We met Fred Myer, author of many cruising guides and he will be giving his talk on the Tenn-Tom Waterway on Monday morning. He is a very nice man and we talked with him for over an hour. We met his wife at docktails last night.. We also met Steve Kromer and his wife and talked with them for a while; Steve writes the Daily Digest stuff. At the get together last night we met Bill Donovan and his wife; Bill has been giving seminars on the Loop for many years. Keith was very interested in meeting Bill because we read one of his articles and he said he had never driven a Sea Ray or hadn't seen one that he liked. After a lengthy conversation with Keith (and several drinks) he was finally convinced that that they were OK. All in good fun.
One of the seasoned Loopers boiled up a bunch of shrimp and everyone else brought a dish to go with docktails. It was a huge success. It was a very good chance to meet other loopers and we all had a great time. The Rendezvous actually starts tonight with a banquet and welcome to new and seasoned Loopers.
CO's comments: After chatting with Bill, I found his reason for not liking Sea Rays or Carvers was do to the fact that most operators make too big of a wake when passing slower trawlers. I explained to Bill that at a given speed a Carver the same length of mine will make a larger wake than my Sea Ray and he agreed. The lesson here is, we should all be considerate of our fellow boaters.
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