Shelbyville weekend

81nautique wrote: jbear wrote: Alan: Just try and keep Dana after it...Patti pulls multiples for us guys and is good at it. She is better than anyone except my bro and buddy Dale in our group. john Jbear , yesterday she asked me if was interested in doing a week at a ski school with her this winter. She had a good time skiing this weekend but feels a little outclassed so she doesn't ski as much as she would like. She really wants to learn more and Once she gets determined to do something, look out.

We try to get to ski school every spring break- why not join us in 08?

stang72 wrote: ...I do have a soft spot for the stars and stripes... And let us not forget(as painfull as it is)that boat has factory composite floor and stringers...first in the industry to do so! .

Not to detract from the revolutionary composite stringers or the MC, but I'm confident CC finally just succumbed to peer pressure when they went that direction after others did. Think of perhaps the most popular and longest lasting heavy duty boat on the market for the last 30 years, and Grady White should fall within the top five of any educated boaters list. You know what their stringers are still made of to this day? Yep, it's wood. And that's by choice and design. They've chosen to stick with what they feel is the best material for the function of the boat and hedged their bets against it being exposed and thus compromised by uneducated owners. I just hope that in 10-20 years we don't start hearing stories of composite failures or delaminations, etc.. FWIW. Oh, and by the way I blame all rotten stringers on the Coast Guard and their regulations mandating the positive floatation. (that's a joke, about the blame anyway). I hope at least it saved some lives as it sure killed a bunch of nice open-cell foam boats.          

Alan: Cool! Which school? All the best barefoot schools are near here. Lots of other ones as well. This is a great place to visit after the holidays. We got a guest suite that is yours if ya need it. What a great time we could have!. Patti will pull us double and show Dana how.

Give me a phone call when ya have a chance.

john

Joel, Would love to but March is tough for us because we are just starting to get busy at work. We'll probably have to do it in Jan Feb sometime.

Jbear, Haven't done any homework on schools in your area yet but I will and get in touch with you.

oh...ah..er...I guess it's all cool! Pics look just fine to me...no complaints here.

Boot camp is just fine for the kids...but this old sailor knows better than to mess with the drill master!