Class 1,2 and 3 Ferry Support from MisterC and Boy Scout Troop 109

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Class 1,2 and 3 Ferry Support from MisterC and Boy Scout Troop 109

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Started 10 months ago by MisterC
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MisterC
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Howdy Tribe,

After completing lasts year's UFC I am taking the year off from the race. I still wake up thinking I am stuck south of Cedar Key with no drinking water and 30 Knot winds out of the South...

This year I have offered to volunteer as needed; but, as I thought about it more, I came up with an idea that was green-lighted by Chief.

My Troop and I are offering a ferry service for the Class 1, 2 and 3 vessels.

I would use our 8 Vessel Trailer and could haul your "Assets" back to Desoto.

If you drop out, a text or phone call to my cell and I would come and retrieve you from a take out other than a CP.

In return for hauling you, your gear and your boat, I ask that you make a donation to the 501c(3) endowment I have started: The Southall Scout Scholarlship. The mission is to raise enough funds to sponsor two or more scouts to a trek in the Boundary Waters each year.

What I need to know right now is this: Anyone interested?

My cell is 239-370-1360.

Posted 10 months ago #
PinkDog
Member

This is a great idea. We would be all over it if we were in a qualifying class.

Posted 10 months ago #
ChesapeakeTJAM
Member

This is an outstanding project. The logistics of vehicles is always a challenge. At this point I would be a maybe. I waiting to here back from from a couple of folks. But having this as an option is great. I'll let you know one way or another.

C-TJAM

Posted 10 months ago #
Flamingo
Member

This is a great idea! And a good cause.

Posted 10 months ago #
JoeWildlife
Member

Awesome idea.

But part of my finishing plan was that there was never a Plan B, which you are providing! LOL. But yes, if circumstances dictated a bail out, it would be worth a few hundred bucks to me to get back to the starting line or the finish line, depending on where my vehicle was.

And as far as the cause is concerned, I couldn't be more supportive since my primary paddling destination, 2X a year on 14 day trips, is BWCA/Quetico/Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. I'm all in for 2 14 day trips to those destinations as the way opens this year, border open or not. I do trips twice a year up there if I can manage, have been doing so for almost a decade.

I'm in for the 2022 EC and will have you in my contacts if the offer still stands then!

Joe

Posted 10 months ago #
MicroTom
Key Master

How about a pick-up from the finish and ride back to Fort Desoto?

Posted 10 months ago #
Conchistador
Member

Having dreamed my whole life (since reading about it in Boys Life) about the boundary waters and finally getting there at age 59 last year, I would like to make a donation to the fund regardless. Google didn’t yield a link. Can you post one here?

Posted 10 months ago #
MisterC
Member

Hi everyone. I have been busy and off the forum. Great to hear there is some interest in the ferry option. This could be for SUPS and windsurfers too.

For that matter if you have a trailer for a TI or larger vessel we could arrage a tow for that too.

The ink on the Southall Scout Scholarship has not dried yet. We are still forming a board and seeding the foundation with inital board member contributions of around $5,000. Once we have all the filings done we would deposit any check donations. It might be as late as May of this year.

Our goal is to raise at least $100,000 which would generate two scholarships a year.

I will see you on the beach, handing out some flyers, and talking about future plans.

MisterC

Posted 9 months ago #
MisterC
Member

The Primary Service being provided here is Key Largo back to Fort Desoto.

We will depart Key Largo Sunday Morning.

The Second service would be to handle drop outs. Weather is always the unknown. Like the R2AK "grim-sweeper" I can foresee a need to be at CP3 on Friday Night and sweep folks down to Key Largo if neccessary.

Posted 9 months ago #
MisterC
Member

The Primary Service being provided here is Key Largo back to Fort Desoto.

We will depart Key Largo Sunday Morning.

The Second service would be to handle drop outs. Weather is always the unknown. Like the R2AK "grim-sweeper" I can foresee a need to be at CP3 on Friday Night and sweep folks down to Key Largo if neccessary.

Posted 9 months ago #
Argonaut
Member

I will be sailing my Scamp so I am exploring options for my rig so may be interested in catching a ride back up to Desoto to pick it up.

Posted 9 months ago #
MicroTom
Key Master

I call shotgun on Sunday

Posted 9 months ago #
MisterC
Member

Furthering the Mission Statement: If Chief makes the Plan B call on Saturday Morning (due to a Small Craft Advisory on Tampa Bay), we will provide a ferry service to an alternate put-in.

In prior years, there have been a couple approaches to Plan B: Typically the "competetive" racers have choosen an agreed upon launch / starting point on Anna Maria Island. Others have elected to start in Sarasota, Manasota or CP1.

No reason we could not run this like a Grayhound Bus Line with multiple stops. (Memories of riding a Bus to College are now running aground inside my noggin'. )

Let me know if you would like to be ferried for a conditional Plan B Launch Site.

Posted 9 months ago #
MisterC
Member

We have 1 "Comfortable" seat left for the return to Ft Desoto on Sunday Morning.

After that one is taken, we have the option to accomodate 3 more "uncomfortably". One soggy bottom can squish into the middle of the second row and two can climb into the third row of a 2005 Chevy Suburban.

(Its hauled a lot of Scouts on a a lot of campouts)

So far we have MicroTom calling Shotgun.

And Argonaut has a window seat option on the Second Row.

Hold My Beer, has arranged for any contingency take outs and we will be on standby for her and her Stellar 18R if needed.

Text to reserve a spot. 239-370-1360.

Posted 9 months ago #

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