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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!

This Getaway was just fun for boaters -- MarineMax handled all of the planning.

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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.

Island Girl's 524-pound blue marlin

Andy Polash's Island Girl had the hot hand in the blue marlin division for the week as he weighed a 536-pound blue marlin on Friday to win the category. Island Girl also took second place with the 524-pound blue marlin weighed on Day Three. Island Girl's combined prize money was $327,175. Martin Judge Jr. on his Judge finished in third place with a 414-pound blue marlin weighed on Friday and received $67,872.

Big Kid's 212-pound catch

The 212-pound big eye tuna caught aboard Ken Gallop's Big Kid on Day One won the tuna category and $229,523, while Bob Bocchino's Mehl Ticket took second place with the big eye of 172 pounds, also caught on Day One, and received $186,192. Jim Davidson's Reel Class took third place after weighing a 168-pound big eye on Friday and won $62,872.

Nightwind's 39-pound dolphin win

Mike Freundlich's Nightwind won the dolphin category with a 39-pound mahi-mahi and received $10,000, while Val Lynch's Cyntinory claimed the wahoo category with a 77-pound 'hoo and also won $10,000.

Tom Sperl's Lethal Weapon took the Most Points White Marlin category with 675 points for eight white marlin releases and one blue marlin release. Tim Hakes Fin-Ness took 2nd Most Points White Marlin with 600 points for nine white marlin releases, while Gary Ingram's Big Oh to 3rd Most Points White Marlin, also with 600 points and eight releases and finished in third place based on time of catch.

In the Most Points Blue Marlin category Andy Polash's Island Girl took top honors with 530 points for his two boated blue marlin, and Larry Richardson's Always Late took 2nd Most Points Blue Marlin with 300 points and two releases. The 3rd Most Points Blue Marlin based on time of catch went to Nick and Trish Rodriguez on the Par Five with 300 points and two blue marlin released.

Ken Karl's Mollie K III took the Most Points Tuna award with 380.5 points, while Pete Brancaleone's Volatility took 2nd Most Points Tuna with 302 points. Adam LaRosa's Canyon Runner won 3rd Most Points Tuna with 292 points.

The prestigious Most Points Overall award went to Tim Hake's Fin-Ness with 750 points for seven white marlin released during the tournament.

Boats with significant white marlin releases on Friday include Gary Ingram's Big Oh with six while Tom Sperl's Lethal Weapon and Buddy Trala's Pumpin' Hard each released five. Tim Hake's Fin-Ness and Pat Healy's Viking 68 each released four while Anthony Martino's Concubine, Adam Buchman's Gina Lea and Eric Blank's Intrinsic each released three white marlin.

Boats with two white marlin releases on Friday include Dr. Hele Slone's Guided Discovery; William Burris' Melina; Bob Coppock's Blue Sky; Thomas Swider's Salty Susan and Jim Foulke's Trust Me. Other boats with two white marlin releases on Friday include Ron Levy's Sea Splendor; Herb Smith's Sensation; Wayne Niedoba's Plumber's Paradise; Dan Borislow's Triple Crown; Jim McCarthy's Covert Mission; Bill Frame's Champagne; Val Lynch's Cytinory; Butch Davis' Cerveza and Joe Aiello's Reel'n & Deal'n.

Nick and Trish Rodriguez's Par Five, Patrick McGovern's Mack Attack, Dennis Meinhart's Sea Wolf and Gary Stamm's Pumpin' Hard each released a blue marlin and a white marlin on Friday, while Larry Richardson's Always Late released a blue marlin.

Catch Report

White Marlin Released - 272

White Marlin Boated - 22

Blue Marlin Released - 23

Blue Marlin Boated - 3

Tuna Weighed - 53

Wahoo Weighed - 9

Dolphin Weighed - 9

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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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