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My boat, named "The Stroller"
is a 1969 23 foot commander
sport. We keep her in Lake
Geneva Wisconsin and purchased
her about 20 years ago.
Since then we have made several small modifications to improve
her overall look, but we have been very careful to preserve the
classic and sporty look. First we decided on a new paint design. As
you saw from the picture She is now painted a deep blue with a white
top side and white water line. We also replaced the old three bar
white stripe on the back with a deep blue one to match the hull.
The interior was also modified. We first pulled out the middle
bench seat and replaced it with a very unique wrap around seating
arrangement that put benches on both sides of the boat. As you can
see in the photo it gives the boat a unique look and a great place
for passengers.
Since we were kids we have loved water skiing, so when the boat
was remodeled we flipped the passenger captains chair to face the
stern of the boat so a ski spotter could look backward. Finally, I
added a flag post to the front for the retro bow pennant. The
combination of these improvements has worked out nicely.  |
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Finally, I thought I would share
the story of how the boat was
named. When I was about 5 years
old my entire family (aunts
uncles and grandma included)
gook a trip to Ireland to see
our family who still lives there
and to have a party in honor of
my late grandfather who had died
the year before. We had the
party in the little town of
Ballyneety at a pub called "The
Stroller".
It was the spring after this
trip that we bought our new
boat. She went unnamed for about
half a season, and during that
first summer people started to
realize that if you placed young
kids (my brothers, cousins and
I) up in the bow section, the
rumbling of the engine would
have them asleep in no time.
After figuring this out the
boats name dawned on my mother
and grandmother. So we named the
boat for her affect on kinds and
in honor of my grandfather. That
is why on the back of the boat,
under her name, it says that she
makes birth in both Williams
Bay, Wisconsin and Ballyneety,
Ireland. David Gaeger, WI |
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