Articles by RiverDave
This past weekend, the Campbell Boat Owners group got together in Lake Havasu City to hold their 46 th Annual Campbell Boat Regatta. 46 years of boating and partying is an amazing testament to the love and dedication these owners have for a boat that was last manufacture 21 years ago. With new...
To Jerry Barron, it seems like an eternity. That’s the way nearly all built-from-scratch new boats
seem to go, never as expeditiously as initially planned or hoped. And making the challenge
even larger is the fact that Barron Boats didn’t even exist ten months ago.
(Exterior styling is...
(New Dual Down Shaft Lower Assembled)
Ask any marine repair shop involved in routinely servicing high performance boats,
engines and propulsion systems….“what’s the single most abused and broken
component encountered on a regular basis?” That’s easy, the standard Mercury Bravo
One...
I am excited to announce that we are getting back into both Boat Tests! RiverDavesPlace.com is traditionally recognized as a lifestyle website. That's not to say that we haven't put out some of the best and most accurate boat tests in the industry to date! That's to say we didn't put out...
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This event recap is a difficult one for me to write. While I want to share the event and portray it as the amazing, fun and exciting event that it is, I write with a heavy heart as our friend Greg Duff lays in a hospital with very serious injuries sustained from an accident during heat...
You ever wonder how an event got started? Like, where it was conceived and then pondered to the point where someone finally said… “Yeah, lets do that… next month!” Then put hours and hours of work into pulling it off just so everyone could show up and have a good time? (hint: River Dave knows...
Last weekend was the 9th annual Flat Bottom Boogie event in Kingsburg, California. Kingsburg, if you are not familiar, is a small farming town located off of Hwy 99 just south of Fresno. Its one of those towns where if you blink you’ll miss it. Luckily, I didn’t.
There’s not much going on...
Congrats to Stephen and Kelly on their new M35!! They are avid boaters that have owned several boats including a 35' Fountain with 525's, and a 38' Fountain with 700's before they stepped into the DCB Camp in 2017 ordering a new M28R! This is their second DCB in as many years and I'm quite...
Eliminator is having it's 50th Anniversary in business right now, so I went down to talk to the guys and see what all the excitement is about!
Team Eliminator is rolling out an optional "Trim Package" on all 2019 Model boats, and they are offering extremely aggressive pricing on all models...
Have you ever been in an uncomfortable situation where you thought to yourself… “We just have to get through it. I’m sure we’ll be telling great stories about it in a week from now.” Well that was the case last weekend on our 3rd Annual Catalina Fun Run from Long Beach, CA to Avalon, on Catalina...
Columbus Ohio - Screaming Eagle Boats LLC and Talon Powerboats LLC are
announcing today an exciting expansion in the powerboat market.
Screaming Eagle Boats, well known builder of various high
performance catamaran powerboats including Talon, Spectre Cat boats and
numerous custom Formula 1...
Over the last three and a half years, Stacy and Paul have helped countless RDP members with their Real Estate needs. Whether that be finding their dream vacation home, moving here full time, upgrading their existing homes, or even partnering them with a builder and building from scratch. This...
Life jacket exchange events kick off Saturday, May 19!
10-year anniversary of life jacket exchanges starts with events statewide
Have an old, worn out life jacket? Swap it for a new one. 2018 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s (AZGFD) life jacket exchange...
Its been a week and a half since the 2018 Desert Storm wrapped up on Lake Havasu
and began fading into history. And surely history was made, as it was one of the best
Desert Storm events in years. But what do you do when one of the best events in
recent memory ends in tragedy? Well, for...
Before I get started with this, I'd like to offer a small apology with Tony and Jeff. They sent me this boat for an RDP "Exclusive", and I have been so busy with "life" that I didn't get it up until right now.
That being said, lets take a look at Dave Chapell's new M31! I have to say I...
It has been a subject of much anticipation among most of my friends, wondering when the new Bullhead Bully would be complete, and how it would run! Well I'm happy to report that Nordic has finished the boat! There are several minor changes to the boat that we will go over when we feature it...
Its a cloudy, damp Monday evening, and here I sit, in the aftermath of the The Mint 400. Thousands of images to process, a story to write, and a head cold as a result of all the fun I had in Vegas. Its not the first time for me, in this position. And with any luck, it won’t be the last.
You...
BARRON BOATS PREPARING TO LAUNCH IN MID-MAY
An Industry Familiar Name Readies for the Release of a New Line-Up of Deckboats and Center Consoles
Sometimes when one door closes, another one opens. And so it is with Jerry Barron, son of now deceased southern California boat building icon, Nick...
This year marks the tenth year of the "Billy B" show in Needles CA. What started off as a yearly Vacation with Billy B and some friends has turned into what is historically one of the coolest boating events on the West Coast.
Over the years this thing has grown to the point of busting at...
This is one of the most recognizable and infamous boats that DCB has ever built! Call Maxed Out Marine for all the details at 928-854-3060 and ask for Rick Hidalgo.
A few weeks ago Fox's had their grand opening of their new dock bar on the Parker Strip! Now if you are a Havasu guy that might not sound like much, but if you are a Parker guy, then one of the three main fixtures on the water being rebuilt from floats to rooftop is a pretty big deal.
Parker...
