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Caryl and I have been married for quite a few years now.
(stopped counting) We are the proud parents of our sons Danny and Steven, and
we still have the great pleasure of having Danny living at home with
us. Steven moved out in 2008 . Some day I am sure Dan will go
as well, so I keep telling myself. Both Caryl and I where raised in
Rockland
County. My self being from Haverstraw and Caryl being raised in the Stony
Point area. In 1988 we decided to move to Washingtonville
N.Y. in Orange County.
With myself being from Haverstraw I have always been involved with boating and
fishing on the Hudson. With my
parents we had been members of such marinas as the old Ba-Mar Marina,
Rockland Bergen Yacht Club and even had a boat on a mooring in Bowline
before the power plant went in.
Now as far as Caryl she had been a land lover, sure she stayed and swam
at the Jersey shore but she didn't become a boater
till she met me. Our first boat was a brand new 1987 Bayliner bow rider
that we purchased at the Rockland Community Collage Boat Show. Now if I had
only listened to Steve and Rick back then. Come the winter of 87 we ended
up ordering a 1988 Chaparral 278 signature series cruiser from them. We put
many an enjoyable trips on her until the summer of 2000 when we found the
Carver Santego in Mystic Connecticut. She was a 1989, 30 foot Carver Santego
Fly bridge. We found such a great deal that we where a 2 boat owner until
we sold the Chaparral in summer of 2002.
In July of 2005 we found our current boat, the 392 aft cabin Silverton Motor
Yacht down in Long Beach Island.
We where fortunate enough to be able to include the Carver in a
trade with our offer so we didn’t become a 2 boat owner again.
Now since Caryl has become a boating member she is on the boat every
weekend with me. She is even one of my fishing partners. Now let me tell
you the Department of Environmental Protection is glad to hear that. You
see several years ago they where worried about the health status of the
local fish population. Something about not enough food to support the fish
population. Well since Caryl has started fishing there is plenty of food
for them. She does a great job of feeding them. Don't have to worry about
catch and release with her.
We are proud members of the
Penny
Bridge Marina family and have
had many a good time there. It is a small marina with some of the greatest
owners and members in it. As I mentioned earlier we are always there on the
weekends so stop by our slip and say hi. We always look forward to a good boaters
chat.
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