Dennis Bolger was about 280 lbs. and 6'4". He was a big man in heart and in friends. He lived in San Diego, California for many years. He worked on the Apache Program, owned a wooden boat shop and had more friends than one knew what to do with.
He was friends with people like Joe Del Nero, Al Schinnerer and Ed Alexander to name a few; you know, those really "great" people to know.
Don and I knew Denny for about 8 years since he retired here in McCall, Idaho. Don and Denny were tight. he always had an answer to questions and he always was there if you needed something.
We had the pleasure of restoring his capri, Deja Vu. It was one of Denny's dreams before he passed to restore the Capri (he originally built it) and to ride around Payette Lake in it. He did just that!!
He was past President of the Antique and Classic Boat Society in San Diego and did or was part of so many other things I do not know where to start............nor end........
McCall Boat Works also has the pleasure of restoring another boat of Denny's, a 1935 Dodge Double Cockpit Forward Runabout; unfortunatley, he will only be able to look down on this restoration.
Please comment/blog if you knew Denny and want to share with others your memories of Denny.
I am unable to load my scanned photos today; please go to our web site: mccallboatworks.com to view some photos of Denny and his friends.
I will post them on the blog later if I can figure out what is up.
To you Denny, CHEERS!!
LOVE TO YOU, DENNY!!
Dennis was a great guy. We had some great times especially when Denny, Joe and I rescued the Sabre from the "Boat Butt Head". He was just a wonderful guy. We still kept in touch over the years since he moved to Idaho and had many great talks. Very sad to hear of his passing. We lost one of the great ones!
ReplyDeleteMike Nannenhorn