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River Levels on your mobile device Courtesy of RiverBills.com,
Mississippi River levels
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Illinois River Levels
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---Please join us September 11, 2010 at Woodland Marina for a final good bye to
The Woodland Yacht Club

The Restaurant, Bar and pool was built from a coal barge in 1967, and was a landmark on the Dardenne slough until 2009.
Many a boater has a tale or two dozen of the good times the boat had to offer.

The Party will begin around 3:00 PM in the parking lot of the club.

BarBQ by Mix’n and Grill’n, (Bill and Linda Mixon) served around 6:00 PM in the Con Trios tent.

A flag retirement ceremony will begin at 7:00 PM. Bring your tired flags.

Bonfire Bring lawn chairs and coolers.

Music provided by “The Twins” Greg and Glen Sadowski.

Boat parking available on a first come
basis contact Con Trios Harbor Master
on Channel 16 for instructions.

Don’t forget to bring Coolers, lawn chairs, bug spray

CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTER FRIENDLY RESERVATION FORM

Questions? Contact your Fleet Captain Scott Hickey (314) 614-9917
Email scott.hickey@att.net---

---The 53rd Annual Blessing of the Fleet was held on August 28th due to high water delaying it. About 248 boats were in the parade and dozens more anchored out to watch. Con Trios Yacht Club gives out an award to the best decorated Member boat. Alan Deutschmann won it again this year. Not only did Alan, Julie and their crew do a great job of decorating the boat but they also wore some outstanding Pirate costumes. Here's a picture of Alan and Julie receiving their award from Fleet Captain Scott Hickey. More pictures and links are available on the Blessing of the Fleet website, www.blessingofthefleetstl.com---

---Email from Con Trios Member Rod Radke:
Attached are pictures of Eric Ridenhour completing the MR340. This is a kayak/canoe race of 340 miles on the Missouri River from Kansas City to St. Charles, MO. Click HERE to see the pictures---

---Pirate Party report from Fleet Captain Scott Hickey:

The Pirate Party turned out great, except for the part about not having the Blessing of the Fleet. The attendance was very strong considering the high water conditions.
Here are some of the statistics.
Grafton Harbor Rented more than 30 slips Friday night and 67 Saturday night.
Big Kahuna served more than 110 people and supplied 5 gallons of Rum Runners
D.J. Ray cranked out a great mix of fun music for about 9 hours
Con Trios had 45 Pre Paid Reservations, 28 Phone in Reservations and 43 Walk ins.
Our hosts Joe, Jan, Sally and their crew of dock hands tied up a lot of boats and kept ahead of any of the issues that popped up for all three days of the party. They all made me feel like they really wanted to have this party.
Waking up Friday and Saturday morning on A dock in the “Ching” really made me want to head up river for a week or so. Grafton Harbor is to me the Best Transient destination in the Alton Pool.
Tom and his friendly staff did a Great job feeding our group for all three days.
The party was called off and back on no less than 4 times in one week while the river and the forecasters sat back and laughed at Tom and I as we grew new grey hairs. Friday night’s power failure sprouted a few more. The good Breakfast and outstanding Pirate feast make me want to be a regular at the Big Kahuna. They are up to the challenge
D. J. Ray controlled the volume and tempo until Mother Nature made him quit. He would have played all night.
When you have a group of people like this to work with you can’t go wrong! It’s going to be a Party! To all the members and their guests who supported this event, even the friends who just stopped by for a visit. I want to say Thank You for coming. All of you make Con Trios events fun and I love to see all the boats.
Scott Hickey Fleet Captain ---

---Pirates of the Mississippi Party photos are up!

Fleet Captain Scott and First Mate Lisa put together a great party at Grafton Harbor on Saturday, July 24th. Pool party with music by DJ Ray, great food prepared by the Big Kahuna. Dozens of boats braved the high water and fast current to be there! Angie and Craig had some special "Pirate" themed shirts and accesories to sell. Party started Friday afternoon as people began showing up and continued even after the storm about 9 PM Saturday, it just moved into Big Kahuna. Many Thanks to all that came and helped. Joe and Jan of Grafton Harbor were wonderful hosts as always and Tom of Big Kahuna kept the food coming.

Click here to see all the pictures---

---RIVER NAVIGATION NOTICES AND CLOSURE INFORMATION:
As the river levels change so does the river closing and other navigation notices. To make certain you have the latest information go to the River Industry Bulletin Board (RIBB) Coast Guard / Corps of Engineers Hot Topics web page at http://www.ribb.com/navnotice.html . Clicking on the Memo # will pull up the full notice.---

---Click here for the most recent picture uploaded---