any nautiques in Ohio??

Well Joe since no-one else is answering...I might as well get it started.

Along with a barn full of about 20 other Nautiques my boats were always kept at Sonny's Beach, Danbury, on the north end of Sandusky Bay. We were members of a club, The West Shore Water Ski Club, that has been in operation since 1957 and has had a cottage on the Bay since 1970. Of course we are now in Central Florida. But lots of our buddies are still up there. Been to Milton and Berlin too.

john

gn6027 wrote: but the older I get, Glen

Please..how old can you be..still in your teens or twentys..right.

LOL!

john

eric lavine wrote: sure at one time it did catch on fire

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eric lavine wrote: BTW, the lake has really cleared up since the zebra mussels

I saw those on a show about transplanted species. Cane toads in australia, ferral hogs in hawaii, zebra mussels in the great lakes...all causing big trouble! I think the zebra damage estimates were right around the billion $ mark.

picked alot of left overs at 2:00am in the younger days at Portage lakes, beer doesnt discriminate, until it wears off in the morning

My turn for a thread jack John- One of the guys I used to work with,who is now retired, was a Vietnam vet.One day we were installing at this house and he asks the woman where she moved from.She says southern Ohio.He then says, seriously, boy you don't sound like a hillbilly.I nearly fell over!Turns out he had been in the army with some guys from down there and after he said it he realized how it must have sounded.Later that afternoon I told the others in the garage and then everyone would always ask him, how does one sound?.Good old Doc always says I dont know how Gary remembers these things but don't tell him anything you don't want him to know.I told the young guys the story again at his retirement party. He was an artilleryman and had also told us about "pulling his lanyard and firing his weapon" which was always an ice breaker at phone functions.

Got one tommorow night. I worked with both since '79 and they are leaving with 37 yrs each! Two more were rehired monday as contractors doing inspecting for that TV thing.Nice job if you could get that,but you have to be gone for 6 months before you can come back,and you have to use your own car to go on job visits.

I live in Rossford, Ohio, close to Toledo. We keep the boat at our cottage at Lake Seneca in Montpelier, Ohio; about an hour from here.

Nate

John,

Where exactly are you in Central Florida? I would like to look it up on Google Earth... Maybe I can even find your house!! LOL

82wake- I live in Jackson Twp, about 10 - 15 minutes from Portage Lakes. We spent most of our time either at Portage or Berlin last year. went to Milton once. My buddy who I bought my boat from used to live on Portage Lakes, and I spent a lot of time out there in the early to mid 90's.

Berlin is a nice lake, 5th largest in Ohio, but can get shallow at times, you have to know where the low spots are, You can't beat Portage for the bar scene.

I am hoping to get to some other local lakes this year.

BTW is your boat yellow? I think I may have seen it docked out at Dustys last year. Not a lot of CC's on Portage Lakes, lots and lots of them out at Berlin.

We will have to meet up for a beer or two out at Portage this year.

Maybe a CCF mini-reunion at Portage Or Berlin this year?

Kristof: Wow...to cool that a guy so far away can find where we are so easy.

Yes we are very close to the new factory...MM is closer tho. We have not been there yet but was to the old one many times. Bring your lovely bride for a visit and we'll go there.

I have skied on Lake Wales but it is a little shallow at the ramp right now. Never been to River Ranch...big hill-jack place for shooting hogs and four-wheelin'. Backfoot100 (Eddie) and I foot on Lake Elbert, which you should be able to find. Just a little north of us in Winter Haven.

john

John,

Chantal and I would love to come over in the summer of 2009 (as mentionned before, budget all spent for this year LOL)... if you will have us
We definitly want to go and see the CC factory then... Nice idea to go together, maybe MM will join the party then (hope I will feel for real how fast his boat goes...)

Kristof

So do I John... So do I !!