This Saturday the Sarasota Sailing Squadron hosted the Sailmonster 2008 Poker Run - A Wind Only Deal. Eight sailboats sailed (no motors) a course of five stations to pick up one card at each station. Some boats had more than one “player” aboard, so they picked up more than one card. The event had perfect weather with a lot of wind – a great day for sailing. Weather Girl took top prizes with the winning hand, and everyone had a fantastic time. I worked one of the stations, handing out cards and had a blast just watching the sailors enjoying the competition.
My Three Sons
Most importantly all proceeds went to Toys For Tots. Along with the Poker Run there was a silent auction, pirate show with a real blackpowder cannon, rum bar and a really good band. Timing prevented me from sailing down Mariola, so I drove to the squadron to help out however I could (have fun too) and brought some rum for the bar. When I arrived, I was impressed at how much effort had been put into this event. Sailmonster and crew really knocked this one out of the park. They all deserve many cudos and hopefully had a restful Sunday.
Unfortunately, my new video/cam crapped out and I have hardly any pictures or video of the event worth posting. Early on in the day, I left the camera on record mode and even with the LCD screen in the closed position it kept recording. I have over an hour of audio from dropping off the card station boats. Bummer. As soon as Sailmonster gets their pics and vid up I’ll post a link.
This was a first class event and I looking forward to the next one. Again, many, many thanks to Sailmonster and everyone that helped for giving us all such a great day of fun on and off the water.
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Sailmonster’s Gallery where some of the pics are: http://www.sailmonster.com/user/SAILMONSTER/gallery