We finally get the weather we want
 

Finally around mid May the weather started to break big time and by Memorial Weekend we had our summer weather. Sally and I spent the night in Belmont Bay Sunday.

I'll give a free Hoffmaster's flag to any customer who contributes a photo that I use on our website.


What's happening around the Marina
 

We're finally done with the Cruiser Pavillion Roof! I'm still having trouble getting a pile driver for A pier though and I owe you guys that freshen-up to the bath houses.

Many of you know that David Mattingly at some point here may leave to go into a new line of work after 32 years at Hoffmaster's. The basic idea here is he stays until he finds a real no-brainer situation, so don't be suprised if he's around for awhile.


Boat Sales
  Now it's just insane! We're down to 9 or 10 used boats of which I think 2 may have been signed this weekend. We have less than 10 Chris Crafts and 6 Chaparrals because that's what I had going into the weekend and I think we may have sold 4 more of them plus another couple of boats out of the plant!

The yard
  I'm an a--hole until the 4th of July. People are getting more steamed at me when a note isn't left on the boat or the work isn't done. All I can say is I've tried to curtail advertising as much as I can without losing factory money, put a moratorium on boat orders for stock, and have expanded the yard by adding 2 full time and 3 part time laborers. And I still haven't reduced the backlog. It's going to be like this through the 4 th.
Slips
  Dad's on the warpath about dock boxes, dinghies, other crap on the docks. I know I would like to be more mellow than this about the issue but don't be suprised if dad challenges you on it.

Rumors
  Nothing much to report right now. The Chris Craft meeting is July 11 th-13 th and Chaparral is August 9-11 so I'll have more then.
 

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