We are excited to be heading to the newly renovated Hawks Cay Resort & Marina for the FPC Winter Poker Run, our first event of the 2019 season. Our roster features 19 registered boats from 30—48 feet, and we still have room for about 10 more boats to fill the docks and luxury villas that…
Stu Jones introduces our Project 1080HP viewers to another new partner, as the Tecnografic team in Fort Lauderdale designed and built all-new instrument and control panels for the Cigarette TopGun Resto-mod project. See how the new panels are created using the old-school templates, then re-designed for new Livorsi gauges, Garmin Chart plotters, and Mercury Racing…
From our 3rd annual Europe Poker Run to the French Riviera, to island hopping in the Bahamas, and carrying out a new format for FPC after twenty years on Florida’s Emerald Coast, the summer events were simply superb in every way. As always, the FPC Miss Powerboat Week Bikini Contest was one of the main…
We hope you have had a great experience with Florida Powerboat Club, and we want to exceed your expectations in every way, as we move forward into an exciting 2019! With record turnout on our recent Key West 2018 event, we are finishing off a banner year of attendance with FPC. More importantly, it was…
When you live in Florida, you expect to see boats and bikinis… But this past Thursday, the bikinis took center stage and all eyes were on the beautiful girls of FPC as they competed in the Miss Powerboat Week Bikini Contest. Check out the photo gallery below to see the participants from the crowd pleasing…
Stu Jones walks us through the process of his 38′ Cigarette repower and complete modification with new twin Mercury Racing 540 hp engines. Now it’s time to see Project 1080 head to paint and continue with the restoration…. Check out the video below for an inside look and stay tuned for future updates of the…
Harborwalk Village played host to our annual “Trucks N’ Boats” Powerboat Parade as FPC participants took over the streets of Destin, FL. Surrounded by restaurants, shopping and more, locals and visitors came out to see the powerboats as the main attraction of the evening.
While many are planning holiday parties and festive events, the FPC team is focused on our next trip to paradise as we close in on the details for the Winter Poker Run, just over a month away! Rooms will be booking fast and we need to confirm our room blocks for the hotel reservations so…
Powerboating in Paradise Volume 18 #2 — Featuring early 2018 events including the Winter Poker Run, Tampa Bay Poker Run and Miami Boat Show Poker Run. Also showcasing our return to Fort Myers and a 20 year flash back to the Emerald Coast. On the Cover: Miami’s Brickell Key provides a stunning backdrop for the Miami…
FPC’s Powerboat Magazine, Powerboating In Paradise showcases all of the excitement of Florida Powerboat Club’s poker run series and special events, in a colorful high-quality magazine that is published quarterly. Featured highlights from every event showcase the best of FPC’s poker run parties, member spotlights, FPC girls and more! Over 10,000 copies of this eye catching…
Florida Powerboat Club owner, Stu Jones and the members of FPC here in (Part 6), make their way to Key West for the 25th Annual Key West Poker Run. See all the great sponsors, new High Performance Boats and the beautiful girls in bikini swim wear. Don’t miss any of the great events. Remember to…
Stu Jones and the Florida Powerboat Club hit Key West with over 200 High Performance Powerboats, FPC Girls and the best marine sponsors. All eyes were on these impressive boats and our beautiful FPC Bikini Models at their best. Check out some of the action in the video below in case you missed it.
Florida Powerboat Club is extremely thankful for the support from the local community as our combined efforts have made the 2018 Emerald Coast Poker Run possible. Please join us in welcoming our sponsors who have had a huge impact on this event!
Powerboating in Paradise Volume 18 #3 — Featuring the European Poker Run, Bahamas Poker Run and the incredible Emerald Coast Powerboat Poker Run. Get an inside look at these famous FPC events and also catch some of the action from our Summer Poker Run Tour! On the Cover: Flashback to Tampa 2018, as FPC members throttle up…
Members, powerboaters, visitors and locals are excited as we kick off the highly anticipated FPC Emerald Coast Powerboat Week today, with a powerboat parade in Harborwalk Village! Be sure to join the party and follow us on Facebook for more pictures and Emerald Coast updates! FPC Emerald Coast Powerboat Week 2018 Agenda Featuring FIVE days…
One of the biggest events on the 26th Annual Key West Poker Run agenda was the Saturday Night Dinner and Awards Party at Conch Republic Seafood Company. A vibrant Key West poker run village was filled with Key West sponsors and vendors, while inside the Conch Republic’s restaurant almost 900 guests dined on a continuing…
It is with great pride that together we may venture into an exciting new future with the FPC Emerald Coast Powerboat Poker Run event, starting with this August 2018 Powerboat Week format, headquartered at the Emerald Grande. One of the biggest challenges I faced as FPC re-booted this struggling charity event, was push-back from the…
With the sun shining, blue skies and light winds, our FPC members arose to a great day of boating on Saturday. The raftup party is always a top priority for so many of our poker run teams, and Woman Key was the perfect destination, located about eight short miles to the west. By 11:30 am…
We are excited to share with our fans the new amazing art that will be our official poster, embroidery logo & tee-shirt design for the highly anticipated 2018 Emerald Coast Poker Run!
Stu Jones and members of the Florida Powerboat Club gathered Friday evening for a spectacular Sponsor awards ceremony at the Conch Republic Seafood Company Poker Run Village. Special honors were given to Presenting Sponsor, Mercury Racing which had recently partnered in FPC’s new Cigarette Top Gun paceboat, so it was appropriate that the sponsor presentations…
Watch part 2 of the rebuild of the 38′ Cigarette Top Gun, partnering with Mercury Racing to Retrofit the very popular model. All new interior, dash and power… you won’t want to miss this! Be sure to subscribe to FPC’s YouTube channel for more amazing videos & updates!
The Thursday run featured a stellar fleet of over 150 boats, starting out from Haulover Inlet in North Miami, then passing through Grove Harbour Marina for poker card before and make the traditional stopover at Gilberts in Key Largo. Everyone always enjoys the cruise through the mangrove waterways when first arriving at Jewfish Creek in…
Watch Stu Jones talk about the rebuild of the 38′ Cigarette Top Gun, partnering with Mercury Racing to Retrofit the very popular model. All new interior, dash and power… you won’t want to miss this! Be sure to subscribe to FPC’s YouTube channel for more amazing videos & updates!
This gallery focuses on our Thursday FPC poker run teams as they make their way through Miami’s Government cut, and though the Rickenbacker Causeway into Biscayne Bay. With the scenic Miami Skyline and the opulent Fisher Island as a backdrop, every frame in our photographer’s lens was a souvenir “Miami Vice” postcard! But unlike those days…
Watch Stu Jones and the Florida Powerboat Club hit Tampa Bay for Part 2 of the Tampa Bay Poker Run & run under the Sunshine Skyway! Check out all the high performance boats and the poker run Money Shot! Don’t forget to subscribe to the FPC YouTube page for more exciting videos!
