Congratulations to the Miami Boat Show Poker Run Winners! First Place: Wayne and Julie Casey. Second Place: Brian and Tammy Farley. Third Place: Matt Powers. Enjoy your prizes. And congratulations to all the participants of the Miami Boat Show Poker Run who had a great weekend in the Florida Keys and kept a clean safety…
From Stu Jones- FPC President & Founder As many of you are aware, through the recent outreach efforts I have been making to our FPC members, it is time to tighten up on the way in which we manage our safety programs on poker run events. It’s no secret to any of us, that powerboating…
The Fort Lauderdale Boat Show is here October 25-29 and The Florida Powerboat Club will be hosting it’s 10 annual Fort Lauderdale Boat Show Bash & Bikini Contest on October 26th. This year features an ALL NEW venue on the World Reknowned Cocktail Barge. Get in on the party to see us crown Miss Key West Poker Run 2012 and feast your eyes…
The 1st Annual Bimini Smugglers Run was originally scheduled for late June, as part of the FPC’s annual Bahamas Poker Run. With foul weather coming in from the tropics, the first round was cut short, as about fifteen teams returned to the mainland to avoid the rough seas and rains that followed. Sept 14th was…
When the first few colorful poker run boats started rolling into Destin & Fort Walton beach last week for what has become Florida’s top summer boating blockbuster, the weather forecast was far from poker run-friendly, as the rain soaked Florida panhandle seemed to be under constant assault by the rain gods. But in a strange…
TODAY, July 25th at 6:00 PM EST, Powerboating in Paradise TV returns to SUN SPORTS, with complete coverage of the EMERALD COAST POKER RUN 2011, and plenty of information for viewers who may want to attend the upcoming 20th Annual Emerald Coast Poker Run, Aug 11, 2012. The show highlights all the excitement as over…
BILOXI, Mississippi- April 2012 After visiting the April 2012 Smokin’ the Sound Poker Run in Biloxi, FPC president Stu Jones was reminded how much fun it can be to take off the “organizer hat” and take part in some of the fun. But that doesn’t always mean jumping on a boat and riding around with…
The 11th Annual Jacksonville River Rally Poker Run returned to the St. Johns River, with a wide variety of powerboats that ranged from outboard powered sport boats to turbine-powered catamarans. Over 150 participants enjoyed two days of Rollin’ on the River, with some teams arriving as early as Wednesday for the weekend activities. For two…
With big casino names like Beau Rivage, Hard Rock, IP and the Grand Casino as a back drop, the Smokin the Sound Poker Run got off to a humble start in 2010, as a supporting event to the OSS Powerboat Race which has hosted its season opening offshore races in Biloxi for well over a…
With big casino names like Beau Rivage, Hard Rock, IP and the Grand Casino as a back drop, the Smokin the Sound Poker Run got off to a humble start in 2010, as a supporting event to the OSS Powerboat Race which has hosted its season opening offshore races in Biloxi for well over a…
It is with great pain and sorrow that we report this tragic news to our Florida Powerboat Club membership, and members of the performance boating community. Jackie and I are in disbelief after receiving the news that early Saturday, April 15th, Leon Ortemond and son David were in a terrible boating crash on David’s 36…
From Stu Jones; 4/14/2012 11:00 PM It is with great pain and sorrow that I must report this tragic news to our Florida Powerboat Club membership, and members of the performance boating community. Jackie and I are sitting here at home in disbelief on this Saturday evening, after receiving the recent news that earlier today,…
DAVID FUNERAL HOME in Abbeville, Louisana will be providing the following schedule: Visitation: Thursday April 19th: 10am – 9pm Rosary Service: Thursday 7pm Address: 2600 Charity Street Abbeville, LA 70510 Phone: 337-893-3777 Funeral Service: This information was provided by DAVID FUNERAL HOME. If there are questions, please call the above number, not the church.…
Just one month had passed since Florida Powerboat Club’s 2012 season kickoff in the Florida Keys, and another wave of poker run teams from around the country set their sites on the beautiful St. Petersburg, for the 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Poker Run. With an impressive fleet that included at least three all-new STATEMENT Suv’s…
After commencing Hi Def video production in 2009, the FPC Video production department will now be able to complete the Hi Def media equation, by burning and duplicating BluRay media discs. These BluRay discs will hold up to 25 gigs of media, which is more than FIVE times the amount of media on a standard…
For Immediate Release: ISLAMORADA, FLORIDA After decades of hosting boat racing events, Florida Powerboat Club poker runs, car rallies, fishing tournaments, bartenders bashes and countless other major events, Holiday Isle Resort & Marina was showing signs of wear and tear. And even through a transition of resort ownership in the last decade, plans to develop…
More than five photographers and four videographers spent an entire week gathering content for the 19th Annual Key West Poker Run…FPC staff photographers included Jim Wenger and Stu Jones, while guest photographers jumped in to help out on various assignments and capture the excitement of this week-long powerboating festival. Special thanks to the following shutter-bugs,…
More than 750 participants from United States, Canada, and across the globe, converged on Miami to participate in Florida Powerboat Club’s signature event, voted Best Poker Run in the Nation by Powerboat Magazine readers for the second year in a row. Commencing Tuesday Nov 8th and running a full (no-rain) week through today, over 170…
With the Key West Poker Run just around the corner, Greg Connell, owner and president of the Legend Marine Group based in Dallas Texas, has joined on as a Florida Powerboat Club 2012 Series sponsor. Participation in this program illustrates the performance boat dealer’s continued commitment to promoting the poker run sport and providing more…
More than 130 poker run teams from United States, Canada and Europe are now confirmed for participation on the 19th Annual Key West Poker Run Festival, an event that features a flexible format for participants, ranging from three days to as many as seven continuous days of boating fun in the Florida sun! Four departure…
BILOXI Mississippi has long been home to the big names in the casino business, and three particular resorts shared the spotlight for members of the Florida Powerboat Club and participants of the Smokin’ the Sound Poker Run…Beau Rivage, IP Casino, and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. With activities that commenced on Thursday evening at…
After three years, the Florida Powerboat Club management opted to relocate the annual Sanibel-Fort Myers Poker Run to a new home-port…Naples Bay Resort in the heart of downtown Naples. A small group of powerboats ranging from 29′ to 80′ in length headed out through Gordon’s Pass, and turned southbound, passing Marco Island and the Cape…
Fort Lauderalde photographer Christian Meighan has joined our FPC photo & video team as our staff photographer, so you’ll see him flying high in the FPC chopper, or running around our parties snapping shots of our members as they enjoy their poker run events with FPC. And in addition to taking great shots and posting…
On Feb 17th, the doors opened to the Miami International Boat Show, and it was immediately clear that attendance had taken a measurable increase from the previous year. Perhaps even more impressive, was the remarkable represenation from the performance marine trade, as the aisles of the Miami Convention Center saw most of the leading manafacturers move their displays…
Any day in the Florida Keys is a good day, but three sunny warm days in this tropical island paradise at the height of a cold North American winter, can only be described as priceless. This annual migration of FPC members from as far north as Canada (understandably so), the U.S midwest, and the snow-slammed Northeast, always…
