The Florida Powerboat Club promotes community among performance-boat owners. Its other mission is to take the hassle out of the weekend. The FPC provides a structured event and organizes the docks, the hotels, the fuel, the course, the food and the party. At most events a photographer is on hand to capture images of participating boats in action on the water. Events range from one-day to seven-day excursions. Most trips favor fair-weather, calm-water conditions. Events are cancelled and/or re-routed in cases of foul weather. Some participants are looking for fun competition and want to show off their boat and their skills. Others are there just to be around the scene; they may not have a jaw-dropping boat, but the FPC puts people from different social and economic levels in the same playground, with just a few rigid rules regarding safety.