Published November 22, 2013
by Steele Whowell
Gordy’s Lakefront Marine was recognized by Boating Industry Magazine as the #1 Boat Dealer in North America for Customer Service and the #2 Best Overall Boat Dealer/Marina in North America at their Top 100 gala Wednesday night in Orlando, FL. Also, Rallee Whowell Chupich (Owner/Manager of Gordy’s) was honored by the MRAA with the prestigious Darlene Briggs Woman of the Year Award recognizing the most outstanding woman in the marine industry for the year. All of us here at Gordy’s are honored and excited to have received this recognition by the industry and we want to thank all of our close partners for we couldn’t do it without them, namely - Cobalt Boats, MasterCraft, our Cobalt 20grp, GE, Volvo, and Mercury Marine. But most of all we would like to thank our teammates for all the hard work they put in every day and our wonderful Customers for choosing us as their dealer of choice for their boating needs. Thank you all for your help and support.
Here is an article released by Boating Industry Magazine on our Best in Class “#1 Best Customer Service in North America” award.
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Published September 24, 2013
by Steele Whowell
(NEODESHA, KS – September 5-7, 2013) Cobalt Boats recently completed a very successful Worldwide Dealer Conference at the Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg, FL. Over 350 Cobalt Dealer participants from across North America and other International locations traveled to St. Petersburg. “We are proud to have such a fantastic group of dealer partners join us as we celebrate a successful season” says Gavan Hunt, VP of Sales and Marketing at Cobalt Boats. “Our dealers provided us the opportunity to have a record-setting year at Cobalt, and our dealer meeting this year had the feel of a victory celebration.”
Published September 24, 2013
by Steele Whowell
September 7, 2013. - The Cobalt 5 K Fun Run is an annual Cobalt dealer meeting function started in 2006 by Cobalt associate George Muffick, the North Eastern Regional Sales Manager at Cobalt Boats. Since it’s inception, George has been the leader of the event helping it grow from 6 participants in 2006 to the 78 that participated this year (either Running, Walking, or Biking). You see, George is a cancer survivor, and this year he made a focused effort to involve the worldwide Cobalt dealers in a fund raiser. Cobalt dealers were tested by a rejuvenating 5 K Fun Run in the Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg, FL running along the shores of Tampa Bay in the wee hours of the morning before the days agenda kicked off.
Published June 29, 2013
by Steele Whowell
Gordy’s 1st boat “Effie” makes a splash in Classic Wood Boating Mag.
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Published June 08, 2013
by Steele Whowell
De Pasquale’s Dozen with Author Brad Thor
Lisa De Pasquale | Jun 03, 2013
“I have been blessed to have had many excellent teachers. The further I get away from school, though, the more I realize that the greatest teachers in my life have come from outside of academia. One of my favorites was my first employer, Tom Whowell of Fontana, WI. I pumped gas at the lakeside marina that Tom owns, but not before I earned that position by demonstrating I was responsible and hardworking.
I didn’t realize it until I was older, but Tom mirrored the values and principles of success that I was learning at home. Tom taught me that success came in no small part from how well you treated your customers and how much you paid attention to detail. You sweat the small stuff so your customers don’t have to.
When I returned years later to visit, I was proud to see that Tom had lined his pier with flags proclaiming his love of America and his love of liberty. Success isn’t a mystery. It leaves clues – whether by a business or a nation. In that moment, I saw yet again all that was good and right about America and capitalism. Only by embodying what he does can Tom’s business and America be successful. I strive to live up to his example every day.”
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Published May 10, 2013
by Steele Whowell
Gordy’s is proad to announce that we are now an official MasterCraft Boat dealer for southeastern WI
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Published March 01, 2013
by Steele Whowell
WSJ article Dec 27th, 2012
By JIM CARLTON
SAN FRANCISCO—Don Lorenz decided to hold off on splurging on a new boat until he was convinced the economy had stabilized.
The right moment came this summer, when the 63-year-old chief investment officer for a real-estate firm paid $75,000 for a 20-foot water-skiing boat for his family’s lake trips in Northern California.
“I wouldn’t have bought one earlier because the recession and uncertainty were severe,” said Mr. Lorenz, a resident of Menlo Park, Calif., who last bought a boat eight years ago and plans to keep using it, in addition to the new one. “I was trying to maintain my liquidity.”
Published December 14, 2012
by Steele Whowell
Gordy’s wins Top Service Department in North America by Boating Industry.
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Published February 17, 2012
by Steele Whowell
Gordy’s receives some local press from the Lake Geneva Regional News on our 2011 Boating Industry 3rd Best Dealer in North America ranking. Very honored.
Published January 06, 2012
by Steele Whowell
Congratulations To Gordy’s For All Your Corporate Success And Community Support As an attorney, I like to think that my clients learn from me, and benefit from my advice. Many times, however, I find myself learning from my clients. And in the case of Gordy’s Lake Front Marine, Inc. of Fontana, Wisconsin, I would have no hesitation in signing a sworn affidavit affirming that Gordy’s serves as a model to me of not only how to run a business, but how to be a good corporate citizen.
