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Two mates at the N.J. MarineMax Getaway

Star Island Yacht Club in Montauk Point was the destination, Tuesday, August 21, for MarineMax's famous Pirate Party -- part two of the Newport (R.I.)/Montauk (N.J.) Getaway. Prizes were awarded for the scariest, funniest and most authentic costumes. Boaters enjoyed dancing, eating, and getting acquainted with new friends and reacquainted with old ones too! Thursday, August 23, followed with a day by the pool, shopping, horseback riding, moped rentals, miniature golf and plenty of hiking.

The trip wrapped up on Friday morning with all boats heading home and left with a lifetime of memories. Until next time, Cruisers!

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The weatherman saved the best for last on the sixth and final day of the 2007 Mid-Atlantic $500,000 Tournament held in Cape May, N.J. less than a week ago -- the seventh of eight tournaments that South Jersey Marina has planned this year for area sportfishermen.

Much of the day was sunny with a light breeze for the 160 boats fishing. As always, Friday (August 24) once again lived up to its "moving day" reputation, and the leaderboard took a beating as scorekeepers kept busy updating the standings in both weight and point categories. The billfish bite was spread throughout the canyons, though the majority of the tuna weighed-in reportedly came from Toms Canyon.

The entire complexion of the white marlin category changed on Friday, as Mark and Amy Granville-Smith aboard their Phat Mann shocked the entire tournament field when they weighed a new tournament record white marlin of 92 pounds to easily win the category and $750,112.

Rampapeous' 77-pound white marlin

Josh Foster's Rampageous finished in second place with his 77-pound white marlin caught on Day Four and received $136,984. Gina Addeo's Gina Lisa with Danny Scotti at the wheel captured third place after weighing a 69-pound white marlin on Friday and took home $67,872.

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Who was it that said "I think we need a bigger boat". In July, my friend Ron and I hooked up on a spectacular 14 foot Great White Shark. He hit a whole mackerel 17 miles off of Cape May. He also hit a 30, so without being spooled we fought the shark as smart as we could. Two and a half hours later and three and a half miles from where we started, we had the shark boat side. Mind you, he was boat side for a few seconds, and then would just roll over, show us his big white belly, and start taking the line again. He leapt completely out of the water once and I'll never forget the size of that beast. With the World Cat, we were able to maneuver quickly to make sure we turned and kept the shark from going under the boat. Having two engines far apart makes it easy. It turns on a dime.

-- Jeff Platt

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Out for a fast ride: Jeff Platt, right, and Frank Whedon

I owned a smaller cat before my World Cat. Last season, I was caught out in the canyon in 8'-10'. All of the larger boats went up and over the seas at 7 knots, and I did 30 knots in the trough until I got closer to shore, then cut back flying over the 4 footers. I love the World Cat because it's safe. It doesn't dig in and it doesn't duck dive. In the old boat, I would have called the Coast Guard. In the World Cat I just picked up and went home.

It's fast, economical, comfortable. I have had guys on it that are hard core monohull boaters. After a fast ride in 3 footers, even they swear that the cat rides much better in chop that their monohulls, but they tell me they'd never say that on shore. When you put safety, speed, economy and luxury together, you have a World Cat.

-- Jeff Platt

Jeff is from Marlton, N.J., and his email address is jplatt@graphicalinterface.net. He owns a computer consulting business called Graphical Interface.

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