Here's a note from contributor and Havasu Pocket Cruiser organizer Sean Mulligan—his event is shaping up to be something like trailersailor nirvana.—Eds

Field of Dreams???

Well it may not be exactly a “field” but the 2010 Havasu Pocket Cruisers Get-Together and Poker Run has taken off beyond all expectations! Yes, we are building it, and yes, they are coming. How many you ask? Well as of right now we are at the 60 boat mark from across 7 Western States! WOW!

Not only are the Boats and Crews coming, but so are the Sponsors! The list of folks jumping on board to make this project a go is incredible! In fact it started going SO good that we decided to go for broke and make it into a full blown Trailer Sailor Convention. So….we rented a Hotel Resort Convention Center that is 200 ft up a walkway from the docks! Then we said “Hey!” we need a couple of seminars for the evening. Low and behold up pops Stan Susssman. YES,  THE STAN SUSSMAN from Interlux. Stan’s the guy that if you decide to paint your Multi-Million dollar yacht in Italy with Interlux product…will travel there and oversee the job to make sure it’s done right. Fortunately for us, Stan’s heart has been with the small sailboat guys his whole life. In fact, he used to sail a Montgomery 23. Stan will be here on Friday night of the event to put on a seminar on Interlux’s products and how we can use them at the owner/user level to make our little yachts shine!

As if that wasn’t enough…I continued to whine a little looking for a seminar for Saturday evening. OH yes…It was worthwhile!  Harry Pattison from Elliot Pattison Sailmakers heard my cry for help and has responded! Yes THE HARRY PATTISON! Harry will be here Saturday afternoon/evening and put on a seminar on Sail Care/Maintenance/Trim tailored to questions from the audience! How cool is that?!

WOW, and then,… the STAR of the entire event….or should I say STARS! YOU GUYS!!!  60 boats strong and counting. Do you guys have folk’s attention? YES YOU DO! Numbers talk!, and when we talk with these kind of numbers people listen and are eager to please. So keep it up.  You are the ones Building IT and You are the ones coming! I am absolutely flabbergasted!!!  What a great time we are going to have. Check out the list of movers and shakers of the trailer sailor world that are attending. There are a lot of names on the roster that you have seen in this magazine over and over.  And hey, can’t drag the boat all the way here? Fly on into Vegas with your Sweetie, spend a day or two, then rent a car and drive on over and meet everyone! Maybe you can even beg a ride! It’s only about a 2.5 hour drive from Vegas to here. So…Shake off that snow….and come on over!!

The field’s almost done, the grass is cut, we are striping it up and  about to turn on the lights!

Batter up!! 

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