[gofastsandman]

We had a Dell Quay Dory when I was a kid. A Brit. Whaler knock off. I always called it a Whaler because no one knew what a Dell Quay was. My first love. It was wet and pounded. Just like a water park and an amusement park all rolled into one. What more could a kid ask for?

Millway marine did the annuals on "Pigling Bland". Dana was a dealer for SeaCraft, Mako, and later Ocean Master. That is how I came to know about the brand in name only. We moved from the Cape when I was a teen and it broke my heart.
I turned into a little S#(^ head. It wasn`t until Mom got ill in Vero that I found my church again. My ocean. I came back to help her and it helped me more. I left the drugs in L.A. and never looked back.

I met Janet and she bought me a Silstar special at walmart. I went to the pier. I became a pier rat. I blew up the silstar in no time and got a Penn spinner and a TLD. Learned to cast and catch bait for the real rats and they taught me a thing or two. I watched all the boats coming and going through Boynton, dreaming of the day when I would be that smile.

Friends had Makos, Formulas, and Berts, but my eye kept looking at SeaCrafts. They just seemed to float. I knew nothing of VDH. The Paramount also floated, but the lines of the SC were just right, and they didn`t porpoise as much.

I wanted a Potter, but they were either restored and big money or needed everything. I found my Slacker on ebay, but it was down in Kendal. I went. I went again. I then brought a check.

I knew about SeaCraft, but here is where I really learned of the the magic.

Pier rats forever,
GFS