04/20/2026
Dixie Belle just completed her 5-year haul out and Coast Guard inspection. We’re grateful to have such a strong team behind us and want to thank everyone involved.
A big thank you to Riviera Marina for hosting us and to their team for cleaning the entire bottom of the boat before the inspection. If you need your boat pressure washed, I highly recommend them—they have a great setup right by the ramp and did an amazing job.
Gunsight Transport and Jeremy are the best when it comes to getting the big girl out and back in the water safely.
Stephen at Wilson’s Welding went above and beyond, helping Dad and Brent Patterson get the new paddles installed and staying the entire time to make sure everything else went smoothly.
Our own crew really stepped up—Jason Ardenski from lakehavasuluxurycharter.com, Ben Moyer from Bank Street Guns in Kingman, and of course Captain Tera Laho. If you haven’t already, check out www.boatlifehavasu.com. They were all onsite, getting their hands dirty all weekend.
David Dorsett from Desert Fabrications showed up in the middle of the night, along with Kyle Woodward from Weatherman AC, to help make sure we were ready to go the next morning.
Taylor and the guys at https://xtremespeedandmarine.com/ keeping our engines, outdrives and steering all with top notch maintenance, we appreciate you!
And as always, Kevin Morford from MetalPlay Mobile Welding was there helping solve the tougher issues and getting us finished up in time.
We’re very fortunate to have such a great group of people around us. Thank you all—we couldn’t have done it without you.
