It was a pleasure to be the Oklahoma, at Eufaula Lake's small boat gathering in 2014! I was lucky to meet John Welsford then, with many other greats from the small boating world and remember Mike Monies being especially hospitable toward a couple Canadians who dragged down cold crappy weather from the north! As I recall, he built the first "Red Scamp" prototype. Sadly she needed some work and was under a tarp (not a bad option with all the rain) but I missed seeing her sail! The weather was so horrible for most of this event was spent huddled on mass in the "Boat House". While initially disappointed because we were not on the lake, on reflection, the foul weather helped bring people together! The last day cleared enough though to get some boats out. "All is well that ends well" but sadly Mike was well and passed not long after! I think he would have been very happy to see how Scamp continues bringing small boat folks together!!! BestRoy
Good times! May they continue...
All the best of the season to all!
What an amazing, unique little ship, Bravo John.
It was a pleasure to be the Oklahoma, at Eufaula Lake's small boat gathering in 2014! I was lucky to meet John Welsford then, with many other greats from the small boating world and remember Mike Monies being especially hospitable toward a couple Canadians who dragged down cold crappy weather from the north! As I recall, he built the first "Red Scamp" prototype. Sadly she needed some work and was under a tarp (not a bad option with all the rain) but I missed seeing her sail! The weather was so horrible for most of this event was spent huddled on mass in the "Boat House". While initially disappointed because we were not on the lake, on reflection, the foul weather helped bring people together! The last day cleared enough though to get some boats out. "All is well that ends well" but sadly Mike was well and passed not long after! I think he would have been very happy to see how Scamp continues bringing small boat folks together!!! BestRoy
Wonderful memories!!
Love this!
Pure Poetry!