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.