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Prospective schedule for Hontoon 2024 Tuesday: Arrivals. Chat with other boaters. Exploring the island, canoeing, kayaking, cruising or just plan relaxing on the beautiful St. John’s River. Tuesday afternoon at 1pm campfire fellowship. Bring your chairs, questions and stories. Wednesday: 8:30...

The entrance to Ed. Stone park has been changed since the new bridge went up over the St.John’s river. From what I hear the entrance is now on the east side of the river on the south side. They may have an additional entrance later on. No signs yet but that may change in the next two weeks...

Thanks for the kind words James. We will certainly miss you at the gathering but totally understand what it takes to plan for the American Great Loop. You’ll have to give a talk about it at the 2025 Hontoon Gathering! Hopefully we will be able to stay overnight at the docks by then. Not that we...

Counting down to the Hontoon Gathering so just a few reminders. For the new attendees the temperatures can run from 30 degrees to 90 degrees so plan accordingly. We monitor channel 72. Bring unwanted boat items for the silent auction. All monies raised will go to Hontoon Island State Park for...

Well……..after a 8 1/2 year love / hate relationship with my Walllas 800 T single burner kerosene heater I decided to remove it. Seemed that every 2 years I had to box it up and send it off for repairs. Decided to go with a Webasto heater. My friend Colby has had two in different boats and has...

Only about 5 weeks to our Hontoon Gathering. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. As you all know….we will not be able to stay overnight on the docks but have use of all facilities during the daytime hours. We will have the silent auction so gather your goodies up. Bring your favorite boat...

The reply in Facebook said a 25 C-Dory for 130….not necessarily the same boat with all the upgrades. I read the full information on the boat for 219,000 at Crystal River and it’s pretty well equipped. I’m glad that someone can afford to buy one new so that there are used ones available in the...

Confirmed! Day docks, water, showers, laundry, silent auction and lots more. We had a great time last year and will do the same this year! Tom

Merry Christmas back to you. May you have a great 2024! Looking forward to seeing you, Marie and Gigi at Hontoon.

Congratulations on Looping on your C-Dory 25. Right now I expect at least 3 other members of AGLCA to be at the gathering. While not the most popular boat on the loop there are more every year. Hontoon Island state park is dog friendly so no problem bringing the whole family! So looking forward...

Will miss you at Hontoon but family always comes first.

Morning John Thanks for the great information. Last week I applied on line for my FCC licensing so that I would be legal in international waters. If you apply on line and can work through the somewhat complicated system you can now print your paperwork right away. They assigned a new MMSI...

Yep ….we’ve all been canceled. We will just do like like we did last year. Meet during the day anchor out at night or stay at a different marina. We had a great time last year and we will have a great time together in 2024. That’s one of the great things about C-Brats …..we roll with the...

I’d go 11’. My 25 is 10’ 10” on the trailer with the radar 4” over the cabin. I also want to be sure my cockpit cover clears. But .. Yes you can get down to 10’ 6” depending on your trailer. The C-Otter has an air draft of 7’2” in the water with the radar up and antenna down. Just measured it...

Happy Thanksgiving to all. We are out on the St. John’s river for a few days enjoying the trip greatly. Joyce found a couple of new animal species that she had never seen before. One is the round tailed muskrat….only found on the St. John’s watershed. The other was greater white fronted goose...

Dan Our reservation has not been cancelled yet either. Last year they canceled it a month before. I’ll know more next week. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. Tom

Hi Tad Glad you and Toby will be back at Hontoon for 2024. We are going to be on the St. John’s during Thanksgiving week and will stop at the park to get an update from Devin. If they don’t have overnight slips there will be no need to reserve a slip. I’ll know more next week and will let...

Thanks for the extra effort for our gathering. C-Brats are the best……Tom

Hi Ken Sounds like your going to have a nice warm winter. Hontoon is a swell place. Joyce and I will be on the St.John’s river the week of Thanksgiving with the C-Otter. If you would like to get together sometime during the week give me a call. We’ve made a bunch of modifications and need to do...

Devin the Hontoon Island Park Manager sent me this photo of the new mattress and sheets that the group paid for at last years gathering. We also bought a small LP tank for the camper that is used for the campground host. These much needed items were only possible because of donations from...