Hatt Party in Miami

[MASTERPLAN MIAMI]

Would anyone be interested in a HATT Party in Miami? Idea is to meet up at Marine Stadium or Haulover for the weekend, show off our HATTs, drink some Rum, meet some new people and listen to each others war stories.

No date set. Just throwing it on the cutting table to see what sticks. Let me know.

Hats required. Baseball hats, Cowboy hats, Military hats, Pimp hats or just bring your boat.

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[Pascal]

The last one we had was back in feb 08 if I m not mistaken. We had 4 boats rafted up incl mine, a 58MY, 58YF and 36C. It was during the boat show... there may be pictures here in the albums. We had all three sets of PH doors lined up and were also able to go from boat to boat thru the FBs

I don’t know who would come this days... I know our schedule is always up in the air due to our work on the Lazzara 84 and it s difficult to make plans.

[MASTERPLAN MIAMI]

Now I'm thinking some time in July Water should be nice and seas should be pretty calm.

[tomrealest]

I would be interested but July might be tough because we go to the Bahamas. The Hatteras Classic Club National Rendevzous is the first weekend in September. How about Columbus Day Regatta at Elliott Key down Biscayne Bay? Last time I was 10 years ago and it was crazy wild.

[MASTERPLAN MIAMI]

10 years ago the regatta was a LOT different because the law has made it nearly impossible to have any fun. You also can't tie up more than 3 or 4 boats. No music, No rafting, no having fun or you go to jail.

On that note. We are also going to Bahamas toward the weekend of the 20th in July. I'm open for the HATT PARTY dates.

Makes little different to me because I'm out every weekend anyway.

On that note. If anyone is stopping in Miami for a day or whatever, let me know.

[Walter P]

I remember the 08 raft up that Pascal mentioned. It was a very good time by all. We even had some of
the Hatteras folks come over in a small boat to join us, including Steve McPhearson and his staff. Randy
spent the night crapped out on the bow seat on Angie's 58. Also there was Mario with his 58 YF and the
36 C (mint condition by the way) of another HOFer. Great memories with great folks. Thanks for jogging
my memory Pascal.

Walt

[tomrealest]

Actually I was there also with my 58 Yatchfish. I remember Mario's (???) Yatchfish. He bought it from an Executive of one of the cruise lines. He had the cruise line Shipwrights work on the Yatchfish when they were not working on the cruise ships.

Fabulous weekend.

[Pascal]

That’s right, you were there Tom. Walter too, you were staying in Sanctuary when Angela was doing BnB

We ve been to the regatta a few times over the years and while yes they have cracked down on the worst behavior it s still fun. You can raft up a few boats, what they don’t want are group of 20 or 30 boats making it impossible to get to fights or injuries. Music is fine...

Back in 2013 we went to the regatta with the 70 footer we were running back then to shoot this music video... it was pretty crazy

https://youtu.be/i0vFid2tKbI

[johnjen50]

So were those video shots on the Johnson Pascal? Makes me think of chartering in a different light!

[Boatsb]

A real class act. Just very low class.

And we wonder why our younger generation is so screwed up.