More old pics

There have been many, if not most, people who have wondered out loud why I'm working so hard and spending so much time and money on this boat. The short answer is that it's been in the family since it was new in 1980. The long answer is more nuanced and has its roots in the stories I outlined in the first post. To get the point across better I asked the family for old pictures, some of which I have already posted. Recently my sister in-law Denise sent me some pictures from the years when her and Mike lived on Lake Washington and after when they first moved to Redmond. These help show the good times they had with the boat in the last decade up until I inherited it.

 Mike the Captain and the boat lift on Lake Washington

Mike grilling on the fourth of July 2005. This was two years before I would lose that same grill overboard in the violent chop of Seafair.

View of the rear en route to Lake Washington

One of the less than glamorous anecdotes. This is Mike on the right and Geeman on the left rowing back to shore with their skis after they lost the prop. Someone forgot to put the cotter pin back on the bolt to hold on the main prop nut.

And of course the ubiquitous logo on the sides of the rear of the boat. Soon these will be removed and replaced with new lettering painted on.

Sooner rather than later these will be added to with new pictures of the new Phantom ready for 30 more years of good times, crazy launching stories, and summertime grilling. But we will not be losing any more props to the depths.