Quote Originally Posted by J. McKnight View Post
Thank you Scream and Fly for providing the platform to sell my Tuff 21. It all starts with Greg's incredible online magazine for us performance boat junkies. Thank you Greg! It continues with a great bunch of members that make up the S and F community. For those of you that know me, it is no secret that I have a love affair with my boats. When I move on to my next project, I get a little anxious about putting my "pride and joy" up for sale. It is extremely important for me to find a good home for my rigs. That being said, I am over the top thrilled that Joe Lanfranchi [Dirk Pitt] is the proud new owner of my Tuff and will be tearing up the bay of Long Island. Joe is a first class gentleman who has a passion for high performance. He is very knowledgeable, very experienced and takes meticulous care of his equipment. My kind of guy! I couldn't be more pleased with my "baby's" new home. I look forward to many years of our friendship. As much as I love to put new boats together, what I love even more about this boat thing is the fellowship among us go fast guys. I can't wait to see what power Joe chooses to install on the Tuff. Most of you are aware that I am a die hard Merc Fan as my trailer tag states. Because I like things that are different however, part of me thinks it would be really cool to think out of the box, get away from the mundane and go "white". Can't really believe I said that. We have to admit it is an intriguing proposition isn't it? I hope Joe selects his power shortly, the suspense is killing me!

Again, thank you to the entire Scream and Fly community!!

John C. McKnight
John,

Wow, thank you for sharing that story and taking the time to not only own and take care of an awesome boat - but pass it on to a new, deserving owner as well. Your story reminded me of how I came to own my present boat.

About 20 years ago, I was getting my 1986 Checkmate inspected by the Coast Guard and the inspector couldn't get over how perfect everything was. "There's only one other person I know who's as picky as you are" he said. "What's he own?" was my reply. "He's got a 22 Progression." I told him to call his buddy and tell him that if he ever wanted to sell it, I'd like to be first in line. Well, a few weeks later, the phone rang. I drove 4 hours to test drive and strike a deal for it. And yes, it was in almost perfect condition.

Now here's the neat part. I talked the previous owner - who upgraded to an identically colored 24' Progression into coming (a 5 1/2 hour drive) up here for a Poker Run that I helped organize. He's come every single year with his wife since then. She still marvels at the shape of their "old" boat. Yes, it still pretty much looks like the day it rolled out of the factory - like your Tuff.

Keep up the good work!

Tom