Show Friendship Cruise The Best One I r t.- t. t k Irv R f r a INTO MOAB VALLEY A steady Sunday making the end of the most successful suc- suc suc stream of Friendship Cruisers poured two-river two event in history Road up the Colorado river into Moab Valley to potash plant is shown in background r rF J F ASSEMBLY ASSEl AREA Upon arriving at atthe their car and trailer was brought from the the- Moab dock boaters called out th their Ir the parking lot At times more than one onehundred numbers and waited in the river until hundred boats waited for their th road rigs r A J ta I EXHAUSTED CRUISERS These and Colorado rivers Most participants boaters were exhausted but happy following fol fol- praised the efforts of Green River and lowing their two-day two voyage on the Green Moab residents in staging taging the cruise cruise- Th 4 I BUSY DOCK CREWS YS At times aa as volunteers For many hours Sunday many as eight boats at one time were crews d one boat per pr minute loaded from the Moab loab dock by busy Moab from the water The bl biggest gest and ant best Friend Friend- Mp lip Cruise of ot the Canyon River Marathon Assoc Assor Asso- Asso c r anon ahon wound up Sunday with witha t a few exceptions with nothing more than n a few tew sunburned n c and broken down dO motors tu lu u mar nur the smoothest cruise the tho association has conducted termed the operation the he smoothest The record sIze sze was obvious to anyone watching the docking Sunday at Moab I Vice Commodore Sam Taylor Tay Tay- lor for of ot Moab said that the registration registration reg reg- at Green River was Va 75 75 1 i boats and at Moab 10 boats Also there were about 30 rescue rescue res res- res cue boats Involved and some t ten unregistered craft Unofficial estimates said that nearly nearly near near- ly Iy 1000 boats were on the river over a four tour day period By Monday morning there were 12 boats still on tho river in ill various states of ot disrepair All but two had been towed as as far as the Colorado river At Mineral Canyon on the Green River 25 boats had to tobe tobe tobe be hauled hawed out when they broke down on the Green Rescue Ue operations operations operations op op- op- op were headed by G. G A. A Brig Larsen of Moab and Roy May of Green River The statistics were sive The miles mUes of scenic splendor were viewed by over pepe At Mineral Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon gallons of gas gas' were pumped Dumped and at Anderson Bottom Bottom Bottom Bot Bot- tom another TWo thousand thousand and steaks were served at Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson Bottom where bo boaters ate danced and slept Saturday night The rivers rivets w were re at their best lev levels ls permitting an unusual number cumber of big rigs and some Inboards to make the cruise The Green river was running second feet compared to only last year when It was its lowest In 23 years The Colorado river was also running Hh tigh and was relatively clear 61 of debris Marking the operation the smoothest yet involved the help of a lot of people so many it would take a journal to mention mention men mm- tion officials said Green River and Moab put around people each Into the cruise work force They were primarily involved with the launching and docking of boats transfer of cars and trailers from Green River to Moab or from Moab to the dock rescue operations registration traffic control communications and parking For officers and dIrectors directors directors dir dIr- Monday brought a sigh of relief It wont won't last long however as plans are underway for a biggest ever Marathon race on June 16 Over racers racers racers rac rac- ers are expected to try for trophies and money in the tortuous tortuous tortuous tor tor- tor- tor mile miJe test of man and boat Officers this year ear for the are Lee Howland Rowland E Elgin Elgin El El- gin Commodore Sam Taylor Moab Vice Commodore Louie Anderson Moab Rear Commodore Commodore Commodore Commo Commo- dore and Jim Hurst Green RIver RIver River Ri RI- ver Secretary Moab directors are are G G. A. A Larsen Bill BUl White and Don Baldwin Bal I dwin Directors from Green GreenI River are Roy May Frank Franl Carpenter Carpenter Carpenter Car Car- I penter Jack Mackay and Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man Lowe I officials this week Is IsI Issued issued Is- Is I sued a special thanks to all who gave of their tune time and efforts to make this cruise such a success success suc suc- cess They especially thanked the Grand county Jeep Posse for their work in directing traffic trat- trat tic fic In and the Red Rock Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol r for tor or the excellent communications lions net which tied by radio Moab Green River Mineral MineraI Canyon Anderson Bottom and The Slide |