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I ran into Hugh on the dock this week.  He’s been here at my marina a few years.  His sailboat is the envy of all.  Everything is first class.  I asked him if he was ready to “take off and sail away?”  He got a sad look and said, “No, I’m 72 and I’m too old now to go.”  (I heard on the dock his boat is worth over a million and he’s asking $750k)

I started thinking, how old is too old?  When we formed the Bauer Dive Club in 2000 you guys were 30 and I was 43.  Now you are 45 and I’m 58.  I miss the diving and comradery.  But I’m not too old to sail away.   

I guess I’m just saying, “don’t let go of your dreams!”

Cancun 2000

2004 Roatan

'Heck, I’m in AV, I’m living the dream daily!'   

I hope you still have some great plans and dreams for your future?  Now, don’t be a stranger…

-skip

Crazy Jet Boats today - Texas Outlaw Challenge 2015

That's my marina pictured above.  In the top right corner you can see my mast.  It's a zoo.

This afternoon i was talking to a guy on the dock and he told me, 

"some of these boats cost two or three MILLION dollars."

This guy says his boat goes 180 miles per hour.  

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I stood behind this boat when he started the engines.  

It's like having your head behind a rocket blasting off.  

LOUD, rumbling and vibrating.

It takes this many speakers to be heard over the engine noise.

Two - 1400 horse power engines.  "it goes over 200 mph"

The guy in the middle, with the spiky hair, was talking at my marina today when i walked by.  he said, "i think i'll take it to the shop and spend a few hundred to get it checked out.  it starts acting funny when i get up over 90 miles per hour."  i didn't hear anything else but am curious how fast it went and how 'funny' it got.

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I took all these today at the Marina.  

Some days are pretty strange around here.  

This weekend has been a freak-show.

The little boats in the middle cost more than the two outside them.  

No bedrooms, no kitchen, no bathroom.  

But, they seat four and go very very fast!

My sailboat burns less than a gallon per hour.  

These boats burn 3 gallons per minute.

THREE HUGE ENGINES

Roughing it in the parking lot