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trepreneur - letting people drive their own boats, and
not just small ones. Gordy was one of the first to give
people something a little larger: an 18 foot runabout
with a 60 or 90 horsepower engine that you drove
with a steering wheel,” says Whowell. Throughout the
1960’s, the rental business flourished. Manufacturers
custom-made boats for Gordy to rent and people lined
up at the door every morning to experience the joys of
speed boating.
In 1969, Gordy bought Chuck’s Bar, a local hangout
down the street from the marina, and began spending
