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Introducing
CROWNLINE Boats!
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Bill's Marine Service Newsletter
Greetings!
May is a busy month in Garrett County. At Bill's, we're getting all of the new and used boats sold during our April Boat Show cleaned up and ready to drop in the water, along with getting the rental fleet tuned-up for the summer. At the new Exhibition Hall at the Fairgrounds they're getting ready for the Annual Home and Garden Show. From Wine tasting at the Savage River Lodge, to Dancing with the Local Stars at Wisp Resort, to the All American Whitewater Festival at ASCI over Memeorial Day weekend, there's always plenty to do in and around Deep Creek Lake. Garrett County is truly a four-season destination resort, with something to do even when the weather doesn't cooperate.
At Bill's, we still have plenty of new boats and pontoons in stock, along with a good selection of trade-ins, so stop by and check out what 2012 has to offer in on-water fun. Bill's Marine Service is your one-stop shopping experience. See you then! |
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IntroducingCROWNLINE Boats!
Bills' Marine Service is proud to announce today that we have added CROWNLINE Boats to our line-up. Starting their third decade producing some of the finest and most popular on the market today, CROWNLINE began with the simplest of concepts - give the customer what they want. From their patented F.A.S.T. tab hull design, to their innovative rear cockpit designs, to their infinitely customizable color and graphic options, CROWNLINE designs and produces high quality boats through customer innovation.
Bill's Marine Service is very excited to add this new brand to our offerings. Check out the latest CROWNLINE has to offer.
We will have boats in stock to demo in mid-June, including the E2 and E4 deckboats. These are solid, heavy boats that can handle whatever Deep Creek Lake or whatever your body of water can dish out - even on the busiest of weekends.
We are currently taking orders, so let us spec one out for you today! |
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BOAT of the MONTH
Tige` Z3
Introducing the Z3, Tige's all new boat for 2012, the perfect fusion of traditional bow design and distinctive Tige` styling. With the help of TeamTige` pro athletes, the Z3 is designed to effortlessly dial-in your perfect wake, or massive surf wave. Focused on every detail from bow to stern, the Z3 offers the deepest freeboard in the Tige` family, allowing you and your family unparalleled ride and comfort. With details like a customizable tower with available surf pockets in the bimini top, five engine choices and the customizable TAPS wake control system, the Z3 is much more than a boat. It's a memory maker. A doorway to your perfect wake. It's the ride of a lifetime, whatever your passion. |
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Maryland Basic Boating Course 2012
For those of you new to boating, or experienced boaters looking to brush up on what the regulations are in Maryland, Garrett College is offering the Maryland Basic Boating Course starting in May. Anyone born after July 1st, 1972 is required to have in their possession a certificate of boating safety education while operating a numbered vessel on Maryland waters. This means that, to be in command of a registered vessel on any body of water in the state of Maryland, you must have passed the Maryland Basic Boating Course, or its equivalent from another state. You may also qualify by taking courses available from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the U.S. Power Squadron. For further information call 1-800-336-BOAT. For reservations in one of the classes available locally, contact the Continuing Education Office at Garrett College, 301-387-3069, to reserve your spot now. |
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Stuff Happening in May
2nd - Community Swim at CARC - 6:00-8:00
6th - Community Swim at CARC - Noon-3:00
9th - Community Swim at CARC - 6:00-8:00
12th - Mountain Man Pig Out for Cindy's Fund - Archie's BBQ - 5:00-8:00
13th - Mother's Day Special at CARC - 10:00-6:00 - first 100 mothers receive a carnation
15th - Business Before Hours at Will O' Wisp Resort - Breakfast starts at 8:00
16th - Business After Hours at ASCI - 6:00-8:00
16th - Community Swim at CARC - 6:00-8:00
18th - Dancing with the Local Stars - Wisp Resort - 6:30-11:00
18th - Clipper City Brass Quintet at Garrett College - 7:30-9:30
19th - Garrett County Home & Garden Show - Exhibition Hall at the Fairgrounds - 10:00-8:00
19th - Oyster Bay Wine Tasting at the Savage River Lodge - 3:00-4:30
20th - Community Swim at CARC - Noon-3:00
20th - Celebrate the Youghiogheny - Discovery Center at Deep Creek State Park - 2:00-5:00
22nd - Getting to Know Your Chamber - Visitor's Center - 9:00-10:00
23rd - Community Swim at CARC - 6:00-8:00
25th-28th - All American Whitewater Festival at ASCI - Benefits ASCI's Veterans Programs
26th - Tom Wallisch Memorial Day Railjam - Wisp Resort - 6:00-8:00
26th - Opening Dy at Springs Farmer's Market & Museum - 8:00-1:00
26th - K-9s, Tunes & Brews - Wisp Resort - 11:00-5:00
27th - Dogsledding presentation and Kennel Visit - Husky Power Dogsledding on Bumble Bee Road -10:00-Noon
27th - Community Swim at CARC - Noon-3:00
30th - Community Swim at CARC - 6:00-8:00 |
 BILL'S MARINE GIFT CARDS
For the last couple of years, it's been a well-kept secret (mostly due to a bad marketing job on our part) that Bill's Marine Service has gift cards available for our customers. These cards can be used for any purchase, at any of our locations on the lake. So if you have a birthday or anniversary coming up, or just want to pre-load some money on one for emergencies, give us a call or stop by, and get a gift for that hard to buy for person today. |
Bill's Marine Rentals
20420 Garrett Highway, Oakland, MD 21550
Bill's Marine Service has one of the largest and newest rental fleets on the lake, and we rent boats Spring, Summer and Fall. From small fishing boats for sneaking back into coves to catch that monster hiding on the bottom, to pontoons for that crowd coming for a beautiful Summer Weekend, to open-bow runabouts for skiing, tubing and wakeboarding, Bill's Marine Service has the boat for you. Whether you just want something for 2 or 4 hours, or you want to have the boat sitting at your dock, ready to go for the entire week that you're here on Deep Creek, Bill's can put together a package that best suits your family's needs. And we rent the toys that you're looking for, too. So if you need a tube, trampoline, wakeboard, kneeboard or set of skis, just stop by our Outdoor Center when you're here this Summer, and pick out what you want for that blast down the lake. We take reservations for two days or longer, starting any day of the week. Bill's Marine Service Rentals, open seven days a week at our main location on Rt. 219, and at Bill's Marine Service North in McHenry. There's still plenty of time to make reservations for this Spring, Summer and Fall. Call us now at 301-387-5536 before they're all gone! |
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BILLSMARINESERVICE.COM
If you've never thought to look, Bill's Marine maintains a full-service website chock full of useful information and links. Whether you're interested in boats, ATV's or snowmobiles, in need of parts, accessories or rentals, billsmarineservice.com has it all. And one of the most usefull links is the information it carries about our new and used inventory. From new Cobalts, Nautiques and Harris', to our extensive inventory of used product featuring some of the best known product on the market, Bill's Marine can offer you excellent boats at competitive pricing, ready for you and your family to enjoy for summers to come. Just click on the links below, and see what Bill's Marine has in store for you.
Click to View New Boat Inventory Click Here to view Used Inventory |
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And Five Dollars In Quarters
A serialized story of two boys buying their first boat, featuring real people
in a fictional setting,
by Bob Newman, Bill's Marine Service employee
Chapter Two
It was cold in the garage, the exhaust from the heat gun the only thing keeping Bob's hands from freezing solid. Eric stood across from him, sanding the area they'd stripped last weekend, varnish and stain dust covering their heavy coats and hats.
They'd unloaded the boat onto sawhorses in Eric's grandmother's garage just across the cove from Bob's place, and spent the fall stripping the hardware from the boat and pulling out every screw and reseating it. They'd found rot in one small section of plywood on the bottom of the starboard sponson, something that looked to be the result of a collision years ago and never fixed. It had taken six weeks to find the right kind of plywood and have it shipped in, then a whole weekend to remove the old piece, cut and trim the new one to size, then bed and screw it into place. After that it was stripping and sanding every weekend and, by the end of today, the first weekend after New Years, they should be done with the dirty work.
Eric and Bob had been friends since second grade, meeting on the playground after lunch, when Bob had tried to score from second during a kickball game. Eric had scooped up the throw from the outfield and blocked the plate perfectly, only to have Bob run through him at full speed, the ball jarring loose and ending up jammed under a truck in the street. After a quick scrum while each aired their opinion of the play, they were banished to the principal's office not for the fight, but for their use of profanity deemed unsuitable for the second grade playground.
They'd been best friends ever since.
Eric spent most of his summers at Bob's house on Penn Point, skiing behind their old Nautique and rowing around in an old boat that had come with the cottage. When the boys turned twelve Bob's parents bought an old outboard for twenty-five dollars and hung it on the back of the steel boat, the only condition being that they couldn't leave the cove. And from that point on they'd dreamed of owning their own boat, and going wherever they wanted on the lake.
Bob pushed the plastic scraper across the wood, peeling the last of the old varnish from the plywood deck, then shut the heat gun down and dropped it to the floor.
"That's it, finally." He looked across the boat at Eric. "Hand me a piece of that 80 grit, would ya?"
Eric flipped him a piece of sandpaper and the two boys sanded in silence, both slowly turning brown as the dust coated them from head to toe. By the end of the day, when Eric's parents called them in to dinner, the last of the old stain and varnish was gone, and the quarter-inch plywood gleamed dully under the 8' fluorescents they'd propped on either side of the boat.
And that would be it until the weather warmed, and they could start staining and varnishing. But that would have to wait until spring. Until then they would have to be content with dreams of high-speed runs around the cove, kneeling hunched over the steering wheel, the throttle held wide open.
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BILL'S MARINE SERVICE, DEEP CREEK LAKE, GARRETT COUNTY, MD
Main Showroom Bill's Marine North Bill's Marine Service Center
20721 Garrett Highway 1867 Deep Creek Drive 683 Harvey's Peninsula Road
Oakland, MD 21550 McHenry, MD 21541 Swanton, MD 21561
Phone: 301-387-5536 301-387-5677 301-387-6625
Spring Hours
Monday thru Friday 9:00 - 6:00
Saturday 9:00 - 5:00
Sunday 10:00 - 5:00
Bill's Marine North 8:00-5:00 every day
Bill's Marine Service Center 8:00-6:00 every day |
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Bill's Marine Service is a full-service, one-stop marina serving Deep Creek Lake, Cheat Lake, Tygart Lake, Indian Lake and the Yough for over fifty years. We offer sales, service, storage, gas and rentals for our boat customers, plus sales and factory-trained technicians for Polaris 4-wheelers and Arctic Cat and Polaris snowmobiles. Stop by and see why we can offer you the best boat, at the best price with the best service available.
Sincerely,
Your Friends at
Bill's Marine Service |
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