2016 Lake Gerorge Donzi Classic Club Dust-Off

[Scott Pearson]

21st Annual Spring Dust-off

Date: 6/17/2016
Time: 12:30:00 PM - 2:30:00 PM



Our 21st Annual Spring Dust-off June 17th-19th 2016



The Club will hold it's annual show and cruise on Father's day weekend June 17th-19th 2016.



Our host venue will be Twin bay Village in Bolton Landing.

Make sure when you make your reservations to notify them you are in the Donzi group .




The Agenda



The Club is happy to announce the agenda for our 21st annual Dustoff weekend June 17th to 19th 2016. This event is often imitated but never duplicated, it is the longest running Donzi Classic only event in the world. The boat shows features some of the best Donzi Classics on the planet.



The cruise will cover the entire lake . At selected areas on the cruise, your crew will be given a chance to take a few photographs that will be shared at the awards dinner.



Awards for the show will be given out in the following categories:


•People’s Choice: presented to the boat selected by the people at the show as their favorite
•Vintage Classic: presented to the oldest boat at the show
•Heritage Classic: presented to the boat in the best original condition.
•Renaissance Classic: presented to the best boat restoration.
•Sojourn Classic: presented to the boat that traveled the farthest to attend.
•Resto Mod Classic: presented to the classic with the best resto/modification.

The Club as always showcases the Donzi Classic, the Donzi family and beautiful Lake George. The format for this year’s regatta will be a cruise that covers the entire lake .There will be pace and sweep boats that will make the run an enjoyable and safe run. The routing will be reviewed at the drivers safety meeting. Please review our Safety Procedures.

Friday 7 PM Meet and Greet venue TBA

Saturday 8 AM Check In at The Algonquin for the annual Lake George Donzi Classic Boat Show and Lake Cruise (Coffee and Danish will be served) Boats must arrive at the docks no later than 8:30am to be entered in the show (Arrive with full gas tanks !!!!!)


Saturday 9:00 AM Driver Safety Meeting run in cooperation with the LGPC.


Saturday 9:30 AM Start of the Cruise.


Saturday 11:45 AM Return to the Algonquin and vote for your owners’ choice, have lunch and the rest of the afternoon free to cruise the Lake.


Saturday 6:30-7 PM Meet us at the Algonquin for a pre-dinner cocktail. (Please don’t bring boats back to the Algonquin docks that evening Twin Bay Village is a 2 minute walk)


Saturday 7-8 PM Dinner will be served


Saturday 8:15 - ? PM The Awards ceremony, raffle, trivia contest and Club auction will take place.


Sunday 10:30AM Full Lake cruise! , (Weather permitting), meeting place on the water to be determined, plus a stop for lunch and you’ll be back on your trailers by 3:30 PM.


As you can see we have a full weekend of events planned. And keeping with The Lake George Donzi Clubs tradition we will be having the awards dinner at the Algonquin Bar and Grill. Please get your tickets for dinner in advance by filling out the registration form and sending out a check to the club’s address.


THE DEALINE FOR REGISTRATION IS JUNE 1st 2016 , THERE WILL BE NO REGISTRATION ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT.


If you have any questions please contact us.


For reservations visit this link: Twin Bay Village....http://www.twinbayvillage.com/

For Registration Form: http://www.lgdonziclassic.com/pdfs/reg.pdf

FOR THE SAFETY PROCEDURES: http://www.lgdonziclassic.com/pdfs/safety.pdf

[JParanee]

So how many boats attend ?

Pics from prior years ?

thx

[jl1962]

Hi JP-

This will be my 11th Dust-Off. My boat lives on LG so it's easy for me to attend!

Last year we had 20-25 boats participate which is fairly typical. One year we over 30 (almost too many to manage) and one rainy year we had high teens.

The event mainly attracts older, rarer, original and restored classic Donzis. I have learned a ton about the marque and gained an even greater appreciation of my two boats. And I've made a lot of good friends.

Although I generally tell people to stay far, far away from LG (more unspoiled boating for ME!), it is likely one of the prettiest bodies of water you will ever see.

Here are a few of my pics from last year and one of my old Ski Sporter. Many more on the club's FB page.

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[Scott Pearson]

Everyone.please note that due to circumstances beyond our control the plans for this years dustoff have changed. Twin bay village has closed without warning. We found out yesterday.

Please bear with us as we try to work out our options in the limited time left. We will keep you all posted thank you for your patience.

[Inferno]

Hope you get things worked out as she was so nice at the hotel..took my cc the day before . ??????? . I'm planning a trip for my boat to make the rounds the month of June and planning on running at Whinny. Then on to Conn. to run a few runs with the boys from LI . The boat has been completely torn apart with a new bottom,new drive and a new motor ,so were excited to do some runs before heading to Loto.

[Scott Pearson]

Dust-Off Update!!! Ok everyone...we are good to go! We have three places next to each other with dock space and rooms. Please give Capri Village a call at 518-668-4829 http://www.caprivillage.com/ they have 13 rooms and 14 slips they are holding for us until May 18th. A few of us will be stayng at the Flamingo Resort as well http://www.flamingolakegeorge.com/. Not sure how much dock space they will have at this point but they do have rooms. They also said we can keep our boats at Beckleys if we need to since they rent dock space out. They have cottages as well. http://www.beckleysboats.com/ Once again...these are all next to each other and are in walking distance. Make you reservations early!

Looks like its going to be a great Turn out!!!

[Scott Pearson]

Everyone,
Less then 3 weeks to get your registrations in. We need a head count. Sorry no last minute entrees as we will not be able to accommodate you with a short notice.

Thank You!

[JParanee]

Just printed out the form filled it out and wrote a check for the wife and I and my two youngest kids

goes in mail in am

now just gotta get the wife to pick a hotel

[Scott Pearson]

Great Thank you! All the hotels are right next to one another. The Capri had a lot of dock space left as well. Let me know if you run into any issues.

See you soon!!!

[JParanee]

Great Thank you! All the hotels are right next to one another. The Capri had a lot of dock space left as well. Let me know if you run into any issues.

See you soon!!!

Thanks Scott

looking forward to meeting you all

she just booked our room at The Villas at Lake George

[jl1962]

Ready!

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[Scott Pearson]

Everyone,
If you haven't done it already please get you registrations sent in for our event in June. We look forward to seeing everyone!

[JParanee]

If everyone would like I can bring a video drone and get some great pics and videos of everyone's boat

[jl1962]

That could be cool!

How fast can the drone fly?

Also - I will be up either Thursday afternoon or first thing Friday, if any first timers need any assistance - logistical or otherwise, let me know.

[gcarter]

So, is there room for another red boat?