Introducing, Dr. Robert Pletcher, 31' Commander owner, and my dad!
When you see the threads "we do it for the children", there is a reason. This is the guy who got me into boating somewhere around 1958 in a 35-hp Evinrude powered Duracraft. At the time I was about 7 or 8 years old, and boating on any scale was the coolest thing in my life!
We ran that boat for many years, we all water skiied behind it on Conneaut Lake, and as a matter of fact, my dad is still running the same boat now on Tampa Bay for restaurant cruises, and for afternoon boat rides, but with a new motor!! That boat, by the way, with it's tail fins and tail lights, is a real collectors item these days!
As the boys got a little older, we both moved on to bigger boats!
I was the first to move to a cruiser, with the acquisition of our beloved 1968 35' wood Sea Skiff, see the wood boat section of our MASTER INDEX FILE for a six page article on that boat, and one day my mom and dad were having such a great time aboard, they announced they were going to buy a cruiser.
I was estatic, and we searched the area for a good boat. I had already had my eye on a Commander, having seen Ronnie Pearce's 38 and was astounded at the detailing. We found SHADY LADY at Cedar Creek Yacht Club years ago, and she has been living at Commodore Yacht Club ever since. During this time, Janet and I sold our wood Sea Skiff and bought our much loved 38' Commander, TRADITION. The tradition started with my dad, and we're continuing it in the appropriate manner. Our family presently owns 140' of Chris Craft boats !
This is the guy who started the whole thing.
Regards,
Paul