Greetings all members. (new and old)
For me this is as much of a homecoming as a new start. 12 years ago I gave up on my 3rd Commander - a project 55' that nearly took me out lol not lol - and i moved away from the club. But, my dream of owning another Commander never went away, and as my kids grow up (now all in their 20s) I am feeling the Commander bug again and I'm back. It is exciting to be a part of the new Commander Club website and the next part of our journey.
Who is new? Who is an old member? Tell us your stories! Tbh I used to post non-stop years ago and I'm tipping my toe back in the water.
Please respond with your Commander Club story, how many years have you been a member, what brought you in? Are you new and looking for a boat?
Reply here and I look forward to hearing from you!
Whitney Pillsbury
Ok heres my go at reintroduction on this new site.......
Hello, my name is Jeremy Goldstein and Im a boat addict to the highest degree!
(especially the vintage stuff!)
Fixing , building, & restoring boats is my day job and for fun I work on boats!
Ive got a 35' 1968 Commander express model that Ive been very slowly restoring in my very limited free time.
For those of you that have been following its restoration story on the old website forum, I hope to be able to transfer it to this site and continue telling the story. I had wanted a commander for a long time and finally purchased mine in 2017. We put 30 hours on it that summer even though it was very tired in every way possibile. Since then its bottom and bilge have been extensivily repaired & reglassed. It got a pair of brand new EFI 496's , new gas tanks, new cockpit floor framing, insulation, trim tabs, new steering, new helm station panels, restroed gauges; striped & refinished a bunch of mahogany, lots of gel coat repairs, insane amount of compounding on the top sides to maintain the mostly orig factory finish, new gel coat boot stripe, new props & shafts, all new thru hulls, new fire supression system, custom cockpit side wall hatches to allow much improved access to service the outboard sides of the engines, lots of new chrome and polished stainless, and much more! Still lots left to do but I very much look foward to eventually getting to use it.
I try to be fairily active on the forum to try and help out fellow members with the issues that come up on your boats. I enjoy using what Ive learned to help others to solve boat problems.
I look foward to meeting more of you and of course the opertunity to go wear out my new engines!