Roll Call

[earl1z19]

Hello, I have been a member here since August but have never formally introduced myself.
My name is Keith and My wife Dorene and I own a  246cc that was new this year. We are merley a means of transportation for our 2 dogs who love to ride to the beach on the north side of Kelly's Island in the western basin of lake Erie This is out first Rinker and so far we are loving it!

[Babyboomer]

Hello, I have been a member here since August but have never formally introduced myself.
My name is Keith and My wife Dorene and I own a  246cc that was new this year. We are merley a means of transportation for our 2 dogs who love to ride to the beach on the north side of Kelly's Island in the western basin of lake Erie This is out first Rinker and so far we are loving it!

[Talon]

Welcome to the site! I can relate on being a canine taxi service.  


Wow - I miss Kelly's Island / Put in Bay, etc...

[sonrise]

Hi, We have been members for about two years now. My name is Bob, I am a carpenter contractor/ project manager- building homes in good Ole Illinois now for over 28 years! We currently own a 2005 300 FV- we love her (Legacy)! My wife Nancy is a curriculum director in the South Suburbs of Chicago. Our last Rinker was a 2005 250 FV. We boat mostly on the Illinois River out of Ottawa, Il.  THE Danger is the Chicago Boat Show is this week! Will a new Rinker be on our Horizon? Proud to be a Rinker Owner.  

[PartsMan]

Sonrise, Take your wallet to that Boat Show!

Was at the Cleveland Boat Show last weekend. There were some beautiful Rinkers there!

[Mikes342]

Earliz19,

My name is Mike and my Admiral Judy spend a lot of time north of Kellys.  Our Marina is on Marblehead called Bay Point.  If you see a 2006 342 with tan tops named JAMMS come by for some refreshments.

Mikes342

[tischman1]

Hello all,

I'm Brad and my wife is Suzy (43 and 37). [attachment=2:3494wetg]BradSuzy.jpg[/attachment:3494wetg]We just moved from a 24' Stingray [attachment=0:3494wetg]240CS Stingray.jpg[/attachment:3494wetg]to the Rinker 390. As I didn't want to go through 2 or 4 foot "itis" I figured we would just get as much as we could afford and wouldn't be able to move up within at least the next year [-X  to remember a date:)

I recently retired  from the Army after 23 years and continue to work for my Uncle (Sam) in the IT/Project Management field. My wife works for our Uncle as well in the online training arena. We live in southern Maryland about 2 miles from the Potomac. The area is almost directly across from Mt Vernon.

I am a private pilot and recently sold my 1969 Piper Cherokee airplane. [attachment=1:3494wetg]N121MD.jpg[/attachment:3494wetg]Selling the plane did make it easier to buy the Stingray boat. Suzy wasn't a big fan of flying so we picked a hobby that she liked better. You can also take more of your friends on a boat than you can take in a small plane. It's also much easier to sleep on my boat than in the plane;)

Well, I guess that's enough blah, blah, blah for now....Hope to see some of you on the DC water.

Cheers,
Brad & Suzy

PS I'll add a picture of our boat once we take some of her.

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[Talon]

Looking good! You'll find we have several pilots on the site.

[Sherminator]

Here's me, Andy, and my wife Jaynee.  We live in Austin, MN and run our boat usually over to the mississippi river.  We have been married for 7 months and its been great.  We have 2 dogs Rex and our new addition to the family Daisy, Rex is a 5 1/2 yr old Yellow lab that thinks hes a person.. and Daisy is a 6 month old Basset hound.. I think she has a smoker's bark, but neither one of us smoke??...theyre the best of friends already.


and us.

[tischman1]

Welcome Andy and Jaynee  

From Brad & Suzy

[Banker's Hours]

I HAVE BEEN ON THE SITE ABOUT A YEAR NOW. MY NAME IS WAYNE AND I AM A BANKER, WIFE IS DENISE AND SHE IS IN THE TRAVEL BUSINESS. WE RESTARTED BOATING SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND STARTED WITH A 26' WELLCRAFT CRUISER AFTER HAVEING SKI BOATS. DENISE LOVED THE CRUISER BUT THE 26 WAS JUST TO SMALL SHE NEEDED A BIGGER 'HOUSE'. WE MOVED UP TO A RINKER 342,GREAT BOAT. HAD IT FOR TWO SEASONS AND THEN MY RINKER DEALER SHOWED HER A LOADED 350EC AND THE REST IS HISTORY. WE LOVE THE 350.
WE ARE AT THE KENLAKE MARINA ON KENTUCKY LAKE.
IN THE AREA, WALK DOWN THE 40'S UNTIL YOU GET TO 'BANKER'S HOURS', BLUE AND I WILL BUY THE DRINKS.

[T R Sanctuary]

Robin and I live in Elkton MD and we both love the water. We are not sure why we waited so long to purchase "our" first boat but we are really happy that we took the plunge.

I am an Electrician with W. L. Gore and Associates and Robin is a chemical operator with Dupont. Our children are grown and have little interest in boating at this point but we hope to change that in the Summer of 2009.

Our dog "Trooper" is always willing to take a new adventure and tends to lay next to the boat while we pamper our investment.

We have twin 5 yo grand children that made our madien voyage and they are looking forward to the 2009 boating season!

We are looking forward to meeting and getting to know everyone on board!

[AlexisandChad]

New member for a month or so. I'm Chad and the admiral Alexis.  Our girls are a lab mix and newfoundland mix, both rescues.  We own a 1994 FV260.  We just moved to the Detroit area.  Lived in the Monongahela south of Pittsburgh where we used our boat for our vacation home....every weekend.