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Motorboating magazine ), the SanJuan Islands, the Pacific Northwest and so on. I guess the writing’s on the wall, Shelley and I need to make “more boating” a serious goal in 2006! t the close of each year, my wife Shelley and Ibuild a fire in our fireplace and settle in to plan our calendars, review the past year and set personal goals for the new year. We’ve established ourselves soundly in this routine and as a result, we have begun to do a much better job of balancing our timebetween work, our faith and value-driven personal goals, and rest and relaxation.

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s we updated our goals this past December, I noticed that Shelley hadcreated an extra set of goals titled Fun and Recreation, with one of the fun 2006 goals being more boating. Wow, you wouldn t think a woman whose husband heads a boat company would have to put more boating on her list of goals, but stay with me on this one. As we sat there, toasting our feet in front of the fire, we looked next at the places to go, things to see list that we continuously update. I noticed that we re putting more places on the list than we re checking off! We have some exotic and beautiful spots of water we d like to visit the Exumas, the Georgian Bay area, more of the Great Lakes, some upstate New York boating with a stop at Niagara Falls (we ll do that scenic tour by land), Mystic Seaport, Cuba (I went there several years ago in a 400 SS with

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love working at Formula, and the added benefit of getting to experience somany of our boats first-hand through the course of a year is fantastic. With owner trips, boat shows, photo shoots and other company-related trips, I get to experi- ence a fair share of boating, but I tend to rush back to work after a boat trip, even when it s been on an incredible body of water witness last year s quick in and out trips with our Formula owners to the Chesapeake Bay, the Florida Keys and Lake of The Ozarks. So this year, we ll be writing in some extra days for exploring this country s beautiful waters on marine board a Formula. It s a great, fun way to explore new waterways, especially while staying on board we don t have to tote luggage in and out of hotels, we can stay at a new port every night and have everything we need right on board.

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s you balance your work with fun aboard your Formula this spring andsummer,please write or email us and share the beautiful waters you explored! Welove to hear your stories and see your pictures. We hope you will experience the ultimate fun and safe boating experience with your family and friends. Sincerely,