Lake Norman Get Together 9/25

Ask Marty Mabe about the decals.

Eric, your boat looks great!. I'm looking forward to seeing more pics of it in the water. If Reid had invited his buddy Doug over, (PO of ours), he probably would have cried.

....was that the Promo I could barely see on the shore?! Thats my DREAM boat!

The orange one parked in front of the house? That one was for somebody else.

JMurph wrote: Jerry was nice enough to drive up to Ohio and grab that Promo for me last week. I haven't even seen it in person yet. I can't believe that I'm headed down to Reid's this coming weekend.

What is that? Another gathering at Reid's this weekend! Sweet! Just kidding but one could get used to hanging out there! Cool boat. Your gonna love the interior.

Pure 70's! You gotta kind of love it. Wish I could make it down but we are in the middle of my son's soccer season.

Here is that beauty Chris Craft pulling in. Listen to the exhaust note!

The 72 Skier ripping across the water. I wish somebody had a pic of me bouncing around at 48 mph! My appologies to the Po'ed neighbors!

Special Thanks to Reid and Laurie for showing us what southern hospitality is all about. We had a great time. Thanks for the barefoot and slalom pulls.I dont know how but these get togethers just keep getting better. We cant wait for the next one.

Well, the Midwest Terrestrial Unit stealthily departed at 7:30 AM local time. Surprisingly, no one was awake to personally thank and say good bye. Huh, go figure.

Not much to add that the previous posts, pics and vids didn't capture. Reid and Laurie are awesome hosts and one helluva lot of fun. I met quite a few new members and it is always good to see many now familiar ones.

A personal big thank you goes out to Mike and Gail for the generous boat time in and behind their awesome 210. It was really great to spend time out on the water and get to know the both of you better.

-Steve

Wow, without a doubt, the pictures sure prove that everyone had a great time. I sure wish I had the opportunity to make it. Maybe next time if Reid and Laurie do it again.

Tim, in that one shot you took of Reid driving Eric's Classic, it looks like Reid found a new barber?

They are nice suits. Whose BFN is that, Curtis'?

The teal '83 belongs to Tom, a buddy of Reids. The floor is a bit spongy but the boat ran great- topped out at 51.5.

Curtis's blue/gray '87 can be seen in the background- very nice looking and driving boat! I wish Eddie had given us the thumbs up on GPS'ing his Python machine, but no such luck. It pulled 6 of us out of the water pretty well, but Id love to know what it tops out at! Jon did say that he had to back off after he hit 40 with us behind it... not that all 6 of us made it onto our feet at one time anyways.

Larry, clown act is right. I think we waited too long (past noon) on Sat to get our act together... Ive never stared down so many rollers and stepped off anyway!

My friends got a good taste of showskiing right there. Lining up in the cove watching 40' offshores rip down the main channel perpendicular to our path isn't typically what you want to see before a barefoot run.

Oh, and Eddie's boat is obviously a 1990 model year. That black and grey early 80s 2001 sure was a nice boat, I wish I snagged some pictures.

BTW, Tom's teal 83 BFN is FOR SALE.

It was great seeing everyone. Can't wait to do it again.

Actually Tom, the Fire Marshall showed up and after awing at the boats they gave us a demonstration of their brand new fire boat. I am sure someone has pics.