Our extended family has been visiting ocean city, NJ since the 1940s for about 2 weeks every year and a converted PT boat ride was what I looked forward to as a kid.
I also spent a lot of time pestering the old man who owned it and got put to work.
At the age of 11, the owner was telling me what he did to increase the total boat horsepower to 5400 from 4200 and I later used that knowledge to talk my way into the crew of a couple of unlimited hydroplane teams when they came to miami marine stadium.
It's probably what sent me down the hotrodding engines path resulting in engine management system design work I do at this time.
I missed the pilgrimage this year for only the third time in my life.
