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At most state parks you would not be able to make a reservation this early. The new concession at Hontoon does allow us to make reservations even this far ahead. If you are thinking of coming to the gathering next year, I encourage you to make reservations early. I’m sure most will be back and...

Group photo at the “Hontoon Hoot”

You can arrive at Hontoon at any time. iIf you don’t have a boat slip we’ll find you one. Call on 72. Be sure your volume is turned up. Tom

Hi Greg I originally had a slip assignment but my confirmation did not have an assignment. The new concession may be doing things differently. No worries. Last minute notes to everyone. I will be bringing some charcoal for anyone that wants to grill. Please be sure to wear your name tags at...

Less than a week to go till we get together for the “Hontoon Hoot” as John Highsmith calls it. If you have not done so be sure to let Ricky Diemidio know what your names and boat name are so he can make name tags. Thanks Ricky for doing this! Weather is looking good for next week…..cool at...

Look forward to meeting you Dan. Probably won’t need anything on your way over. I’ll bring my truck over to pick up food if needed. Enjoy the gathering!

As you see on our tentative schedule that we have moved meals to Wednesday and Thursday. My wise wife reminded me that we would not have a more complete number of people till Tuesday. There is a sign up on this site at the top of this link but it’s somewhat difficult. Please use it if you can...

13th Hontoon Island C-Brat Gathering Tuesday : Continued arrivals, Sign up. Explore the island, canoeing, kayaking ect. Lunch on your own. 2;00 PM Anchoring discussion 3:00 PM share time “My scariest boating moment” Bring your own chairs and stories. Evening Camp fire if possible. Wednesday...

13th Hontoon Island C-Brat Gathering Tuesday : Continued arrivals, Sign up. Explore the island, canoeing, kayaking ect. Lunch on your own. 2;00 PM Anchoring discussion 3:00 PM share time “My scariest boating moment” Bring your oun chairs and stories. Wednesday: Morning…..visit other boats on...

It’s the channel we will be monitoring at the Hontoon Island State Park marina. The slips on the floating docks are not real long and it’s best to have a little help backing in. Call on 72 and you will receive help with lines. See you at Hontoon!

Sorry to hear that but I know we can’t do everything. Hopefully next year will work out for you. Tom

Joyce and I visited Hontoon Island yesterday and had a positive visit with some of the folks that are part of the new concession. They are looking forward to our gathering in March. The crew of the C-Otter plan on launching on Monday morning and traveling upriver to the park. The water is a...

A small change …..The ferry only runs over to the island till 4:30 pm so we will have lunch supplied Tuesday and Wednesday unless they decide to run later. Tuesday will be Chicken and Wednesday will be Pizza day. If I could get someone with a vehicle to make the food run it would be awesome...

Less than 4 weeks till the Hontoon Gathering…..just a few notes. First …If you have not signed up for the gathering on top of this page be sure to do so. Joyce will be ordering Publix chicken and other food for Tuesdays evenings meal on Monday and we need a count. I know the signup was put up...

I’ll call you this morning….definitely interested in the interior cushions…..Tom

Most attendees hang around during the day. We have various discussions during the day, boat tours and group meals. Someone may lead a group cruise around Hontoon Island but Colby is not coming this year so someone else would have to volunteer. We will also have a boat/galley gadget contest again...

Personally, I believe the list you made are all great boats for doing the Loop in sections. Most of the Loop is done on inland waters with fairly calm waters. Of course there are bays, the Great Lakes, the Golf crossing that can get your attention. No matter what boat you choose there will be...

We will have different brands of chart plotters and radars to look at. I’ve used Garmin for years and find the equipment easy to operate. When we did the Loop on a Californian 45 in 2022 it was equipped with Ray Marine chart plotters and radar. That equipment worked well but I had a bit of a...

Thanks Ricky for offering to make name tags for the Hontoon Gathering! We treasure the ones you gave us last year. I checked with the park yesterday and they still have a few slips available, so reserve now. We plan on doing our pizza lunch and chicken lunch as we have done in the past. As...