...........a 77~78~79 year old man to be exact. ;-) I never asked him his
exact
age. We became friends when we had our 32 foot boat and docked near each
other, even though I am young enough to be his son (actually his grandson).
He is a remarkable man....but more on that later.

He just purchased a 1978 32 foot Marinette flybridge (sistership at
http://tinyurl.com/mj7t7 ), with the initial offer made in January. 12 foot
beam, dual helm, twin screw powered by a pair of Chrysler Crusaders with
1,000 hours on them, Velvet Drive transmissions. The boat was pampered.

It was surveyed last Friday and he just received the written report, along
with over 100 pictures on CD. Greg Group was the surveyor (that name should
ring a bell if you followed Chucks post a while ago about the multimillion $
decision against Treasure Cove Marina) and gave it a thumbs up. He went
through every nook and cranny of the boat as evidenced by the pictures.

After having dinner with him we went through those pictures as my friend
does not have a
computer (warning.....*new* technology). The boat looks solid although
there appears to be some soft spots around the rear deck area drain (Greg
indicated the same in his survey report). Electronics appear to be
original (flashing type depth sounder) yet operable. The hull is solid, as
does appear the galvanic protection system and sacrificial anodes, including
the one running the length of the boat under the keel. Those darn aluminum
hulls.

He will be taking possession of the boat (now in western NY) and piloting it
along the southern shore of Lake Erie to Huron, Ohio sometime in May, with
his son serving as 1st mate. It should be a nice trip, weather and seas
permitting.

He has his old 28 foot single screw Marinette up for sale at the marina but
no buyers yet. He bought the boat to make it easier for him to take it out
and then dock it by himself....twin screws. ;-)

Now to the point.........what amazes me is that this 77 year old man is
still into boating and doing so on his own. His wife died many years ago
and he lives by himself. He is a retired aircraft landing gear design
engineer with Parker and served on a PT boat during WWII. His stories are
amazing and still told in vivid detail. He is a pretty remarkable person
and am proud to call him a friend. ;-)

I hope to be able to be boating with my wife, son and daughter when I am 77.
Heck, I hope to be able to pee on my own in a bathroom when I am that age.
;-)

Some of us are within spitting distance of your friend's age and still
able to navigate... I am starting on the building of a 50 foot power
cat... The cement crew is supposed to put in a 40X80 work slab next
week and I hope to have a crew starting on the boat within two weeks
after that... Just ordered $10,000 worth of marine plywood, etc...
Looks doubtful to get it in the water and down south before freezeup
this year... The plan was to start in December for a July launch but
the architect, who is lots younger than me, can't seem to keep up...
Given the delay I chose not to purchase an industrial building on the
water for the work site... Now, we will build it on my property in two
sections and truck it to the water and final assemble there... Which
saves me a bunch of dollars which doesn't hurt my feelings...
Projects like this keep a fella young, keep him near the lake looking
at the girls in their bikinis, which keeps my wife busy keeping an eye
on me... It's a win-win all around..
denny

Y'all gotta go see that movie "The World's Fastest Indian".

--

Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in news:kj9Xf.21028$Da7.5708
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

Y'all gotta go see that movie "The World's Fastest Indian".



ER, ah, it's available in Divx you can play with VLC from www.videolan.org
for free on alt.binaries.movies.divx newsgroup...(c; It was posted there
about 15 days ago, but will still be in the drives of good usenet servers
like usenetserver.com. You'll need Winrar (www.rarlabs.com) to compile it.

Of course, this is just for archival purposes...(c;

Great movie, I watched that one.

Good on ya Denny!
"Denny" wrote in message
oups.com...
Some of us are within spitting distance of your friend's age and still
able to navigate... I am starting on the building of a 50 foot power
cat... The cement crew is supposed to put in a 40X80 work slab next
week and I hope to have a crew starting on the boat within two weeks
after that... Just ordered $10,000 worth of marine plywood, etc...
Looks doubtful to get it in the water and down south before freezeup
this year... The plan was to start in December for a July launch but
the architect, who is lots younger than me, can't seem to keep up...
Given the delay I chose not to purchase an industrial building on the
water for the work site... Now, we will build it on my property in two
sections and truck it to the water and final assemble there... Which
saves me a bunch of dollars which doesn't hurt my feelings...
Projects like this keep a fella young, keep him near the lake looking
at the girls in their bikinis, which keeps my wife busy keeping an eye
on me... It's a win-win all around..
denny

Ed sails a selfbuilt steel 33' cutter. Ed left last May from Pt Angeles
on his 5th trip to NZ. Ed was 79 when he left !
Gordon


" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
...
..........a 77~78~79 year old man to be exact. ;-) I never asked him
his
exact
age. We became friends when we had our 32 foot boat and docked near each
other, even though I am young enough to be his son (actually his
grandson).
He is a remarkable man....but more on that later.

He just purchased a 1978 32 foot Marinette flybridge (sistership at
http://tinyurl.com/mj7t7 ), with the initial offer made in January. 12
foot
beam, dual helm, twin screw powered by a pair of Chrysler Crusaders with
1,000 hours on them, Velvet Drive transmissions. The boat was pampered.

It was surveyed last Friday and he just received the written report, along
with over 100 pictures on CD. Greg Group was the surveyor (that name
should
ring a bell if you followed Chucks post a while ago about the multimillion
$
decision against Treasure Cove Marina) and gave it a thumbs up. He went
through every nook and cranny of the boat as evidenced by the pictures.

After having dinner with him we went through those pictures as my friend
does not have a
computer (warning.....*new* technology). The boat looks solid although
there appears to be some soft spots around the rear deck area drain (Greg
indicated the same in his survey report). Electronics appear to be
original (flashing type depth sounder) yet operable. The hull is solid,
as
does appear the galvanic protection system and sacrificial anodes,
including
the one running the length of the boat under the keel. Those darn
aluminum
hulls.

He will be taking possession of the boat (now in western NY) and piloting
it
along the southern shore of Lake Erie to Huron, Ohio sometime in May, with
his son serving as 1st mate. It should be a nice trip, weather and seas
permitting.

He has his old 28 foot single screw Marinette up for sale at the marina
but
no buyers yet. He bought the boat to make it easier for him to take it
out
and then dock it by himself....twin screws. ;-)

Now to the point.........what amazes me is that this 77 year old man is
still into boating and doing so on his own. His wife died many years ago
and he lives by himself. He is a retired aircraft landing gear design
engineer with Parker and served on a PT boat during WWII. His stories
are
amazing and still told in vivid detail. He is a pretty remarkable person
and am proud to call him a friend. ;-)

I hope to be able to be boating with my wife, son and daughter when I am
77.
Heck, I hope to be able to pee on my own in a bathroom when I am that age.
;-)

"Gordon" wrote in message
...
Ed sails a selfbuilt steel 33' cutter. Ed left last May from Pt Angeles
on his 5th trip to NZ. Ed was 79 when he left !
Gordon


Considering the amount of physical work that is involved with a sailboat,
that is pretty amazing.

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
. ..

"Gordon" wrote in message
...
Ed sails a selfbuilt steel 33' cutter. Ed left last May from Pt Angeles
on his 5th trip to NZ. Ed was 79 when he left !
Gordon


Considering the amount of physical work that is involved with a sailboat,
that is pretty amazing.


Work was the wrong word to use as it must not be a chore for those who sail.
;-)

I've got a neighbor whose 84, windsurfs 3 times a week, sails when he can,
and go out dancing at least twice a week.
I'd like to like that when I grow up. Going to have to increase my tempo!
MMC
" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
...
..........a 77~78~79 year old man to be exact. ;-) I never asked him
his
exact
age. We became friends when we had our 32 foot boat and docked near each
other, even though I am young enough to be his son (actually his
grandson).
He is a remarkable man....but more on that later.

He just purchased a 1978 32 foot Marinette flybridge (sistership at
http://tinyurl.com/mj7t7 ), with the initial offer made in January. 12
foot
beam, dual helm, twin screw powered by a pair of Chrysler Crusaders with
1,000 hours on them, Velvet Drive transmissions. The boat was pampered.

It was surveyed last Friday and he just received the written report, along
with over 100 pictures on CD. Greg Group was the surveyor (that name
should
ring a bell if you followed Chucks post a while ago about the multimillion
$
decision against Treasure Cove Marina) and gave it a thumbs up. He went
through every nook and cranny of the boat as evidenced by the pictures.

After having dinner with him we went through those pictures as my friend
does not have a
computer (warning.....*new* technology). The boat looks solid although
there appears to be some soft spots around the rear deck area drain (Greg
indicated the same in his survey report). Electronics appear to be
original (flashing type depth sounder) yet operable. The hull is solid,
as
does appear the galvanic protection system and sacrificial anodes,
including
the one running the length of the boat under the keel. Those darn
aluminum
hulls.

He will be taking possession of the boat (now in western NY) and piloting
it
along the southern shore of Lake Erie to Huron, Ohio sometime in May, with
his son serving as 1st mate. It should be a nice trip, weather and seas
permitting.

He has his old 28 foot single screw Marinette up for sale at the marina
but
no buyers yet. He bought the boat to make it easier for him to take it
out
and then dock it by himself....twin screws. ;-)

Now to the point.........what amazes me is that this 77 year old man is
still into boating and doing so on his own. His wife died many years ago
and he lives by himself. He is a retired aircraft landing gear design
engineer with Parker and served on a PT boat during WWII. His stories
are
amazing and still told in vivid detail. He is a pretty remarkable person
and am proud to call him a friend. ;-)

I hope to be able to be boating with my wife, son and daughter when I am
77.
Heck, I hope to be able to pee on my own in a bathroom when I am that age.
;-)

MMC wrote:
I've got a neighbor whose 84, windsurfs 3 times a week, sails when he can,
and go out dancing at least twice a week.
I'd like to like that when I grow up. Going to have to increase my tempo!
MMC


I'm sure a lot of use will rust out before we wear out.