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his month we celebrate Vermilion, Ohio, on the south shore of Lake Erie (p. 34). The city has earned the title of “The Largest Small Boat Harbor on the Great Lakes.” This picturesque community with New England-style charm is a popular cruising destination, with protected marinas and a wealth of attractions year round. Bill Summers (pictured at right) retired to Vermilion in the 1980s. By all accounts, folks in Vermilion are delighted he did. Most people we talked to echoed Mike and Tom Moes’ sentiments: “We’re lucky to have him. We’re glad he decided to move here.” For a number of years, Bill was the weatherman at the Woollybear Festival, the largest festival in the State of Ohio. He went by the nickname “Good News Summers” in those days. Incidentally, the Woollybear Festival takes place in October. Folklore has it Bill Summers that a winter’s severity can be predicted by the amount of black on a Woollybear most popular models, the 42, with Jefferson caterpillar. Three decades ago, weatherman Dick Beach Yacht Sales (JBYS) at last summer’s Goddard of FOX8 TV in Cleveland talked with Michigan City In-Water Boat Show. This particular some friends and co-workers about his idea of a model, the 42 Sport Coupe, or SC for short, was celebration built around using the Woollybear designed specifically with Great Lakes cruisers caterpillar to forecast what kind of winter is in mind. ahead. From his little idea sprang the basis for Greg Krueger of JBYS worked with Viking to the Woollybear Festival & Parade. come up with a hard top concept for a traditional Bill also is a committed boater and has a boat open flybridge motoryacht. The result is a winner, that he says “actually looks like a boat:” A Covey and one that Great Lakes boaters are sure to love. Island lobster boat. Read all about it on page 26. These days Bill is affectionately known by After the 2014 winter season, everyone in the another nickname: Mr. Vermilion. Great Lakes should get themselves a Land Shark Just as Bill is a legend in Vermilion, so, too, are emergency survival bag (p. 18). A great idea to Bill and Bob Healey legends in their own right. have aboard and in our cars — just in case. As founders of New Gretna, New Jersey-based Viking Yachts, the Healey brothers celebrate 50 Think spring! years in business next month (April). Congrats! We had the opportunity to test one of Viking’s
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