Category: Sports & Toys
Confessions of a Boataholic
I’m not really certain where this all started. We had just finished the first leg of the 2011 Lake Ozark Support Your Troops Poker Run (absolutely the best poker run of the year) and were enjoying lunch lakeside at Captain Ron’s, when someone asked “The Question”: So what inspired you to get into performance boating? [...]
The Winter Doldrums and How to Cure Them
The winter winds blowing from the North are but a harbinger of the worst yet to come. The ice and snow of January and February can bring a screeching halt to our golf games. To those heading South to more tropical climates, we offer our fond adieus. To those toughing it out in our local [...]
Holiday Escape on a Sunseeker
Boat owners all over the world have one thing in common: they love the water. Time on the water for these enthusiasts is a necessity, a part of their inner being. It brings them a sense of serenity, freedom and refreshment. Any moment in their wandering mind might take them to their favorite secluded cove, [...]
The Swing is the Thing
“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” For you younger folks, those words were first uttered by Duke Ellington in a song by the same name. It rocketed to the top of the charts in 1931 and thereafter became an American music classic. Back in those days, “swing” was the dance [...]
Enzian, a C&C115 Sailboat
In an economy that has everyone tightening their purse strings, sailing leads the way as an environmentally friendly and fiscally sound hobby. Enzian, a baby-blue C&C115 sailboat, is not the typical watercraft one expects to see gliding across the channels of the Lake of the Ozarks. Towering over its fellow sailboats and motorboats at the [...]
2011 Golf Magic
The warm days have arrived. You have blown the winter dust off your clubs and even been out on the links a few times. You dreamed all winter of how you were going to improve your game, and pictured yourself shooting that elusive par more often than not. However, what has popped out of your [...]
