Laid Back Boaters

Many of you weren't around back in the hey day of the Laid Back Boaters so I thought I'd share this with you. I'm sure it will be hard to read the article due to the size of the pictures so for that I apologize. This is the article as it ran in HBM-










that was kind of a crazy time with trying to get everyone together for the photo ops but it was still a ton of fun. Except for maybe getting a sore neck from turning your head all over the place, there's nothing like seeing and hearing 40 or 50 jet boats together

Thats cool Cas I had forgoten about that!!! Last TP event I went to and concidering what I was dealing with at the time I couldnt have been around a better group of people. Wonder if Marcus knows his boat was in Hot Boat?

that was the same year as this



probably a real good thing that pic didn't appear in Hot Boat

What boat did you have that year? I don't remember

Oh yeah I remember that!!! Carlos fell out of his chair when he saw "the apple pie bunny" but it wasnt the only time he fell out of his chair that nite. I cant remember ever laughing harder than that nite.

I had the Sleekcraft. Chris and Patty cruised with me that weekend, they didnt bring a boat and I had lots of room!! I believe that was the weekend Marcus and Amy took a cruise in it???

I guess Marcus was just standing there drooling over the boat....at least that looks like him in the picture above.
Yea, Branden was pretty hilarious wearing the bunny suit

I spoke with the owner of Performance Boat the other day and he said he would be interested in doing another spread on the Tower Park outing or maybe the Shasta trip. In some respects it was kind of cool to read about us in a national print magazine but there were also some not so good things that came with it.
Anyone have any thoughts on having another write-up?

For anyone that would like to actually read the article here are links to it in a larger format. Those of you over 40 better get your glasses though. I would also like to point out that Marianne and I are not in the group photo. She was standing on the dock and I was floating in the river waiting for my trailer. It seems the morning tractor driver didn't like where it was parked and moved it. We didn't know to where and we couldn't tell the afternoon tractor driver where to pick it up. I floated in the river for 2 1/2 hours till all the other boats were out and the afternoon driver picked up the last trailer and asked Marianne "Is this your trailer? I found it in someone elses campsight."

http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/showphoto.php?photo=34999&size=big&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/showphoto.php?photo=35001&size=big&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/showphoto.php?photo=35000&size=big&papass=&sort=1&thecat=500

I would also like to point out a small mistake they made in the article. They listed my boat as a '76 Sanger, it actually is an '80 Sanger but I'm not complaining. It is the only time my boat will make it into a magazine.

yea well, if you look really really close, you can see mine behind Marcus' in the same picture of yours. That's about the best I can hope for
Shoot, maybe I will set it up with PB on the condition my boat is featured

Rod,
If a person isn't a registered user of Hot Boat Pics, they won't be able to see them

Didn't think about the registered user part. I think the new small pic made bigger by the swirlee in the corner might work. If not I will delete them as they are rather large files. And Yes Cas, I see your boat, but it is rather well hidden by Byrons.







OK, I previewed the post and they do work, but I did need my glasses to read it. But you will need to click the swirlee in the corner twice to bring them to full size and readable. It's a nice write up and worth the effort.

Wow! LBBA in Hot Boat! How Kool!

That Kona looks like it could scoot!

it does! I think he was running about 85 or so, can't really remember the actual number but it was pretty darn good. It had a very well built 455 Olds to boot.

I think a new artical would be great to do at the TP event.
I think there will be more peeps and boats from the group there for the showing.

I vote for the backdrop at Shasta. But I'm biased because we won't be making it to Tower Park this year.

X2, Tower Park will have way more people and boats there.