As of this
writing Martha Stewart is the newest owner of one of our cedar
guideboats.
How, you ask, did that happen?
Betsy Campana, a customer in Maryland, heard Martha say she was
looking for a nice rowing boat. Betsy sent an e-mail, telling us
what Martha had said. We went to Martha's website, clicked the
'contact Martha' button.....described our
boats and sent a link to our website. A few
hours later we received a call from Martha's producer saying, yes, Martha
would like to get one of our boats. Also, she'd
like to do a segment on them for her show.
Would that be all right?
Well, yes.
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A few weeks later a film crew
arrived and spent three days documenting our processes, interviewing
us and videotaping our boats on the water.
Then, a few weeks later, David met Martha and her crew at a
lake near Martha's house and spent the afternoon introducing Martha to
her new boat. (While tape was rolling, of course.)
And, a few weeks after
that, once the segments had been edited, Steve and Dave went down to
Martha's studios for the actual broadcast..
This photo of Steve was taken in the green room at Martha's studio.
Yes, those are Emmy Awards....but no, they weren't given
to Steve. And if the count came up short one little Emmy
Award....well, we had nothing to do with it. Honest.
Everyone wants to know..."What's she really
like?"
She was nice and smart and funny....professional
too...and gracious. (Big surprise there.) When the taping on the lake was completed, David drove to her
house to deliver the boat. As he was leaving, Martha said, "Would you like something
cold to drink?"
David said a diet coke would be fine....she waved the thought
away and said, "But wouldn't pink champagne be much nicer?"
And, indeed, it was.
They sat on the veranda behind her house, sipping champagne and
watching the sun set over her incredibly beautiful estate.
All in all...a
fascinating experience.
Thanks to the folks at YouTube you can watch that segment right here..
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