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Those famous words from Butch Cassidy…”Who are these guys?”…have been asked of me a lot lately, only in this case it’s “Who is this guy” ?
One buyer purchased all three boats I just sold as well as the Seville that Richard in Canada had on Ebay. He’s Larry McKay and his wife Jody. These and many other prize boats now have a new home in California.
We first met when he bought the ’58 Herters I sold in August – and we met face to face in Green River Utah when Larry, Jody, Rodney from Winslow AZ, Kelly and Sandi and I all met to exchange boats and a Go Kart.
Larry and Jody are just like most everybody else you meet in this avocation - nicest people going. They have homes in Bakersfield CA and Mesa AZ. They are in the Property Management business and I believe also own apartment buildings.
I asked Larry why he was acquiring all the boats. He told be that he wants to build a personal collection of rare boats and possibly some for sale when restored. To that end, he’s opening a shop in Bakersfield – Vintage Boat Works – www.VintageBoatWorks.Com . I believe the site is still being developed. The shop will restore his boats and once established offer restoration services.
Like a lot of us he grew up boating. During all the backing and forthing of the transactions I got nosey and asked him about his history in boating – this is that he said…
“I grew up helping my Uncle, every evening, build glass covered plywood ski boats in Central California and spent every weekend on the lakes skiing and testing them out. Jody and I are into Corvettes also. When we met in 2001 we each had two. She has one that takes the prize for the oldest & rarest. She has a 1964 hardtop with automatic, air, power windows, & power steering. Very few made back then with all the accessories. We have an amazing 67 ft. custom sailing ketch docked in Long Beach, CA that we plan on sailing off into the sunset on someday. I raced sailboats through the 90's, once, winning first in class in the Newport, Ca to Ensenada, Mexico race.”
The best part of all this is that he and Jody are genuinely great people who will be a terrific asset to us all !
So while selling my First Tier Collection was hard to do – they couldn’t have gone to a better place!
Peter
Optimistic
In Denver
One buyer purchased all three boats I just sold as well as the Seville that Richard in Canada had on Ebay. He’s Larry McKay and his wife Jody. These and many other prize boats now have a new home in California.
We first met when he bought the ’58 Herters I sold in August – and we met face to face in Green River Utah when Larry, Jody, Rodney from Winslow AZ, Kelly and Sandi and I all met to exchange boats and a Go Kart.
Larry and Jody are just like most everybody else you meet in this avocation - nicest people going. They have homes in Bakersfield CA and Mesa AZ. They are in the Property Management business and I believe also own apartment buildings.
I asked Larry why he was acquiring all the boats. He told be that he wants to build a personal collection of rare boats and possibly some for sale when restored. To that end, he’s opening a shop in Bakersfield – Vintage Boat Works – www.VintageBoatWorks.Com . I believe the site is still being developed. The shop will restore his boats and once established offer restoration services.
Like a lot of us he grew up boating. During all the backing and forthing of the transactions I got nosey and asked him about his history in boating – this is that he said…
“I grew up helping my Uncle, every evening, build glass covered plywood ski boats in Central California and spent every weekend on the lakes skiing and testing them out. Jody and I are into Corvettes also. When we met in 2001 we each had two. She has one that takes the prize for the oldest & rarest. She has a 1964 hardtop with automatic, air, power windows, & power steering. Very few made back then with all the accessories. We have an amazing 67 ft. custom sailing ketch docked in Long Beach, CA that we plan on sailing off into the sunset on someday. I raced sailboats through the 90's, once, winning first in class in the Newport, Ca to Ensenada, Mexico race.”
The best part of all this is that he and Jody are genuinely great people who will be a terrific asset to us all !
So while selling my First Tier Collection was hard to do – they couldn’t have gone to a better place!
Peter
Optimistic
In Denver
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