LONG POINT 4/11-4/12/08 *Camp sites are going fast

[Snookerd]

Capt.Chuck, don't slow'em down, he's on a roll............I was just going in the BS mode myself.........

[Snookerd]

Alright, here's my story........Frank-My dad was good friends with Bill Soverel (sailboat maker) at that marina you managed and he crewed with bill on his 48 center cockpit boat all the way up to the Annapolis Show and back one year around 1983. My dad has been designated a local historian in Jupiter, yada,yada. He water skied in the inlet with a 1950 Alumacraft with some small outboard back in the 50's. He went to highschool with Buddy Tuppens at Lake Worth High and played football against the great [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Burt Reynolds. Oh yea, commodore of the PB Sailing Club, ect., ect.

[eggsuckindog]

I thought we were going to Longpoint, how far is Longpoint from Jupiter Inlet [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Snookerd]

I thought we were going to Longpoint, how far is Longpoint from Jupiter Inlet [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

-sorry ESD, a bit off track. Thanks for keeping us on track....... [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[eggsuckindog]

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[Fr. Frank]

The only fuel you did have was the Parish Vino...running the inlet with a 25' Robalo breaking 20' ....who you bullchiting Father

Nope, no kidding Chuck, it was breaking 20 or more. It seemed like it was even bigger at the time. I was about 15 or 16 years old, and not at the helm, just a passenger, along with a couple of other friends, on one their dad's boat. It seemed like Capt. George rode the back of the same wave from more than 1/4 mile out.

I clearly remember being down in the trough looking up at waves that towered way high over the T-top. That kind of Nor'easter is why Jupiter Inlet is the 9th most dangerous inlet in the USA. Every year they'll get one or two storms where the break on the bar straight out from the inlet is straight out of a nightmare.

Back in the early '84, I remember a seventy-something foot Broward broaching and nearly capsizing in Jupiter Inlet in just such a storm. They hit their running gear on the second bar in the trough between swells and lost steering.

Chuck, you live near there, would you try to shoot Jupiter in a 30 knot N'East squall line? I won't. My friend Kevin's dad George said we didn't have the fuel to go to Lake Worth or St. Lucie. I believed him. We made it in. Exciting memories of a very scary experience.

[Capt Chuck]

Nope, no kidding Chuck, it was breaking 20 or more. It seemed like it was even bigger at the time and not at the helm, just a passenger, along with a couple of other friends,

The following picture was taken from the Jupiter Inlet Cam on that storming Monday....everyone on board were hanging on for dear life

[Fr. Frank]

ROFLMAO!!!

[CaptLloyd]

Looks like my schedule is open for the weekend of the gathering , and the wife and kids want to go , so Team Seadog (Lloyd, Aniela-pronouced ah-nA-la, 6 year old Anna, 5 year old Davis, and Abaco-11 year old yellow lab who is part of the inspiration for the boat's name) will be there!!

However, I just called Long Point, and all of the waterfront sites are booked. So we booked site #115 across the road from the point. Would anyone with a waterfront site be so kind as to let me tie up my 20cc? My buddy Captain Morgan would gladly show his appreciation

We are looking forward to meeting everyone in person, and having a great weekend!

Lloyd

[Snookerd]

CaptLloyd-Your welcome to use ours for the boat and anytime Capt. Morgan wants to show up.....