Its been a few years ago, but a few of us played boats at a pond just off of highway 54 in front of an RV resort....who pops in but Don, with some kind of a wood rigger/tunnel/cat boat thingie! It was pretty cool lookin, and when he ran it, it was WFO, until the tank was empty! We met up several times with others at that little pond, and had us a good bit of fun....he had a 60 hydro kit 80% that he practically gave me, and the workmanship was first class....ive still got it. I know not everybody got along with Don, but i just cant really say a bad word about him. Take a good look at a Roadrunner, then a Coyote, and see where it all started...Roadrunners are one of the best race boats ever made, and i dont even have one!a
The Land O' Lakes Model Boaters. Greg Bavender was the President. We spent a lot of time trying to find water. Club held meetings at the restaurant next to the nudist colony on 41 and 54. Ran boats at the RV park until we got kicked out for noise, rudeness, and someone drove their boat on land for a near miss incindent with some snowbirds. Yes Don ran boats with that club. MANY stories to tell about that entire exercise.