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| Originally Posted by JHA what type of boat where you on at the airshow?
It looks from the photos like an older 70 or 80 foot broward or burger. |
You know your boats! It's a 1982 72' Broward. Long story behind the boat...
As a kid, growing up at Bahia Mar, I spent free time making "doodle-like" sketches of yachts. I got pretty good after awhile and was able to sell a few of these drawings to owners for about... the cost of a Snicker's Bar. Well, word got around the marina and soon I was visited by a guy who had an office at Bahia Mar. You might have heard of him... Richard Bertram.
Mr. Bertram seemed to like my penmanship and subsequently introduced me to two gentlemen…Jack Hargrave and Frank Dennison. I had no idea who they were, but man did that have an impact on the rest of my life! They seemed to really like my drawings. Although I never saw Jack Hargrave again, I would see Frank Dennison at boat shows decades later and he always remembered me.
Fast forward to the late 70's. Living along the intracoastal near the Commercial Blvd. Bridge, we heard the horns blow from what sounded like a freighter. My mom called out to me to see it. We both starred in disbelief. It was almost identical to the yacht I had drawn in 1972 and hung framed in our den. The yacht was a 70’ Broward and it was magnificent. Since that day, it is the one single boat I’ve always desired to own.
Now I’m not about to take credit for the hard work and ingenious designs of these marine icons, but it’s fun to tell the fable of how I designed the classic 80's era Broward. In a somewhat amazing irony, guess what our current boat it is... 1982 72’ Broward! The identical boat that I dreamed up and... dreamed of owning.
I love to tell that story...
