1974 - The "New" KEN-DAN

 

    After three years of subjecting the Luhrs to the battles of the High Seas in search of the Longfins and slowly working into the Marlin wars I decided it was time for a change - as in "moving up." I had come across a boating magazine about the new Egg Harbor 38' sportfisher model. I even contacted the factory in Egg Harbor, New Jersey and was referred to Mr. Bob Henry at Yachting Associates in Newport Harbor. In the lot he had one of these boats that had been sitting on the lot for 6 months. In addition, he had an inventory of 5 - 48' Pacemakers and was anxious to make a deal. At the same time came the 1st great Arab oil embargo, the price of petro chemicals shot up and the cost of making fiberglass boats skyrocketed. With the original cost of this particular boat holding it was time to make the move. I got a great deal on the trade-in of the 32' Luhrs and came away with a great boat. 30 years later - same boat, but just about everything on the boat having been changed, up-graded, replaced, etc. (see front page of site) We took possession in Jan, 1974 and, of course, have probably paid for the boat many times over since that original purchase.

   About 12 years later I bumped into Mr. Henry and he was amazed that I still had the boat. He said that this was the only boat he had ever sold that had been kept by the owner until the mortgage (10 years) had been paid off. I wonder what he would say now.