Top 5 Wooden Boat Shows on the East Coast, Making M/Y America Great again
Dear friends, Just when I thought things might be getting a little boring life proves me wrong. So where do I start? Matthew. This season it was so quiet. The little storms posed no threat. Then came along Matthew, big and ominous. First he had Florida in its sights and then the Carolinas. He finally landed in South Carolina and when he hit ,the storm moved inland. With wind and rain he pounced for days. Before the storm we prepared, no boats would fall. We dotted all the “I’
Boat Show Breaking News
Dear Friends, I usually don’t write a newsletter and then a week later do it again. However, there is the adage that old news is no news. Margaret and I just got back from the Mount Dora ACBS Sunnyland Boat Show. I have been a member for a very long time; there are chapters all over the U.S. but this one is one of the best! I can remember when this was a small show tucked in the corner of the town of Mount Dora. It was really just a one day show. The antique show was a bigger
Going West, Ted Geary & Reaching Olympus
Dear friends, I have so many things to tell you, but where to start? This last month I flew to Florida and Seattle. Both of those flights were about picking up and moving antique boats. In Florida it was “Aurora II,” my old Trumpy now owned by Lou Jezdimir. Lou needed to do his annual haul out and my schedule was jammed up. He took her over to Cable Marine up the New River. Lou and I showed up late in the afternoon to meet with the yard manager and the head of the haul-out cr
