SJRR 2014

bhectus wrote: Not trying to be a defector

Better that than a defacater.

No disrespect to Mr Ralph or Correct Craft but that boat show excites me in the least. Unfortunately I'm a fly in and will have to go with the flow to get a boat ride, wherever that may be.

I know there is mass confusion right now and I posted what I could figure out from reading what is happening at Tavarres and what Billy said the organizers THERE need from US. I threw up kinda of a general idea of whats going on but will try and contact somebody with the show and find out exactly what IF ANYTHING that they need from us CCFan's... Believe me I'm just as confused as most of y'all.

I was planning on coming this year but... now that the the plan to have no plan is not the best plan I am not sure how to plan??

Best plan is to plan on having fun even if you dont plan that!!

Is Plantastic a word??

CQ if you are really coming then my plan is to put you on babysitting duty.

Hollywood wrote: bhectus wrote: Not trying to be a defector Better that than a defacater. No disrespect to Mr Ralph or Correct Craft but that boat show excites me in the least. Unfortunately I'm a fly in and will have to go with the flow to get a boat ride, wherever that may be.

Hollywood, I hoping to run the Hurricane around on Thursday and if all goes well I was going to offer to drag you barefoot by the grey poupon Chris craft crowd to show them the Correct Craft fans have arrived in style, sound like a plan?

Hollywood wrote: bhectus wrote: Not trying to be a defector Better that than a defacater. No disrespect to Mr Ralph or Correct Craft but that boat show excites me in the least. Unfortunately I'm a fly in and will have to go with the flow to get a boat ride, wherever that may be.

   


Hollywood, if you do not make it to the show, no one will miss you. If you want to help that would be great, but to bring a negative attitude with you to this thread is not needed... There are a few of us that have the utmost respect for age, wisdom and the love for CC boats, Hollywood it appears you missed the "boat" on all these ..........Billy

Negative attitude to scold negative attitude

Not to step on anyone’s toes as I have no skin in the game here… I am not going to have a boat or a truck down there

IMHO, If you have a nice boat that meets the age requirements and your schedule allows you to get there Friday and not leave till noon Sunday it would be awfully nice if you would sign up and put your boat in the show. It’s a good show, and it is good for brand awareness (someone has to drive up the value of these things up now that I have a full barn).

On the other hand a bunch of people don’t have classic boats and are making serious vacation and monetary investments to come to the river that weekend, indeed for some SJRR 2014 is probably their only shot at a SJRR for a while. The idea is for everyone to get to spend some time together and enjoy themselves as they see fit. It’s probably not realistic to think that people who are paying for slips and waterfront cabins/houses (some with rvs making pulling in and out less than trivial) on the river are going to pull over their late model boats to taveres each day. Additionally we would need to figure out just how interested the sunnyland chapter is in us non show boaters crashing their events/meals etc that are generally intended for those who are paying the money to show their boat. I like to crash a party as much as the next guy but crashing a whole weekend starts to push it.

As Mr Smith suggests a good compromise (and in my opinion it would also be a good time) would be to descend on the show en mass/caravan on Friday morning (those showing their boats have to bring them over friday anyway). We can all help set em up, wipe em down, quietly mock the lessor vessels, Hollywood can barefoot by bare-assed behind the hurricane, etc, etc.   Show them we are a lot more fun than those Lyman guys from last year… Then there is a good lake over there to explore, we can find the calm end do a little recreating, and if welcome after we pull the non-show boats we can attend the opening dinner/ cc presentation as a group with our more show worthy brethren. Before heading back to the steeler den/parramores. Not a whole lot different from when we loaded up a caravan to go check out the monkeys, except in Tavares you check out boats, and you can get out of the boat without being eaten. There are stores, restaurants, a channel to boat through, it’s basically a good time…

Saturday after breakfast/morning watersports on the river… those who want to attend the show can attend the show, but certainly river activities will occur as well.   I know I would be happy to take shifts watching boats and answering questions at the show so that those with beautiful classics like Jackie, Gary, Reid, Alan, Billy, etc… get to spend some time in and around the water, back at the river, etc. I am sure some of you guys with late model boats, adam, jerry, bret, tim, etc would help the cause by providing rides/pulls to those who volunteer to show and won't have access to thier vessels? Hanging around a boat show all weekend is paradise to some, and torture to others, we don’t need to deny paradise to any, or inflict torture either, this is a vacation. Personally if it’s raining or coldish I will be looking to boat show like a mo-fo, if it’s hot and calm then 2.5 days of boat show would only interest me if I was showing a boat and didn’t have any friends nearby that could get me on the water.

Being that our boat is too new for the show, we will be more than happy to offer up our boat for some ski runs or anything else on the water. So far it's just the two of us, so that leaves room for 4 more if anyone needs a spot on a boat. We still plan on meeting up at Parramores on Saturday, unless it's bad weather, then we will be winging it.

JoeinNY wrote: I am sure some of you guys with late model boats, adam, jerry, bret, tim, etc would help the cause by providing rides/pulls to those who volunteer to show and won't have access to thier vessels?

Now that my boat's running again it will be available all weekend to pull anything anyone wants to ride...and I'm coming down alone so there will be lots of room for non boat-showers.

backfoot100 wrote: Damn Alan, how many chins do you think we'd be picking off the ground if we ran double back barefoot behind that bad boy?

Alan would be our first back to back calendar cover boy.

81nautique wrote: Well I haven't touched the boat since it went away for the winter but I plan to get at it this weekend and start dealing all the issues it had last fall. In the state it's in now it won't do it so I better get to work on that transmission.   Remember this boat hasn't seen 30 mph yet so we have a little work to do first. So my pledge to you is if I can get it to hook up and run fast enough I would love to tie some ropes to it and drop some jaws. My only concern is stressing the tow point and doing damage to the wood deck back there. Breaking it mechanically doesn't bother me at all, in fact if we pulled a footer in front of a crowd, got a couple photos in and it broke I would put the boat away for the summer and call it a success!

Damn, I don't want to be breaking nothing. I wouldn't want to do anything that would damage that gorgeous boat.
I do know that HW and I have done double back deeps and we only need 35 or 36 so it doesn't have to be a speed burner.
He'll be down here with me in a couple weeks so we can work on double back deeps from an old school low tow point just in case all the planets align.

By the way, I can't wait to meet you. Been looking forward to that for a long, long time. First time meets with you, Quinner and Seb....This is gonna be HUGE fun this year

bhectus wrote: CQ if you are really coming then my plan is to put you on babysitting duty.

Brett,

You better rethink this plan. CQ did a great job raising his daughter, but he did not do such a great job raising Hollywood. He could possibly teach the young lad some bad habits.

Donald

bigwavedave wrote: there also is another gentleman who comes every year who is in his 90s and has his original boatfrom 1929. Big wave Dave

Is this the one you mean? JoeinNY was telling me about him as we were driving by, and the dude was still driving it...granted, it was a labor for him to get in and out at the dock, but very cool that he's still rocking his original ride.

Boat Dr:

I am "in"... Since I will be Morfoot's wingman (scary proposition), I'll help in whatever is needed - Tim will let me know what to do and where to be.

I got no boat to show but I do know how to trailer, drive and shine 'em.   

Steve