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BLUEWATER CHARITY CLASSIC OFFSHORE FISHING TOURNAMENT STARTS WITH A BLOW AND ENDS WITH BLUE SKIES
THE BLUEWATER CHARITY CLASSIC OFFSHORE FISHING TOURNAMENT IN PORT ST. JOE, FL. SURVIVED A BREEZY START AND ENDED WITH A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE EXCITING WEIGH IN AT THE PORT ST. JOE MARINA. AFTER AN EXCITING CAPTAIN'S PARTY IN WHICH MANY OF THE OVER 260 PERSONS ATTENDING RECEIVED PRIZES, SOME OF THE 59 REGISTERED BOATS BRAVED ROUGH WATERS TO BEGIN FISHING AFTER THE CAPTAINS PARTY. GEORGE DUREN, OWNER OF BLUEWATER OUTRIGGERS.COM AND THE PROMOTER OF THE TOURNAMENT PROMISES THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY BLUEWATER CHARITY CLASSIC TOURNAMENTS. FISHERMEN FROM FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ALABAMA , TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CAROLINA COMPETED AND CAN PLAN ON FISHING THE TOURNAMENT AGAIN NEXT YEAR ON JUNE 5TH.
TOURNAMENT CHAIRPERSON, MITCH COLEMAN OF FLORIDAZE ADVENTURES CONCURRED THAT THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS. JUDGE DAVID TAUNTON OF THE TAUNTON FAMILY CHILDRENS HOME, THE EVENT'S CHARITY, SPOKE AT THE FAMILY DAY EVENT AND SHARED WITH THE CROWD THE JOY THAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED IN GIVING OVER 300 CHILDREN A HOME OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. PROCEEDS OF THE TOURNAMENT AFTER EXPENSES, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM BLUEWATER OUTRIGGERS, CAME TO $ 5,000.00 AND THAT AMOUNT HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE REBUILDING OF THE TAUNTON FAMILY CHILDRENS HOME (www.tauntonhome.org) THAT THEY LOST TO A FIRE LAST FALL. SPONSORS FROM PORT ST. JOE, MEXICO BEACH , INDIAN PASS AND CAPE SAN BLAS HELPED MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE.
A LINK TO THE RESULTS AND MANY PICTURES OF THE EVENT CAN BE SEEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ALONG WITH A LIST OF THE SPONSORS AT www.bluewatercharityclassic.com.
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