Lake Cumberland PR 2004

[Dock Holiday]

Well we pulled back into the driveway about 6PM today. Three days at Cumberland and you are beat!

A very wise man (Sonny Spectre 30) once said...

Doc, I know you have been on a lot of poker runs, but this will be the MOST ROUGH run you have every been on!

If if is not tight, secure, and strapped down, you will have problems

WOW, to those words ever ring true!


Many of you know how the start at Jacksonville is, well it is a little worse at Cumberland and it last for over 60 miles. Then the last 45 miles are a little easier!

There are five classes;

Aqua 50 to 60 MPH
Red 61 to 70 MPH
Green 71 to 80 MPH
White 91 to 100 MPH
Orange 100+

They have five starts by color with the slowest starting first. There is five minutes between each color and the first card stop was 28 miles!

There were 137 boats entered according Roger who buts on the run. He is a very nice guy that went out of his way to help us with some last minute details.

The neat thing about this run is the spectators. I would estimate that around THREE THOUSAND people came out to watch from our boats and from the shore line.

My trailer and truck brakes got a workout this weekend also. I just came in from washing the boat and the brakes still smell from Cumberland area and the Smokie Mountains!

There were several boats from this area that we knew and we made new friends like Doug and Betty with the 38 Top Gun.

I have 355 pictures to share and a lot of details to post if anyone is interested. Will try to get back online tomorrow.

For now just a few pictures to get everyone started.

We will begin with my favorite boat of the run.

[Dock Holiday]

Doug, it was a real pleasure running and hanging out with you and Betty.

I love the boat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your boat is my favorite of the run!

Thanks again for letting us raft off you at 76 Falls.

Doc

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A Real Classic!

That runs and sounds GREAT!

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Life Style of the Rich on "Lake Cumberland"

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The above shots all were taken at "State Dock" which hosted the Poker Run this year.

We stayed at Jamestown just accross the cove and had a slip there for Dock. Jamestown is very nice. They have over 800 boats in the marina and have a water taxi moving you around it is so big!

Not sure who the house boat belonged to with two helicopters, but it was not the only one we saw with choppers on top!

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Baja had a BIG presence at this run. There had to be around 40. Fountain and Outerlimits were both stong in numbers. There were about 6 to 8 Cigs including "StripPoker" that runs like a bat out of hell!

Spiderman was there as were a LOT of cats!

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The Baja house boat.

JR with Baja gave us a big surprise. This issue coming out of the Baja magazine has the Jacksonville Poker Run article in it and "Dock Holiday" is in the magazine!

Thanks JR, great seeing you again and thanks for the hospitality.

The house boat they had was built at the same time and exactly like one that was built for Garth Brooks that he has on his private lake for his childrens play house!

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Spiderman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way too cool.

100 MPH with 525's!

Baja made the mold for Skater and JR told me they have it back up at Baja now.

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Spiderman

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BIG CATS!

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One Bad A$$ "Outerlimits"

Can You Feel The Heat

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This picture was taken at the lunch stop.

They are changing out the blower pulley's.

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Ugh, we puttin them there big pulleys or the little pulleys on Bubba?

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Well, the end of the day, a great poker run, and good times at 76 Falls.

Coming back into Jamestown with a nice Baja 442 with triple 525's over my shoulder.

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My lovely wife has been very sick for almost a week now.

She was feeling much better Wednesday and looking forward to the run. Then she got worse Thursday and we almost canceled going all together.

But being the boating freak she is and knowing how I love Poker Runs at 10PM Thursday night she had me a new crew and we pulled out at 5AM Friday morning.

Thank you VERY MUCH "Boat Princess". It was not the same with you not being there. And a special thanks to my Son Anthony and his girl friend Tasha for helping out.

I am VERY glad my son can handle both the truck and trailer and the boat. The ramps up there are a real bitch and your have to have a full crew!

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Nice

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This was my son's favorite boat!

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Triple 5.2.5's

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It's so fast it needs two speedo's!

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This is what Lake Cumberland looks like.

The whole entire lake is carved out of sand stone!

This one picture is exactly like what 98% of the shore line looks like.

It is a corp lake and there are no homes. Only five or six marina's.

It is a VERY deep lake. The State Dock where most of these pictures were taken is floating on 12o feet of water.

You have to really use caution on this lake. There is a noticable change in water color around some of the points. When you see the water change color you are going from 180 feet of water down to 75 foot of water!!!!!!!

When we dropped the boat in I backed out past the dock at the ramp and it was 90 feet!!!

The only area I saw down around 30 feet was at 76 Falls.

You can be 20 feet from shore at this lake and be in 140 foot of water!

This is a shot from 76 Falls. You can just make out the falls in the center where the tree lines merge.

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Our good friends Ron and Michelle "Wild Thing Taz".

Great to see you guys there!

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Ron. the new truck is killer!!!!!!!!!

It was fun running with you guys!


P.S. " I know, I OWE you big time. Thanks again for saving me $15K"

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The Wild Thing

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A really NICE pair of "CUSTOM" engines in a Baja 33 Outlaw. These guy are running close to 90 MPH with fuel and four people!

He built them himself and they have "Electric Water Circulating Pumps" along with other interesting things!

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503 Cubic Inch

Yes, "503", turning 6400 RPM.

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The Damn

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Damn

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Pretty

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36 BAJA Outlaw

92 MPH on GPS

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What's Up Doc?

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I think "Bat Man" could use one of these for a quick get away in the Bat Boat.

That is Sonny's cat to the right!

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Sonny, Did you Party hard Friday Night?????????!!!!!!!!!!!

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This is the last one tonight.

Let me know if you want to see more!

[32fever]

Keep going. I wanted to ask Doug how it went. We skipped this year since we did last year, but we're planning on next. It's a great one, well organized and last year I was told 178 boats were in the run. To get all those people in somewhat organized fashion is amazing.

Did they have a helicopter this year? Last year was the first year without due to a crash the previous year. Just wondered if they brought that back in.

[AMBUSHER]

Very cool pictures Doc, Please post away. Looks like you had a great time out at Cumberland, and you are right about the ramps out there they are a pain and you better have some good brakes.

I hope Tommie is feeling better.
Thanks Again
TJ

[Skill Saw 30]

Originally posted by Dock Holiday
503 Cubic Inch

Yes, "503", turning 6400 RPM.

man after my own heart:D i think he may be able to go a little higher.;)
great pics,what was the name of the ol your son liked?

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by 32fever
Keep going. I wanted to ask Doug how it went. We skipped this year since we did last year, but we're planning on next. It's a great one, well organized and last year I was told 178 boats were in the run. To get all those people in somewhat organized fashion is amazing.

Did they have a helicopter this year? Last year was the first year without due to a crash the previous year. Just wondered if they brought that back in.

The Corp will "NOT" give them a permit for a helicopter from what I'm told?

There were several private owned choppers in the air.

Does not look like we will have any coverage from the air.

That's too bad.

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by AMBUSHER
Very cool pictures Doc, Please post away. Looks like you had a great time out at Cumberland, and you are right about the ramps out there they are a pain and you better have some good brakes.

I hope Tommie is feeling better.
Thanks Again
TJ

Tommie is much better, thanks. She is back to work today.

I will post some more today as I have time.

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by sutphen30
man after my own heart:D i think he may be able to go a little higher.;)
great pics,what was the name of the ol your son liked?

Sorry, did not see a name on it.

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46 Sonic

"Sonic Boom"

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Sonic Boom

This was one of only two Sonic's I saw up there.

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Originally posted by Dock Holiday
Sorry, did not see a name on it.

ahh,rhode island tags,i'm pretty sure its the other partener in ol,brian mac glaughlin,of pier 37 in falmouth,ma.you caught a friend of mine jay(black shirt) changing pulleys.and they say he just parties on these runs. :D

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Sonny

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Speaking of Party, this is one "BIG PARTY"

I'm not sure it ever stopped Friday night and the band was AWESOME Saturday night.

You have about thirty house boats on the main dock and these guys had brought sound systems, lazer lights, you name it. It was rocking!

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Sonic Boom

[Mr. Nauti]

Nice pics, Dock!!!!!!!!



Looks like you guys had a good run!!!!!



Sorry to hear about Tommie being sick.

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Roger does a very good job.

They feed you Friday, then they provide Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Saturday.

The State Dock ran a water taxi back and forth to Jamestown both days until 1AM in the morning.

Having all the boats on the one dock was very nice.

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by 00 outlaw
Nice pics, Dock!!!!!!!!



Looks like you guys had a good run!!!!!



Sorry to hear about Tommie being sick.

John,

You would have loved to be around so many Baja's. They out numbered everything there!

Baja did a nice job with the houseboat also.

This is JR coming down to give us an advance copy of the Baja magazine.

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Advantage w/ V-10's

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More

[Skill Saw 30]

Originally posted by Dock Holiday
Sorry, did not see a name on it.

yup,here it is from falmouth poker run,god catch doc

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Okay, "BAJA" Time

36 Outlaw

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272

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Baja

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Another Baja

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33 Outlaw w/ the bad A$$ motors

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VERY NICE 1999 Baja 36 Outlaw, completely stock with HP 500's Carbed.

He rebuilt the heads at 350 hours and has over 400 hours on the boat.

The boat was special ordered "Completely White" with NO decals!

His name is Mark, "Gettin Bye" and they keep the boat at Cumberland.

It looks sharp.

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272 & 272

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33 Outlaw behind the Fountain

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Nice 270

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25 Outlaw

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Big Old Baja 420!

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Baja 342

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25 Outlaw
29 Outlaw
38 Special
Helicopter

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25 & 29 Outlaw

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29 Outlaw

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38 Special

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Baja House Boat

30 Outlaw in front and 33 Outlaw on the left side.

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40 Outlaw, twin 525's

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40 Outlaw

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Dock Holiday with "Taz"

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Solida White 36 Outlaw

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Baja 320 on the other side of the 36.

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36 Outlaw

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Several Baja's hanging out by the House boat.

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Nice 36 Outlaw from "Lake Tahoe"

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Baja 30 Outlaw at 76 Falls.

Being operated by JR with Baja.

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Nice red Baja on the end with a few others in the raft up at 76 Falls.

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Hey, Did "Jet Boat Brian" make the run?

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Baja 442 w/ triple 525's.

This is a Lake Cumberland boat. It was on a lift right behind our slip!

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I think Tasha had a good time.

On the ride home yesterday she said her arms, hands and legs hurt from hanging on!

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The "MAN", Doug himself!

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Okay, back to the boring stuff! LOL

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32 Skater

Sweet Engines

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Jamestown Marina

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Doug coming back into State Dock after a long Poker Run day Saturday.

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I remember when my Dad bought a new 1989 Stardust Cruiser house boat 14 foot wide by 70 foot long. I thought it was AWESOME, my how they have grown!

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20 Foot wide x 100+ Long

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I cannot find my picture of the "Mid Night Express" boat.

It was pretty cool. Looks like they copied Cigarette, Apache and Sonic.

Did not see one single Velocity at the poker run.

Boat brands there;

MTI, Skater, Eliminator, Spectre, Motion, Nortech, Fountain, Nordic, PowerQuest, Sonic, Cigarette, Hustler, Formula, Baja, Black Thunder, OuterLimits, Mid Night Express.

I'm sure I forgot someone?

Here is the only Black Thunder there.

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Black Thunder

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Fountain

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PowerQuest

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Top Gun

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Looking down the docks!

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36 Spectre

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36 Spectre twin 575's

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Skater

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Egg Beaters

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If anyone is getting bored, let me know and I'll stop posting.

Some advise if you plan to attend this poker run.

1) Book your room EARLY!
2) What ever speed your boat runs, enter a slower class.
(IE, your boat tops out at 81MPH, don't enter the 81 to 90
MPH class, instead go to the 71 to 80 class).

[Dock Holiday]

Screw Lake X, We have "River X"

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Hustler

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Awesome Cat

"Evil Twin"

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Formula

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SKATER

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POWERQUEST

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MTI

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SKATER

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fOUNTAIN

[CBlakeNS]

very nice shots!!!

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Originally posted by CBlakeNS
very nice shots!!!

Thanks, I enjoy doing it. We have done six poker runs this year so far and I've taken over 2000 pictures!

I have never met a boat I did not like!

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Bat Slide

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Outer Limits

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Fountain

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Spiderman

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Really clean rigging

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Nice

[Mr. Nauti]

Hey Dock,

Are you sure that you actually did the run?!?!?! With all of these pictures when did have time to boat?!?!?!?!:D :D :D

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by 00 outlaw
Hey Dock,

Are you sure that you actually did the run?!?!?! With all of these pictures when did have time to boat?!?!?!?!:D :D :D


lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are all from the docks.

It was IMPOSSIBLE to get any shots during the run.

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Cockpit of Spiderman

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Front View

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Nice Paint

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Cockpit

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Another of Cockpit

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How's it looking Bubba?

Can we beat Fountain yet?

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Skater

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Looking down house boat lane!

Man this was standing room only Friday night and you could hear the music for miles!

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47 Fountain

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Back view of the 47

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The "RED" group going by us to start.

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Let's hurry up and wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Red group getting together.

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76 Falls

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Nice Fountain

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Yes, I'm having a good time!

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The weather could not have been better!

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I think that pretty well sums it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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46

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Cig

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Sonny, your boat matches the house boat you rented!

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You've got to protect yourself from the Moon's "UV" rays in Kentucky.

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Friday Night

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Eliminator

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Well, here's one brand name I forgot.

HTM

This one is so fast it needs a spoiler!

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Advantage with V-10's

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WOW, all I can say about this Powerquest is it is almost unbelievable how many lights it hard flashing and all the electronics.

I think it was linked up with the space shuttle!

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They reserved a slip just for me!!!!!!

Thanks Roger

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Talon

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Formula

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Oops, there's another brand I missed.

Checkmate

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What a beautiful site

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Skater

Standing on State Dock with Jamestown across the cove. You can see the Jamestown Lodge up on the hill.

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Hustler Talon

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From the rear

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Slingshot

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Cig

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Nice Cig

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Cat

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A "BLACK" Fountain has to be a lot of fun!!!!!!!

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A Couple of nice Cats

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All American

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Six man stand up bolsters!

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I think that pretty much does it for the boat pictures.

Those of you partying pretty hard need to have your checks to me by Friday or I start posting the other pictures!

Dock Holiday signing off.

[boatfreak28]

Great pics Dock
It was nice meeting you a Grider Fri. evening. I hope had a great time and will come back again. I have been going down there for ten years and I look forward to it every year.

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by boatfreak28
Great pics Dock
It was nice meeting you a Grider Fri. evening. I hope had a great time and will come back again. I have been going down there for ten years and I look forward to it every year.

Great to meet you also!

It's not everyday someone walks up and says "You Must Be The Famous Dock Holiday"!!!!!!!!! I appreciate that!

Love the Active Thunder, very nice boat. You know, I think I forgot to mention that brand also. Oops, please forgive me.

We had a very nice time. I paid for the slip at Grider, but did not use it. We ended up with a room at Jamestown and they helped me out with a slip there.

The lake is awesome, the run was very nice, but ROUGH.

Will I be back? HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take care!

[Boat Princess]

The Cumberland Run sounded great. I was so disappointed that I didn't make it. Thanks for all the well wishes guys I am doing better. Doc did a great job with pictures. Thanks Anthony and Tosha for being a great crew you did an awesome job keeping Doc in line. Sorry, I didn't get to meet all our new friends, Doug, Betty and see some old friends, Ron, Michelle, Keith and Lisa, Sonny. Doug and Betty I am looking forward to meeting you guys and see that awesome cig for myself. We will certainly be there next year and hope for good weather. Dock Holiday's Misses.

[Strip Poker 388]

thanks for sharing the pick:D

[Swede]

Doc, Your killing me!!! Why in the hell did I not go??? I think I'm ready to book for next year. I new it was a big Poker Run but that's a lot of hardware!

[birdog]

Sorry I missed you Dock !......To many people to meet !!!!
I think all of my pics are Dougs T/G.....Bar none..My favorite boat at the run !!! Very nice guy to !

BTW......The "River X" Skater is the reason the OL turned up his engines at lunch ! That little 32 had him untill it got tooooo rough !!:D :D

[Doug1]

What an awesome weekend. Great pics Dock and I think I will only add one of my favorites. When we were back at the falls I never did answer the question about what I liked best about the weekend. Roger always puts on a great run and the boats that show up are impressive but the thing I liked best is meeting new friends and putting faces to board names.

Boat Princess looking foreward to meeting you and glad to hear you are feeling better. We may meet before the run next year. Mark was really working hard on us to go to the Jacksonville run and Emerald Coast.

birdog, It's about time we met. Thanks for introducing me to your engine guy. If you get a chance would you email me his phone #. No way was going to interrupt his sunday to look at my carbs. I need to check some things out and then give him a call. Maybe we can meet on the river some night. We are doing another COPS run in a couple weeks out of Chicago if you want to go with us let me know.

[Spectre Sonny]

Doc:

Thanks for sharing all of your pictures. Sorry I did not get to spend more time with ya. I had an incredible time. The houseboat you see me tied next to belongs to my friends Bill & Cindy Costoplos from I.N. they keep it up at Alligator Dock. Nine of us stayed on the boat and it was really neat to stay at State Dock where all the action was. RE: Friday night-it was on Thur., Fri. and Saturday. Long ride home on Sunday. We ran in the 100+ class and did pretty good. Got passed by the big boys but held our own otherwise.

Sonny B.

[Steel Outlawed]

Nice pictures Dock, glad you guys had a good time. I hope Tasha didn't get tossed around too bad. Get everything put back together, because if you thought that poker run was rough. Wait till you are in 160 mph winds in a hurricane this weekend.

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by Steelware
Nice pictures Dock, glad you guys had a good time. I hope Tasha didn't get tossed around too bad. Get everything put back together, because if you thought that poker run was rough. Wait till you are in 160 mph winds in a hurricane this weekend.

I'm ready!

After the 6 footers in Savannah while Isabell was in town it cannot be too bad! And that was in a Fountain!

I think we may have to pull in the rain Saturday going down, but the weather should be real good Sunday, Monday & Tuesday.

If it looks too bad, we will just pull father South. St. Augustine should be nice about that time!

See ya


P.S. John Kerry has his truck for sale.

[birdog]

Sent you a PM Doug.........Get ahold of Merlin540 about those props....I never tracked him sown Sat for you..He was staying on a housebout on the lake somewere.


What are ya tryin to say Dock ???

:D :D

[Doug1]

I talked to his wife at the ramp and then him up top while we wiped are boats off. He got me all set up. Thank You, Doug

[Dock Holiday]

Just had this picture emailed to me. It was taken from someone that was watching the run from the shore.

Glad to get it!

Birddog, I think there is one of you running also. I will try to get it posted.

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by birdog

What are ya tryin to say Dock ???

:D :D

Hey Dog, Steelware was in the market for a new truck. Just trying to help a buddy out!

[Dock Holiday]

I think this is you BirdDog.

Nice ride!

[Luv-N-It]

Originally posted by Dock Holiday
Just had this picture emailed to me. It was taken from someone that was watching the run from the shore.

Glad to get it!

Birddog, I think there is one of you running also. I will try to get it posted.

Well...thanks for turning me on to the site. Doc, in comparison with other runs you have done, how would you rank this on a overall scale to 1-10 with 10 the best.

What did you think of the hardware? Looks like you had a great time. Hope the wife makes next year. Maybe next year I'll be in another boat if all the hard work pays off from missing this years run.

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by Luv-N-It
Well...thanks for turning me on to the site. Doc, in comparison with other runs you have done, how would you rank this on a overall scale to 1-10 with 10 the best.

What did you think of the hardware? Looks like you had a great time. Hope the wife makes next year. Maybe next year I'll be in another boat if all the hard work pays off from missing this years run.

Mike, Welcome to "Boat Freaks"! It is a very good site.

I was very disappointed that you and the wife did not make the run. We looked for you guys!

Lake Cumberland is a VERY nice lake. Growing up in Hot Springs, Arkansas I am use to Corp Lakes. My dad had a couple of house boats up on Lake Quachita (pronouced "Wash A Taw" after the indians). I like the lakes that do not have any houses on them.

We have done six poker runs this year and I rank the Lake Cumberland run a seven.

Jacksonville is my favorite and by far the best poker run on the East coast.

We enjoyed Cumberland, but it is a hard pull, my truck is in the shop for brakes this morning. The ramps are steep and the parking is not that good. The run is VERY ROUGH!

They did a good job with the water taxi to Jamestown and the band Saturday we great. The food was okay. They fed you a lot, but just did not give you much!

As for the hardware, It was the BEST. I give them a TEN "10" for getting the big boys out for the run!

The wife is a very special lady. Most wifes would have made their husband stay home. She made me go. WELL, maybe she just wanted to get rid of me!!!!!!!!

As a famous Governor once said, "We Will Be Back"!

See you soon.
Doc

[Luv-N-It]

I knew it would be tight for ya and a hard pull. I think you would have had "better" parking at the State Dock ramp. All ramps are steep at the lake. Grider Hill has the least space available and I'm surprised you were able to use their ramp with ease other than the incline of the ramp. I would have thought it would have been extremely tight for you there!

I am happy you have a great wife in "Mrs. Holiday". Will you make it back for next year?!

[birdog]

Hey, Thanks Dock ! ....Thats the ole girl alright !!!
Had a ball in that snotty water ! Got to beat a lot of boats i NEVER can beat down there !!:D :D

I think Doc used Jtown to launch ?........It realy is the easiest for bigger boats unless you go to Connley...

[Dock Holiday]

We did use Grider Hill, as did many others including that big Talon cat!

We came up Hwy 127 (Pig Trail) off of I-40 in Crossville, Tennessee.

When you get to Hwy 90 the entrance to Grider Hill and 76 Falls is right there. I had a guy tell me it was a good ramp so we went right over there and did not have any problems at all.

The only bad thing is we had to park about a mile from the ramp. My son drove the truck and trailer up there and they shuttled him back down. But Sunday when we pulled out we had to walk all the way up there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr. Nauti]

That is definately one of the runs that I would like to do!!!!!!!!!



Hopefully next year !!!!!!:D :D :D :D

[birdog]

My bad !........Thought you were at J-Town

[Dock Holiday]

There seem to be pictures floating all over the internet from this run!

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Another

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Nice

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33 oUTLAW

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gOOD oNE

[Luv-N-It]

Charlie is THE MAN WITH AGITATOR!

[boatfreak28]

Dock,
When I brought my Thunder home from the factory I took it straight to Cumberland from Florida. I thought I saw a short cut on my map and if you want a pig trail I can show you one. Has anyone ever heard of Signal Mountain, well I have now. It is nonstop kiss your a$$ corners up and back down the other side. I should have known something was wrong the way people were looking at me when I started up the thing. I was glad I had my f350 and a new trailer with electric brakes.

[KAAMA]

Doc,

AWESOME shot on that Baja in post #188. You pulled the trigger and snapped that shot at best milisecond in time! :)

[birdog]

Anybody have the pic of Parkers 35 Fountain Launching ?
That pic should make the mags !

[TEAMBAJA]

Wow! Thanks for taking the time to post all those Dock! Must have taken forever.

Did you email those pics to JR? I spent this afternoon cruising around Lake Erie in that same 30 Outlaw.

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by boatfreak28
Dock,
When I brought my Thunder home from the factory I took it straight to Cumberland from Florida. I thought I saw a short cut on my map and if you want a pig trail I can show you one. Has anyone ever heard of Signal Mountain, well I have now. It is nonstop kiss your a$$ corners up and back down the other side. I should have known something was wrong the way people were looking at me when I started up the thing. I was glad I had my f350 and a new trailer with electric brakes.

Yeah, you better know where you are going up there!

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by KAAMA
Doc,

AWESOME shot on that Baja in post #188. You pulled the trigger and snapped that shot at best milisecond in time! :)

Kaama,

I wish I could take credit for that shot put it is not mine. These last few I posted were copied from another site.

It is a very good shot however.

I did get an email from the owner of that boat today, it is the one with the custom engines. He says he has a buyer for the boat!

[Dock Holiday]

Originally posted by TEAMBAJA
Wow! Thanks for taking the time to post all those Dock! Must have taken forever.

Did you email those pics to JR? I spent this afternoon cruising around Lake Erie in that same 30 Outlaw.

Jr is a very nice guy. I do not have his email however, so see that he gets these.

He said that the 30 he had was not that fast. If I understood him right it was one of the first they built and was a little heavy?

I think he had a really good time at Cumberland!

[Candyman]

Dock,
Thanks for posting all the great shots! Looks like it was a great weekend. I think I may need to make a road trip next year. Do they have a cut off on how many boats?
Dan

[boatfreak28]

Dan I tried to get you to come down last year. It is well worth your drive. I will say though you may have one problem. The run starts before noon and from what I here you can't get up that early.:D

[Magic Medicine]

Nice pics

[Candyman]

Originally posted by boatfreak28
Dan I tried to get you to come down last year. It is well worth your drive. I will say though you may have one problem. The run starts before noon and from what I here you can't get up that early.:D


:p :D