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I tell you I just get humbled by the way we take care of our family members! 2 Saturdays ago a fellow by the name of Joe Hoban came in. Now about 4 years ago Joe traded in a used boat he'd bought from us on a Maxum that he kept at Pilot House. That was about the last we heard of him until 2 Saturdays ago when he said he still reads the website regularly and really believed in us sending in those care packages. He dropped of a generous check and then basically left. I know the last thing Joe would want is to be mentioned in this newsletter, but I do it for 2 reasons: 1-I think and have always thought that our family members (employees, vendors, customers) as a group are some of the highest quality people on this planet bar none. I don't know if we're the richest money-wise but we store away many riches that have nothing to do with money. Joe is that kind of man. 2-People may not have had a boat here or ever had a boat here but in some way have connected or interfaced with our family. It astounds me how people I haven't seen in 10 years or longer send a note or stop by just to touch base. It's a very fulfilling thing. Speaking of high quality people, this past weekend the Wynne's the Lynch's and the Ledig's amongst others came in and made contributions. I don't want to forget to mention people, forgive me if I didn't see you do it. And I know there are lots of people who contribute in other ways. I just want these people to know how special I think they are. The newest request? Pop Tarts! Don't miss the Anniversary Party! May 8th 12-4 rain or shine! We've got a 5 piece bluegrass band lined up and I really hope the weather's good because I want to set up outdoor activities. Anyway keep the date in mind. |
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Thanks to everyone who came to our spring kickoff party! It was so special having members of our family and "prospective members" in the same place, having fun, whooping it up, and getting excited about the season coming up. Be sure to keep an eye on the home page and our Calendar of Events for more stuff. Just added: Blessing of the Fleet May 15th, OYC CRUISE EVENTS!! Remember, joinging Occoquan Yacht Club is your inside track to the fireworks! We also have Coast Guard Courtesy Exams May 1,2,8,9 |
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Update 4/9/04 Just heard from John Hernandez. 2nd wave of care packages came yesterday just in time to shore up morale with the latest trouble going on. It's about to get hotter still. The packages meant a lot to everyone. Latest request? Toothbrushes! Seems they need high quality toothbrushes to clean out rifles as well as to replace the worn out ones. Update 3/24/04 don't send any more hard goods until the ones we just sent are distributed. We are still collecting money, thanks to Tom Jordan for a generous donation. We want for John to hand out the stuff, tell what didn't work and what he especially liked so we can make the packages better. Make checks out to hoffmaster's Marina and write "care packages" in the memo. Martha Hoffamster is handling the funds. Update 3/17/04 First care package goes out! Family members Ed and Mike from Florida, owners of a 308 Chris Craft "Sea Woof" donated $100 to get the ball rolling. This plus other contributions from family members including my sister Deborah all added up to the haul pictured here that went out 3/15/04 and we still haven't used all of Ed and Mike's money!
On behalf of John Hernandez and all the gang overseas thanks and keep it coming! The drop box is located next to the snack bar in the kids play area. You may not know this but John Hernandez, who worked part time at the marina for many years, is a marine based at Quantico. He was shipped to Iraq recently and I just heard from him. It's pretty tough over there although he's not complaining. Lot's of stress as you can imagine. Most importantly however is this last remark: And in case the Hoffmaster family (Marina employees and boat owners) want to support the troops by sending care packages they can mail them to me and I will distribute. The stuff we can all use here are baby wipes, chap stick, magazines, more ammo (just kidding), snacks, "AA" batteries, and stuff like that. Because of security issues I am not allowed to give John's address, but would be happy to be a drop off center, even if we do the packaging. We'll keep a bin beside the parts counter labelled "for the troops." Let's show our troops we care by getting out 25 packages the first month at least! I'll post the results in my next newsletter. |
| Great venure, great people! The show was a total success! We sold 290's, 240's 230's 236's, 204's, 28 Corsairs, and especially 200 and 220 Cobalts. Looks like Cobalt and Chaparral are about sold out for the year! We're still struggling for more boats. Chris Crafts are a little easier to come by but not by much. Thanks so much to Frank and Sally Ballinger, Mary Lynch, Art Wenk, Dan Murawinski, Bob Furtek, Marc Roulier and Tom Hamel for helping us out in the booths. |
| Got the blue truck fixed up, bought a nice 3/4 ton Ford and a Yukon XL so our fleet goes from 2 trucks to 4! Painted the dumpsters, still working on the pier roofs but getting there, now we'll start up some landscaping. We want you to be proud of the place! |
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Joe Hoffmaster-Sales
Manager, General Manager, Sales Specialist new boats. Office
hours M-W, F 8-4, Sat 10-4 For Service and parts orders and follow up call Terry or Jeff. On the weekends
leave Terry notes. Parts order forms and work order forms are
located on the parts counter. Anybody in the store can assist
you in this. |
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to the Family-Growing Since 1954 1214 Swan Point Rd. * Woodbridge, Va. 22192 Phone 703.494.7161 Fax 703.494.8786 Open 8-4 M-F, 10-4 Sat, 12-4 Sunday |