Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Annie Laurie



Here she is a 2005 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer, powered by two 6.2L V-drive engines. We cruise exclusively on Lake Ouachita, Arkansas. A Corps of Engineers lake spanning some 40,000 acres at normal level of 568 feet, the lake touts right at 1,000 miles of shore line, with numerous islands and niches to enjoy. The lake is also noted as one of the cleanest lakes in the US.

We upgraded from a 1994 Rinker Fiesta Vee 265, Basic Needs. She was exactly that, a basic little starter cruiser. She lacked many of the necessary amenities like heat and air, a generator and room! The Annie Laurie provides us all we need to spend a day or a long weekend on the lake.

We named her after my wife's mom. We lost her Halloween day. We are also going to document her. So the name will be "Annie Laurie" Port of El Dorado, Arkansas.

All the old folks got their start in El Dorado, and bought into Murphy Oil. Through the years it's been passed down, inherited etc. So we figured that we would honor her mom with giving our boat the name her daddy used to call her and pay tribute to where the $$ came from.

By the way, don't bother looking, there ain't no port in El Dorado, i think there is a river though.

This will be our first season with her and we look forward to spending many days and nights aboard her.