Now for Something Different

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I am sorry for the delay in getting out my first 2020 blog.  But, this years marks a slight change of plans.

The past two years I have blogged about my Indian Roadmaster motorcycle adventures.  First, in 2018, through the Southeast, and in 2019 through the Southwest.  I have really loved my time on the open road – exploring new places and meeting new people from different walks of life.  Please feel free to read past blogs.

In 2020, I am going to do something different.  I am not going to explore America on two wheels.  I am going to explore the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, from Key West to Riverside, CT, on a cabin cruiser.  The good ship Wakely.

Fg6a5Q30Sjq1vnnd3Vz7LQW4tidoj6TjiNBIfFsU7dbgWakely is a Back Cove 41.  The 41 is the flagship of the Back Cove fleet and is fitted with an efficient single Cummins diesel engine.  Catherine and I fell in love with the 41 last year.  After a quick search, we found our Back Cove 41 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Her name, Wakely, is a family name.  It is the middle name of Catherine’s father, Peter Wakely Streich.  Peter is a Navy veteran.

The specifications of Wakely are:

Length Overall (LOA) – 46′ 6″
Beam (width) – 14″
Draft – 3′ 9″
Displacement/Weight (Full Load) – 29,000
Height – 13′ 3″

Right now, Wakely is located in St. Petersberg, Florida.  Over the next few weeks, we are looking forward to moving her south closer to Naples where we are currently living.  She will stay in Florida through March and sometime in April, we will begin our cruise up the Eastern Seaboard.

It will be a casual cruise up the Intercoastal Waterway allowing us to experience the seafaring tradition of the Eastern United States.

Oh, I have elected to keep the blog’s name “Wheeling with Kramer” as Wakely is driven by a single propeller that wheels (spins) to keep Wakely moving forward.  So, “Wheeling with Kramer” is still pertinent.

I will keep you up to date on Wakely’s and our adventures starting in just a few weeks.

Stay tuned and Keep Wheeling!

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Paul Kramer’s award-winning and distinguished career is characterized by a long track record of building high-performance sales and marketing communication organizations. He brings a high-energy, enthusiastic approach to marketing that is contagious and produces results. His expertise is a unique blend of creativity, technical marketing analysis, and a keen business sense for strategic positioning. He has worked with some of the world's greatest communication companies, including Grey Advertising, Bates Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, D.L. Ryan Companies and Epsilon. He is skilled in all areas of marketing from both the agency and client side of the business. He is especially strong in strategic planning, global marketing, national brand & account management, marketing communications, licensing and business development. In addition, he has a solid thirty plus year management foundation with accomplishments in P&L management, intellectual property, forming and maintaining strategic alliances and building business. Mr. Kramer has documented successes in companies from $10 Million to $100 Million in size, with industries ranging from automotive, restaurant to consumer packaged goods and durable goods. He brings an unusually strong multi-product, multi-market background. The beneficiaries of his marketing acumen include Johnson & Johnson, M&M Mars, Cadbury, Toyota, The Stanley Works, Timex, Wal*Mart, Alcoa, Novartis and more. Mr. Kramer has received awards for his career accomplishments, including a Promotional Marketing Association Reggie for Global Marketing and a Promotional Marketing Association Reggie for Account Specific Marketing. Mr. Kramer is married to Catherine and has two beautiful daughters, Emma and Sarah, and his hobbies include tennis, motorcycling, and boating.

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11 thoughts on “Now for Something Different”

  2. This is great!

    On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 3:45 PM Wheeling with Kramer wrote:

    > Paul Kramer posted: “I am sorry for the delay in getting out my first 2020 > blog. But, this years marks a slight change of plans. The past two years I > have blogged about my Indian Roadmaster motorcycle adventures. First, in > 2018, through the Southeast, and in 2019 through t” >

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    1. Hey Hunter. Where are you and how is your Dad. Never answers the phone. I’ll be seeing Kuendig in just a few weeks and looking forward to having you, Ellie and George on the boat this summer.

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  3. Let me know when you get to the Vero Beach/Melbourne Beach FL area. Plenty of fun things to do here at Aquarina in Melbourne Beach . Lots of golf and a guest suite if you want to rest your sea legs. You’re close when you get to the Indian River ( part of the Intercoastal) .

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  5. Cool update! Love the boat.

    On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 5:45 PM Wheeling with Kramer wrote:

    > Paul Kramer posted: “I am sorry for the delay in getting out my first 2020 > blog. But, this years marks a slight change of plans. The past two years I > have blogged about my Indian Roadmaster motorcycle adventures. First, in > 2018, through the Southeast, and in 2019 through t” >

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    1. Hey Paul. I got to FL last Saturday. Thanks took Autotrain not Wakely. Let me know when you’re in the Melbourne Beach area. Happy to treat you to a golf game here at Aquarina.

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  6. PEK, Come over to Captiva. I have lots of good rum. Or I will meet you half way – Dixie Fish in Ft Myers Beach. I will even buy you lunch, even though you still owe me for the Kuendig bet. Good friend of mine here on Captiva had a 34 Back Cove. There’s a dealer on Sanibel. Good luck, and stay in the channel. Tom

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