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…
It’s not often that a powerboat will take center stage at a world-class collector car event that features thousands of pristine condition classics, exotics and rare muscle cars, but this boat was very different. The one-of-a-kind Corvette Z044 MTI, themed and named after a Corvette Z06, features genuine Corvette parts and styling from bow to stern, including seating, full…
ORDER NOW: Digital image folders have been created for all participants, with some teams accumulating more than 100 photos in their personal folders. To manage the cost of printing, the FPC Photo desk has gone through the assortment of photos for every member, and selected the best six to eight images, then printed a proof…
While no names are currently available, the vessels have been confirmed through news photos to be an MTI catamaran and a 46 Skater, named Mixed Emotions. Neither of these boats are registered to FPC members, therefore we are unable to confirm any reports as to who the occupants and victims are. Details of the incident…
The Fall weather was superb, with clear, sunny skies, daily temperatures in the low 80’s and light winds, making for calm seas and fair-weather boating. Kicking off on Tuesday Nov 9th at SeaIsle Marina, the weeklong poker run format featured four continuous days of departures, giving over seven hundred participants from around the globe the…
The Annual Columbus Day Regatta returned to the protected bay waters of Biscayne Bay near Elliott Key as it has for decades. Despite rumors that the Biscayne National Park service was attempting to “shut down” the pilgimage to sun and fun, the park service backed off just two months earlier after public outcry urged the…
Join members of the Florida Powerboat Club and the performance marine industry for a big celebration and a festive evening! What are we celebrating? Where do we begin? Here’s our five biggest reasons!! 5. The recent news from Washington economists that the recession is Officially Over.. 5. The south Florida summer temps and humidity…
With just a few weeks before the first wave of powerboats fire up in Miami and head out on a scenic adventure through the Florida Keys, FPC is proud to announce that more than one hundred and twenty five teams have registered for the event, with many boaters traveling halfway across the globe to participate.…
The 18th Annual Emerald Coast Poker Run fought the challenges of the BP gulf coast oil crisis and the lingering economic resession, pulling together a modest poker roster of 130 registered teams. Powerboaters from Texas to New York, and as far away as Norway invaded the playful resort towns of Fort Walton Beach and Destin, which…
The first Boat Week activities kicked off Wed Aug 11th with hundreds of guests in attendance at Helen Back Cafe in Fort Walton Beach, which featured aCasino night theme. The Helen Back girls wore sexy outfits and served cold beer and hot pizza all night long, while the Emerald Coast Foundation staffoffered the full line…
Since February 2010 South Florida-based OffleaseOnly.com has continued its FPC sponsorship support by providing the ideal poker run support vehicle. The silver 2008 Ford E-350 15-passenger van which appears at most FPC poker run events, replaced the 2005 model that the club purchased from Offleaseonly.com four years earlier. The new support van has been instrumental…
