By: Lou Ronca February 22, 2020 Bad weather for the Sunnyland quarterly meeting had a positive effect at the Saturday morning SCAMPY shop. Due to extremely cold weather all that planned on boating came over to the SCAMPY shop to see what was going on. This is a great chance for our members to see…
Gerald C. Hill February 22, 2020 If you have ever wondered who the artist is behind our beautiful boat festival posters here is a little background on Mr. Gerald C. Hill. Each year Mr. Hill starts in the fall working out the subject matter for our posters and then the work of art comes alive…
11th Annual Cypress Gardens Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous By: Pete DeVito Let’s head back to one of the most favorite Sunnyland show locations. It is November 1994 and we are in Winter Haven for the 11th Annual Cypress Gardens Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous. I use to go to this show before I actually…
FOR SALE January 20, 2020 This beautiful 1909 Consolidated 40 foot Launch that has been re-powered with an electric motor is being offered for sale for $25,000 or best offer. 100% of the proceeds from the sell go to the Sunnyland Youth Boat Building Program (SCAMPY). A survey is attached. For more information please contact…
January 13, 2020 An update just in from Kent Strobel over at our SCAMPY shop With the new year underway, the countdown to our Boat Festival in March is nearing and the kids are hard at work to finish their boats in time. The kids are doing a fantastic job on their boats and learning…
Saturday Morning At The SCAMPY Shop January 4, 2020 We just received this update in from Lou Ronca our Sunnyland Youth Development Director. The SCAMPY shop was really humming this past Saturday with all the kids and their mentors working on their boats getting ready for the upcoming boat festival in March. Take a look…
A Day At The Auction Pete DeVito January 4, 2020 It’s an annual event for my son’s, grandson’s and me to spend Saturday at the Mecum auction when it comes to Kissimmee in January. This auction has something for everyone from cars, antique boats, signs, gas pumps and even a guitar collection this year. This…
The Sunnyland Chapter held its 2019 Annual Awards Banquet in November at the Mount Dora Yacht Club on the shores of Lake Dora. We would like to congratulate all the award recipients and thank them for their outstanding service to our chapter. Sunnyland Chapter Awards “Presidents Cup” recipient selected by the Sunnyland President – Bill…
December 15, 2019 The Sunnyland Team enjoyed a great day at Joe Sabatini’s FESTIVALS OF SPEED wonderful event at the Orlando Ritz Carlton on Sunday, December 15th. The weather was great and the event setting is “Over The Top” filled with incredible cars, boats and other luxury brands of toys for big boys. There were…
December 14, 2019 The December Sunnyland Symposium was held on December 14th at the shop of Barry West in Apopka Fl. The session started out by reviewing the work completed to date on the Chris-Craft Constellation. Barry discussed how certain bottom planks were removed in order to replace the interior skin that was rotted. He…