End of season Lake Norman get-together

It was great meeting fellow Correcy Craft owners today..

Yesterday was a lot of fun. I was great to meet some new CCFans (Matt and Keith) that use Lake Norman. I also would like to thank Jay and Michele for the cool logo shot glass. It will be put to good use. My dog Godiva had a blast hanging with Boaty, Skipper and Winston. She has been in doggy recovery all day today. Steve's 91 BFN is Bad A@# with that beautiful 454 motor. I am glad to say that it passed CCFAN inspection with flying RED colors.

It is always great to see Dr. Steve, Morfoot and Reid / Lori. Toward the late afternoon, Reid offered his place and we moved off of Davidson Island to Reid's compound. We got to play with Reid's beautiful Blue Skier and Shrimp Tique.

It was indeed a great day.

Donald

Sorry for the delay guys but I was on Norman the first weekend of October with the NC/VA guys then Lanier last weekend with the GA guys.So I'm just now getting these pics up.

As always it was great hanging out with CCFans I've known for years and meeting new ones. Unfortunately the weather wsn't in our favor for skiing as the wind was blowing pretty hard and sun in kept dodging in and out of the clouds once it did start to warm up a bit. That being said we did get to play on the water a bit driving boats that were available and using the Shrimptique as a tug boat when one of Reids neighbors Chris Craft quit running after paying us a visit. I did get the chance to see a home built one of kind boat that resembled a Riva that took the owner 7 years to build. It was really a neat boat and of course I didn't have the camera with me to take pics as I was playing the role of First Mate.

A college friend of mine who lives in Charlotte came up for a visit with her girls and were chomping at the bit to go go a ride so of course I tokk them out in the 72 Skier. The smiles on their faces said it all as they had a ball! Laurie picked up the camera and snapped a few pictures and did a great job doing so. We even got a buzzed by a B-17 Bomber that was flying over Norman all weekend which was really pretty cool. Thanks again for a great weekend guys and look forward to the next one.



Reids new to him Shamrock

















This is a project boat that Reid is working on with someone on a hull that's based of the Shrimptique if I understood it it correctly. Neat rig but porposes like no tomorrow. The thing screams but you wouldn't expect anything else from Reid.







Sunset's of Pinkham Point are just freaking awesome!



B-17 buzzing right over Reids place.



My college friend Jennifer who came up for the day on Sunday.





"CORRECT CRAFT.........There is NO substitute!"



Laurie's shot of the day!





The story behind this next picture is that Bruce Hart gave Reid a case of Moxie when we saw him up in CT a month ago. He then told him in convo at some point that he needed to try a lil' "Capt" with it next time he had one so who are we to disagree? ..."Here's to you Bruce!"

Was the broken down Chris Craft a 1969 center console inboard with a black hull?

Old, old family friend. Great guy and amazing boat builder. He built a boat, from scratch, patterns and all, modeled on a Riva and he has something in the works now. He visited when I was down on Norman a few weeks ago and came in that Chris and I was so disappointed he didn't come in his other boat. When he saw the Nautique I had he mentioned Reid and the boat he was building, I guess referring to the Shrimptique. Small world.

Going to be at Lake Norman this coming weekend, 3/22-3/23, Donald is breaking out the Big Daddy ski and I will be game for anything, lol.
Saturday looks best weather-wise, any locals up for some skiing/footing??

Looks like Val and I will be there around Wednesday am... Will anyone still be there?

i think i am going to the mountains to do some 4 wheelin on friday and saturday. i should be home on saturday nite. i will try and hook up with you guys on sunday if weather permits. if i don't go to the mountains i will let you know.

Keefers

Hate that I am going to miss this. Need to win the the lottery so work does not get in the way of the fun. Looking forward to the pictures. Otherwise it did not happen.
Have fun and thanks for the call today Donald

Beginning to think that last weekend did not happen as I have yet to see any pictures and everyone knows the rules when it comes to pictures........