Hotboat.com at the 2013 LOTO Shootout

[the bear]

This really is a one of a kind event. Lake of the Ozarks (LOTO as we call it) is one of the most unique places in the country for several reasons:
1. The lake is owned by Ameran power company. This means if you buy lakefront property, you own the land to the waterfront, and you can build your own dock.
2. As mentioned there are waterfront bars and restaurants with docks all over the lake.
3. Condo and home rentals are plentiful
4. Countless boat dealers/brokers/service marinas on or near the lake.
5. Large grocery stores, shopping, etc.
6. Off water bars and restaurants
7. Homes and condos for sale very reasonably priced with extremely low taxes
8. Most importantly some of the best, most awesome boats in the country can be found running around the lake on any given weekend! The lake is 94 miles long so there is plenty of room to air out these boats!

And even though he has one of the baddest boats in the shootout looks and speed wise.....SummerO took the opportunity to ORDER SOMETHING BADDER for NEXT YEAR!!!!!

[SummerO]

And even though he has one of the baddest boats in the shootout looks and speed wise.....SummerO took the opportunity to ORDER SOMETHING BADDER for NEXT YEAR!!!!!

Speed changes you my friend!

Thanks for the compliments! All I can say is next year will be insane!

[Wasted Income]

Another one here checking in from LOTO. I used to hang around these forums back when i had my LSx powered jet boat...haven't been here in awhile though. AWESOME coverage, Hotboat. I'll echo what everyone else has said in regards to enjoying reading your first impressions of the Lake and of the Shootout. No better time for a first visit to LOTO!

For next year, you guys will definitely want to check out either the party at Dog Days on Friday night, the party at Camden on Friday night, or both.

If you guys don't mind, I'll share a few of the pics I captured last weekend as well.

At least the cops have somewhat of a sense of humor here, lol














Free margaritas with a fuel fillup at Bridgeview

[Wasted Income]

[GotHalos]

Speed changes you my friend!

Thanks for the compliments! All I can say is next year will be insane!

Can't wait to see what you have in store

Nice pictures wasted income, thanks for sharing!

[OzarkKing]

Another Ozark Hotboat enthusiast checking in...of all the boats in the spectator fleet, only one of them had permission from Capt. Ron's to park directly on the beach...my Checkmate is too short to run in the Shootout...

Also please find the inland offshore conditions that occur when everyone left the Shootout last year at the end of the day (with rain on the way):

It can make docking tricky in our backyard but well worth it:

Look forward to seeing more of y'all around here (Ozarks) and more of us around, well, here (Hotboat).

[Wendi]

Another Ozark Hotboat enthusiast checking in...of all the boats in the spectator fleet, only one of them had permission from Capt. Ron's to park directly on the beach...my Checkmate is too short to run in the Shootout...

Also please find the inland offshore conditions that occur when everyone left the Shootout last year at the end of the day (with rain on the way):

It can make docking tricky in our backyard but well worth it:

Look forward to seeing more of y'all around here (Ozarks) and more of us around, well, here (Hotboat).

Welcome OzarkKing thanks for checkin hope you enjoy your stay. Can't wait for next year!!!

[GotHalos]

Note: Don't forget if any members see their boat in any of the pictures with the hotboat.com watermark, feel free to private message "Hotboat" or send an e-mail to info@hotboat.com for the high-res images without the watermark.

[HB Vic]

Another Ozark Hotboat enthusiast checking in...of all the boats in the spectator fleet, only one of them had permission from Capt. Ron's to park directly on the beach...my Checkmate is too short to run in the Shootout...

Also please find the inland offshore conditions that occur when everyone left the Shootout last year at the end of the day (with rain on the way):

It can make docking tricky in our backyard but well worth it:

Look forward to seeing more of y'all around here (Ozarks) and more of us around, well, here (Hotboat).

That water looks insane. We were told it gets rough there. I asked if it was the wind, "uh no, not the wind, boats". Holy cow, it looks like a washing machine. My little boat wouldn't stand a chance in that.

[HB Vic]

Who's boat is this??