What I learned at the Sarasota Siestaaah

[MikeMiller]

I missed Liz (Dr. Dan's wife) very, very, very much!! Never again without her!!

You people know how to drink!

Jack Keefe will throw gifts back to you if he doesn't like them.

BabyDonzi and Donzi Las are some special people!

Tom Ireland at Mercury Marine is a great guy and knows how to do his job well!!

Gatorade and Rum are delicious together (thanks John Mitchell)!!

Frisbees are fun.

Mike and Judy Holderness are nicer than I already thought!

Nate Schlaeppi (JamesBond) snores!

Chris Allard (CDMA) has a master plan of Donzi domination (and he is real close).

The featherlite makes for a great bar!!

Brad Verd is still THE MAN!

Bud Staples couldn't be more of a gentlemen.

RV World ROCKS!

A Donzi Deck Boat CAN be cool!!

A 22 Classic with 600HP is awesome!

And finally... I will get more sleep next time!

Don't try any of these things at home! You all are indeed professionals!!!

[Speed-Racer]

Some things I learned....

"Contrary to popular belief, Frisbees do not damage gel coat"

Do not argue with Randy, especially over a boat slip

Chris (CDMA) always has his camera ready

Poodle can never have to many DONZI's :)

Do not lend Mark Albers your phone :rolleyes:

The Coastguard will not tow you, without first asking "Do you have boattow?"

When runing on 1/4 tank of gas do not tempt fate

Pegasus+Alchool= Attempts to strip people's clothing off eek!

Woodsy is a comidian :p

[Cuda]

What I want to know if you kept Grizz and CDMA from discussing the merits or non merits of a roller cam! :o

[BigGrizzly]

No, I was giving him $*** on getting his 22 done instead of screwing with the BH drive. Cams never entered into the discussion.

[CDMA]

Gasp .... I think Randy and I got along this weekend... wink wink wink

Chris

[Air 22]

Mike...one word says it all for the rally...AWSOME
:D Thanks for a great weekend..Crissy really missed being there...damn Isabel :( Next year 4 sure. Sleeping at truck stops isn't that bad @ 2am :p Bverd & Dr. Dan make the haul up and down much more fun than solo. wink can't wait til next year.

PS ...Poodle that new boat of yours looked real SWEET running...maybe it was Amy. ha! :D

[smokediver]

thanks to mike for putting on a great weekend and a huge thanks to mike and judy for the tow and the ride ! oh yeah, thank you to all who watched me sweat !

[CrackerJack]

BOY...
Best One Yet!!
Mike, how many sunglass visor holders can fit on one's sun visor? The one too many you got back.
Thanks for a great weekend.

[BabyDonzi]

Our take - Here’s what we’ve learned this year at the Sarasota Siesta…!

Pegasus + alcohol + hot tub after 1:00am = hotel security and Sarasota’s finest. Hmmmm, maybe we should keep that one under our hat!!

Mike & Judy have become my best friends (no, it’s not “just” because of their 38ZX)

Catch22 and I made a deal - I’ll buy the 38ZX, he’ll buy the Featherlite to pull it with. He thinks he got the short end of the stick, so I offered to keep the 38 in my driveway - there, even steven.

Donzi Joie full of rum & cokes - $100.00
Donzi Las full of jack & cokes - $100.00
Squeeze me in the middle, poolside - Priceless

Mike Miller + his gift of fish dip, can make friends anywhere.

Erin looks good in her bikini - and half in her bikini. Maybe all ‘Harvey World’ girls end up half in their bikini’s? Thanks Matt!

Chevron’s 80-20 mix of gas and water just doesn’t cut it! It makes Baby camera shy.

See babe! I told you a supercharged 600 will fit!

If Tom Ireland were a woman, I’d marry him…..

Ice cream is the “real” breakfast of champions.

John will stand on his head in his engine compartment all day! How does he do it? Of course Donzi Las didn’t mind the view, she wants to know why all of our neighbors aren’t like him.

Dwayne swears he has a “big yellow banana”. Las’s eyes sure did open wide with that one!

Mike Miller and Mike Miller Jr are definitely a show stopper.

Mark sure enjoyed giving Donzi Las a hard time about not catching a ride with him when Baby broke down - (like she minded) - But hey, where was he when we needed a 60 mph tow for the pictures…..

Never made it into the ‘Donzi’ gift shop. Saw Jim & Gina dragging 3 bags out and they said don’t bother - we bought it all !!!

When Richard our Dock Master says “anything goes after 5:00pm”, boy he wasn’t kidding!

The way Michael see’s it (Pegasus’ son), 22 ZX’s are faster than 22 Classic’s. (Not once did he ask me, “ does this thing go any faster”?)


Contrary to popular belief, Frisbee’s do not damage gel coat.

Brand new black swimsuits just don’t mix with white leather upholstery.

We discovered that Tim is our forever lurking ‘Guest’ !!

If you can’t bring your Donzi, bring an engagement ring instead. Congratulations Pete & Mo !!!!!

Once again - Mike Miller - Bravo - hats off - standing ovation !!! Looking forward to next year. Left a floating reservation at the Hyatt. We need next years dates!

No wake racing is exciting no matter what anyone else says.


Can't wait till next year!!!

[Lizard]

Thanks to everyone for taking such good care of Dr. Dan. :)

I certainly missed seeing all of you. Most especially MIKE MILLER!
biggrin.
Looking forward to seeing eveyone next year!

Liz
(aka Mrs. "Dr. Dan")

[CDMA]

Things I learned at Sarasota

Friday:

Pete and Dave are excellent Taxi drivers.

I know before Mo does…

Stories of Brad and Dwight

Mike Miller can still throw a party.

Should I go put my stuff away…nah its fine in the Boathouse.

Baxter gets high on the word “Criterion”

When Fishboy and Budmann start buying…run….just turn an run.

Steve is a great way to get rid of shots you don’t want.

The ritual midnight call to Pearson

Fishboy is the only one I know who does not have a hotel room yet still gets a valet bill.

How come Amy always knows what’s going on better then I do.


Saturday:

Chris “Mikey (Miller) don’t worry about me I will find my own ride.”
Mikey: “ Actually Chris…”
Chris turns all kinds of red…

Bryant “Professional Boat docker”…

Don’t worry everyone the piling will be ok.

Jim’s Minx is very nice. As is Islanders 18, Charles 22 (nicer then Dan’s wink ), and a whole other slew of boats.

What part of don’t follow us into the Gulf did everyone miss?

You could put a 250Xs on a Missile. Think they would notice the missing one?

Awesome ocean run in a 35Zf piloted by Steve Simon, in conjunction with Mark Smith in a 32 Zf, John in a 28 Zf and Tim White in a 33 ZX.

Holy Frisbee Batman.

Some late comers make a real subtle entrance.

Baxter must have left a life in professional Frisbee throwing or the circus…man can he throw a Frisbee

Back to the Hyatt…


Saturday Night:

How come so many boats I ride in break down?

Baxter’s “secret” Criterion is REALLY nice…

But it broke because I got in it…

Lil Griz needs to remember to get gas before he leaves.

Since when has donzi got into the furniture business? Or clothes for that matter? Regardless nice job guys.

A 1.1 million dollar motor coach :o :o

Mike Miller: Aka Austin Powers, Tom Cruise,

No, means no.

We are incapable of being quiet in the pool.

Dragged out of bed, again, and back to the pool.

Sunday:

Northern white boy will get roasted if he forgets suntan lotion.

Maybe I should work on that containership….maybe not


Thanks to all. It was a wonderful time and I am glad I made it. Mikey Miller did a great job, thanks to Pete and Dave for coming to get me, Buddy getting me home, Baxter for letting me break his boat, Steve, John, Dwight for the boat rides.

Chris

Strange on so many levels I tell ya…
"Caution is the word of the day"

[Lil Grizz]

Too many things to list for me but it was great meeting all of you.
I learned that my fuel gauge not only reads more gas than it has but my fuel consumption is far from linear. But hey without adventures you wouldnt have stories to tell over the winter right?

We need more pictures to be posted up here I know there was constant picture snapping all weekend!