorry you will be a no show for the 2014, the quality resto you have performed should be shared with the attendee's of this years show.
SJRR will return next year in all it's glory,but for 2014 I would like to honor those that made all this possible, again this is about Mr. Ralph and the respect I have for him..............

If you are addressing that comment to me Billy nowhere did I say that I'm not going to be there. What I'm saying is very little info has been forthcoming,especially when you have to plan almost 6 months in advance. I felt like 3 of us would be sitting at the show while all the rest of our buds are out riding around having a good time. And to drive 3 k frankly that does not sound like fun.Some planning must have been done already and it might be nice to pass it on here thru the site. If you go thru the Sunnyland chapters site there is no info other than a blurb about who is the featured boat and a whole bunch of rules. How many are actually in for the land and water portions of the show,a show of hands please!
Brett that is part of the charm for SJRR but in this case a plan is needed and posted for people.

Bret, Stacey & Jillian Hectus - 2002 Ski; Parramores - Bass Beds (Thurs-Sun)
Adam Deen - 2000 Pro Air; Lee St (Wed-Mon)
Joeinny - boat hopping; Lee St (Wed-Mon)
Gary S & Mary Fran- 69 Mustang; Parramores,Miss Audry (Thurs-Sun)
The Smith Family, Parramores, Squirrel shack, (Fri- Sun)
Morfoot & ??? 88 Ski Nautique Parramores, Hawk Nest (Thurs-Mon)
Air206 & Val boat hopping or "Miss Scarlett" Parramores, Hawk Nest(Thurs-Mon?)
Alan & Dana, 1955 Hurricane, no lodging yet, Weds-Sunday

Bret, Stacey & Jillian Hectus - 2002 Ski; Parramores - Bass Beds (Thurs-Sun)
Adam Deen - 2000 Pro Air; Lee St (Wed-Mon)
Joeinny - boat hopping; Lee St (Wed-Mon)
Gary S & Mary Fran- 69 Mustang; Parramores,Miss Audry (Thurs-Sun)
The Smith Family, Parramores, Squirrel shack, (Fri- Sun)
Morfoot & ??? 88 Ski Nautique Parramores, Hawk Nest (Thurs-Mon)
Air206 & Val boat hopping or "Miss Scarlett" Parramores, Hawk Nest(Thurs-Mon?)
Alan & Dana, 1955 Hurricane, no lodging yet, Weds-Sunday
Hollywood +1, boat hoppers, Lee St, Wed-Mon

Ok, my OCD twitchiness is flaring up with information spread all over...I tried to grab everything that I had seen pass and add it down here, if your info is wrong, fix it.

Bret, Stacey & Jillian Hectus - 2002 Ski; Parramores - Bass Beds (Thurs-Sun)
Adam Deen - 2000 Pro Air; Lee St (Wed-Mon)
Joeinny - boat hopping; Lee St (Wed-Mon)
Gary S & Mary Fran- 69 Mustang; Parramores,Miss Audry (Thurs-Sun)
The Smith Family, Parramores, Squirrel shack, (Fri- Sun)
Morfoot & ??? 88 Ski Nautique Parramores, Hawk Nest (Thurs-Mon)
Air206 & Val boat hopping or "Miss Scarlett" Parramores, Hawk Nest(Thurs-Mon?)
Alan & Dana, 1955 Hurricane, no lodging yet, Weds-Sunday
Hollywood +1, boat hoppers, Lee St, Wed-Mon
JPASS, 92 Ski, commuting, Sat-Sun (maybe)
Mike Farmer and fam, 76 Ski, RV
Wallace's, 86 SN 2001, 5th wheel camping, Thurs-Sun or Mon
Jackie and Deborah Deen, 75 SN, Fox Den, Thurs-Sun(?)
Boat DR and Nurse...you guys are coming, right?

81nautique wrote: there's an outside chance it will actually run this time and you'll get a ride!

Sign me up!

Morfoot wrote: Friday play day may have to take place on Lake Dora with the boat show in full swing...Capt's Dinner Friday night at the show. Saturdays events will most likely be at the boat show too. We may have to trailer boats to Lake Dora again and do our thing away from the show... A lunchtime Cruise to some island for BBQ is what they have planned for the water displayed boats and I don't know at this time if the Gang from CCFan with the newer boats can tag along as part of it or if it's just those who paid to have their boats in the show...Saturday night the Sunnyland boat show will have a dinner under the bigtop... This River Run will be vastly different and we CCFans will most likely have to "move" our fun to Dora....it's gonna look really bad IMHO if we aren't there.... Yes it's gonna cut into our ski/foot and boat time but whether we do it on the St. Johns River or Lake Dora...It's all good!

Ok Tim,
I had to read your post several times to distill the logistics out of it...based on the snippets I took out above, let me see if I understand:

Friday: we all trailer to Tavares and put in on Lake Dora whether we are in the show or not, and then stay there until the Captain's Dinner...or does Captain imply its only for people in the show?

Saturday: we trailer back to Lake Dora and hang out on the water but not necessarily with or around the show, maybe BBQ somewhere, dinner that night at the show.

So nobody will be collected around Parramore's, shell island, and/or the springs, unless we do it Thursday or Sunday? I'm not expressing a positive or negative reaction to any of this until I understand it, but I would hate to see all of us spread out between two or more places where we don't get to hang out together (a la Music City/Percy Priest).