Fe at u r e d Hom e Romberg
Donnie and Kathy Romberg spend water-loving weekends on their luxury yacht.
Donnie said they take the yacht everywhere on Lake Eufaula. With 102,000 surface acres stretching from McAlester to Interstate 40, the lake offers endless places to go. “Sometimes we go to a little island, spend the night,” he said. “We might stay there three days. Stay as long as you want.” He said he likes “every bit of the lake.” “We’ve stayed at every marina there is at one time or another,” he said. “You may go to a part of the lake you’ve never been to. If the wind’s out of the south and you want to stay out of the wind, you go to an area where there’s a little bit of a mountain range.” The Rombergs have been coming to the lake every weekend for nearly 45 years. “The kids always loved it here,” Kathy said. “It’s an hour and 20 minutes from home.” She said they bought the yacht last September in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. It was built in Monticello, Kentucky. “We had one on this lake before, called a Private Island, it was 18-by-86 feet,” she said, adding that they upgraded so all their children and grandchildren can
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A second helm rises from the middle of the living room floor.