Flying the Flag

In 1994 Lou "traded"our 34 foot Hunter for this 40 foot Farr. On the maiden sail from Waukegon, WI, to Muskegon every place that could leak leaked. Jim Somers, Lisa, and Matt were the only crew on deck as we "beat"(that means pounded) through the rain and cold water of Lake Michigan. This boat was an old racer that hadn't had any TLC for a long time. That didn't make any difference to the "boys"who wanted a racing boat.






The first couple of summers all the high school and college friends of Matt and Lisa came to race and party. In fact they were the ones who threw names in the hat at the NAME THE BOAT pizza and beer party. Since Tequila was the name chosen, we decided that the logo would be the tequila worm with six guns and a sombreo. I collected the beer cans during those early years and had the flag made. Here it is flying over the boat in Boothbay Harbor.