Stu Jones and the Florida Powerboat Club, founded in 1993 start the annual trip to Key West. The first 50 teams get ready and converge on Haulover Marine to start their epic journey. The Wednesday departure is set and teams are ready to go. Everyone heads out of Haulover Inlet and heads to Miami. From…
Florida Powerboat Club celebrated its 20th year in the Emerald Coast during the 2018 Emerald Coast Powerboat Week, which featured five days of daytime boating events and evening parties at its Emerald Grande Headquarters in Destin. This episode features the first few events on the agenda, including the Trucks N Boats Parade, a Thursday Fun…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
Powerboating in Paradise Volume 18 #2 — 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
FPC members experienced great weather as they made their way on the 170-mile trek from North Miami through Biscayne Bay to the Florida Keys. With just two poker cards to gather up…one at Grove Harbour Marina and a 2nd card at Gilberts Key Largo…the teams then headed to the lower keys and beyond, enjoying the…
Wednesday was the kick-off day for our 26th Annual Key West Poker Run as Florida Powerboat Club members gear up and head out from Miami for the famed Key West event…..featuring 170 miles though the scenic paradise of the Florida Keys. Check out the photo gallery below, as the first wave of about 50 poker…
It’s safe to say that most agree, the Key West Poker Run is one of our favorite events of the year and the FPC girls make it even more enjoyable. Check out the photo gallery of the FPC girls in Key West who you will likely remember from past events as well.
Just as expected, the Key West Poker Run was our hottest event of the season. With the largest crowd seen in years, over 215 FPC members participated in the 2018 event and flooded the streets and waterways of Key West. Our Saturday night events at the Conch Republic Seafood Company always draw a large crowd…
Car, plane, boat…. No matter how you get here, just GET HERE! Things are heating up in Key West and our members are having a blast already! We will see an increase in boats, girls and fans this weekend and we are excited for what’s in store! Check out the photo gallery below of a…
After many months of planning, the FPC Key West Poker Run is finally here and we are so excited for the week ahead! A recent article written by Jason Johnson, a columnist for speedonthewater.com, showcased the poker run and all of the excitement we bring to Key West. While the Project 1080 boat is a…
Stu Jones talks with everyone from Glasstream Powerboats and gets a full tour of their factory and onboard some of their new models. Glasstream has a full line-up that is priced competitively for high performance boaters with various sizes and endless custom options. Check out the video for an inside look, brought to you by…
Fall Bimini Blast September 28-30, 2018 Join us for the fall fun run to Bimini! We will depart from Ft Lauderdale on Friday, September, 28th and return Sunday, September 30th. Registration Forms — Departure: Trump International Beach Resort and DoubleTree by Hilton Ocean Point Resort Destination: Resorts World Bimini Reservations: Contact FPC Office at 954-545-1414 Contact…
