Story behind your V20 handle

[Jetty Rocker]

The first year that I owned my v-20 and it was sitting in on the trailer in my yard, I had a friend that always said the it would be the perfect "jetty fishing machine". After reviving it with a new transom, wiring and engine I proceeded installing a stereo system that was worth the value of the boat, so me and my wife came up with the "Jetty Rocker". Now are crowd don't ask if we are going on the river, the ask if we are going "Jetty Rockin'" .

[bcmarinamanager]

Well, our last name is Crews and we absolutely LOVE being down in the islands. And we were both born and raised in the "South". We actually coined the name when we chartered a 38' sail-cat bare boat one year. We were sitting in the cockpit hanging on a mooring watching the sun go down in White Bay on Jost Van Dyke (BVI) and my wife just looks at me and says...we're "Southern 'Crews'ers".

[nipper]

I have done several bareboat cruises in the Virgin Islands and I also absolutely love it. Perhaps the most bittersweet trip we did was with my Mom, Dad, two brothers and sister. My Dad was dying of cancer but wanted to do one last trip. We had a great family time and Dad enjoyed the heck out of his last voyage despite his suffering. He died two weeks later. Ironically, the name of our boat that trip (45' Island Packet) was "Swan Song."

[bcmarinamanager]

Originally Posted by nipper

I have done several bareboat cruises in the Virgin Islands and I also absolutely love it. Perhaps the most bittersweet trip we did was with my Mom, Dad, two brothers and sister. My Dad was dying of cancer but wanted to do one last trip. We had a great family time and Dad enjoyed the heck out of his last voyage despite his suffering. He died two weeks later. Ironically, the name of our boat that trip (45' Island Packet) was "Swan Song."

Yeah, if I could find a job down there, I wouldn't be up here! Sorry about your father, but man, what a way to celebrate his life one last time! I want my ashes to be spread down there. I feel like that's where my soul belongs.

[nymack66]

NY Lived in and Love NY for 25 years
MACK Frist 4 letters of my last name
66 Year Of Birth

[phester]

"phester" or "fester" is a generic name that a few close friends, and myself, are the only ones strange enough to call one another. When joining the site I was sorta stumbling for a screen name so "phester" seemed appropriate.....kinda boring, I know.....

[kamikaze]

It is said (usually by the wife) that I have a strong personality trait of not thinking for jumping into my next project.

[drbabe]

This is an old thread now, but I had to add to it. It's a GREAT thread. When we first looked at our V, before we bought it, my wife found this site, and signed up. She's a pediatrician, so, that's that, and by the time I woulda thoughta changing it, too many people had already given my terrific advice, and I didn't want to "disappear" by changing the handle. We love our 1974 V, Pepe, and we use this site ALL the time. Best jokes are here, in OFFTOPIC.
My real name is Dave, and I'm sort of a jack of all trades: carpenter, poet, sailor, and now, V-20 owner.

Ferm always reminds me of a cat we had, when I lived in Florida, that ate the little lizards all the time. We called her The Furminater.