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detroit Boat show cruises into cobo center The 2014 Detroit Boat Show kicks off its nine-day run at Cobo Center February 15 with an impressive 300,000-square-foot display of all things boating. Hundreds of boats for fishing, skiing, wakeboarding and cruising from 10 to 55 feet in length will be on sale at great boat show prices. Kayaks, paddleboats, paddleboards and inflatables also will be on display. More than 65,000 consumers are expected to attend. Typically, more than 1,500 boats worth an estimated $50 million sell during the nine-day show (and immediately afterwards from leads generated during the event). Also on display are boating-related accessories and services, including motors, dockage,
My name is Barbara Miller, and my middle name is Rose. We’ve named our boat Second Hand Rose. I had been married previously, and a non-boater. I met husband Tom, and all that changed. At our wedding reception 34 years ago, some of our closest friends called me out into the vestibule and serenaded me with Barbara Streisand’s hit “Second Hand Rose.” We agreed that would be
water toys, skiing and wakeboarding gear, boating and fishing accessories, electronics, boat gear, nautical gifts, artwork and much more. The Detroit Boat Show runs through Sunday, February 23. For more information, visit detroitBoatshow.net.
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Sea Ray Plant Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Jeff Pierce of Windy City Yacht Brokerage LLC recently reestablished his 10-year-old Chicago-based brokerage out of Goose Island Boatyard. Pierce is a Certified Professional Yacht Broker, member of the Yacht Broker Association of America and has a Florida Yacht Brokers license — one of the only brokers in the upper Midwest to have earned this designation. For more info, visit windycityyachts.com or call 312-440-9500.
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a great name for our first boat, a 288 Wellcraft. We are now proud owners of our fourth Second Hand Rose, and we hope to continue boating for many more years. You will find her berthed at the Harborage Marina in Boyne City, Michigan when she is not in Georgian Bay, the North Channel, Lake Superior, Door County or any of our other favorite spots on Lake Michigan. —Barbara Miller, Boyne City, MI
TWICE BLESSED Sea Ray Boats is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Tellico Lake manufacturing plant in Vonore, Tennessee. “The Tellico Lake plant is emblematic of the dedicated Sea Ray network we currently have,” says Tim Schiek, Sea Ray Boat Group president. “Much more than Sea Ray employees and co-workers, these are friends and family. And for their hard work, I want to congratulate the Tellico Lake plant on 30 proud years.” Sea Ray’s relationship with Monroe County, Tennessee, where the Tellico plant is located, began in 1983 when the company was looking to expand manufacturing operations. Sea Ray ultimately decided on Vonore and became the only major boat manufacturer to take up residence in the area. At the time the plant opened, Sea Ray advertised 30 jobs and more than 4,000 people applied. Today 13 of the original 30 still work at the plant, and more than 50 percent of the current employees have worked for the company for 20 years or longer. For more information, visit searay.com.
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In 2009 both of our first spouses died of brain cancer within four days of each other. After a year of being alone, Lori and I connected for lunch one day. We were somewhat acquainted through a former church and also an incidental meeting during our spouses’ treatments. Each of us was unsure after 37 and 38 years of happy marriages whether we could experience happiness again. We are now happy and blessed… again. —Lori & Bob Lenger, Holland, MI
detroit boat show photo courtesy of mbia