Lake Union 2012

[Skagitguy]

What a great weather day it was for this outing on Lake Washington/Lake Union. Turnout was not bad at about eight boats. Maybe some of the others will have pictures to post. We also saw Greg Silcox a member driving one of the "Ride the Ducks. Chuck

[Sammamish1]

Looks like it was a little chilly on the water Chuck. It was warm in Kingston yesterday.

[Ken]

Thanks for the photos!

I'm "recliner bound" this weekend so am boating "vicariously"..... Thanks for the pics.
Greg is driving the Duck?? I've often thought that would be a great fit for me--share my passion for Seattle intermixed with dumb jokes for the tourists--a perfect fit for me! Greg, please contact me at cook8585@msn.com. I'd like to chat about that gig!
-Ken

[Skagitguy]

Jack, In the morning it was a little chilly but, after lunch it was sweatshirt time. I think this was the best weather day even counting "Opening Day " times in the past on Lake Union/Washington in years. My son ,Dan and i even had the top down.

[Sammamish1]

Sorry I missed it, I just got done listing Rhapsody with a yacht broker. Hopefully someone has enough sheckles left to buy it.

[Lootas1]

Wish we could have been there but I thought I could hear Rosario begging "Please don't make me go in that cold fresh water"!

[Skagitguy]

Jerry, You must have misunderstood her as she always like that cool fresh water when i took her out.

[Skagitguy]

Ken, Are you talking about GregJ or Greg Silcox ? If you ment GregJ he always had trouble with his rubber Duck. Greg Silcox is the one i was talking about.

[Ken]

I understand about "green" Greg....I was referring to "pink" Greg! As for myself, I always know where my duck is! -Ken

[GregS]

A fleet of Classics pounces on a Duck!

It was pretty cool to look behind me yesterday and see the multitude of Classic Glass coming up on me! It was a great day to be out on the water...any day is a great day for that actually. The "guests" on board were delighted to see such unique boats. They had all sorts of questions which I was able to answer, felt like I was an expert! Take care everyone.

Greg Silcox

[GregJ]

Greg, You are an expert. It was good to see you out there, I check the Ducks out everytime I see one, lookin to give you and the tourist a wave. It seems the tourist always enjoy seeing the boat. I'm going to start caring a kazoo on board so I can get real close so I can give them a quack.

[Tim_Mattson]

Ride the Classics.....

Thanx for sharing the pics Chuck,
Spent the AM searching the Swap Meet at Gasworks for trincats and more "boat Booty".Kept looking toward the water feeling I was at the wrong place.Looks like a good time was had,even no boardings.
Scored some good running outboards and a couple chrome pcs for the soon to be revealed Fleetform.
Hope to be boating by early summer.
Greg S also does duty in the Bridges ,btw,you can sometimes see a waving Bridge tender if you look up while floating under the several bridges along the Ship Canal.
Now if Greg could find a way to get paid to drive his classic boat for hire........Maybe a Classic Boat version of the Ride the Ducks venture would give us all a way to retire while boating.
Hard part would be begging for $.......
TimM

[westerner]

Thanks for the photos Chuck, looks like you had a great day for the event. Good turnout, wish we could have been there.

[GregJ]

Chuck, Thanks a lot for the pictures. I took some with my cell because I forgot my camera again but when I got home and checked for them they weren't there. I did something wrong. That was a really good event (thanks Tim). I was having some minor problems with my controler. I was having a problem with my idel rpm and getting into reverse so I got a new dock ding (easily fixed). When I got home I did some adjustments which took care of my both problems so I am ready to go again.

[Tim McCrain]

What a great way to start the season! Once again we had beautiful weather, good food, good friends and no mechanical trouble. A pretty good turn-out with 9 boats, 17 adults, 3 kids and a dog. What more could ya ask for?

Just as we were leaving the dock at Magnuson a gentleman pulled up to launch his Larson Thunderhawk, a very nice all original boat. I tied back up and talked with him for minute, he was suprised to see a fleet of vintage boats and was intrigued to hear about the club. Quite a coincidence that he happened along while we were there.

Andy E. arranged for us to take a tour of Jensen's boat house, which was just really cool. Pretty amazing that the shop has been there since 1926, with a lot of very vintage equipment and fixtures like the traveling hoist built in the 30's and the steam bending chamber made with a section of wooden water main. Thanks to Andy for arranging the tour and to Dewitt Jensen for taking the time to give us a tour and share a little of the history of Jensen's and show us the works in progress.

Thanks to everyone who came out and made this a fun trip. I didn't get a whole lot of photos, sorry I don't have one of everyone to post.

Looking forward to Blake Island!

Tim