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Nautique Insider

Bill Yeargin, President/CEO

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Insider Posts
G23 - Unsolicited Customer Letter 05/15/13
2013 Nautique Wake Games 04/30/13
Why Buy Nautique Over the Competition? 03/21/13
Moomba Masters - 2013! 03/11/13
Habitat for Humanity - Nautique Cares! 02/25/13
Nautique Rocking the 2013 Boat Shows! 01/31/13
Nautique Surf System - 3 Weeks Later 01/24/13
Nautique Surf System 01/03/13
Nautique Dealers -The Best! 11/16/12
Ralph Meloon - 95!! 11/08/12
Nautique Cares - Africa 10/30/12
G23 - Six Months Later 09/26/12
TWO Major Awards for Nautique! 09/07/12
NAUTIQUE ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2012! 08/29/12
Orlando Watersports Complex (OWC) 08/17/12
Nautique Wakeboard Nationals - 2012 08/07/12
G25! 07/23/12
Apache Reservation - 2012 - Nautique Cares! 07/18/12
Sport Marine & Nautique in Montreal! 07/16/12
Why is Nautique the Best? 06/19/12
2012 Dealer Meeting! 06/11/12
Masters and the Middle East! 05/31/12
Middle East Loves Nautique! 05/08/12
Nautique Wake Games – Historic! 04/16/12
G23 - TOO MUCH HYPE? 04/04/12
G23 04/01/12
Legoland and Nautique! 03/21/12
All Will Be Revealed 03/07/12
Nautique in South America 02/29/12
2012 Nautique Boat Shows 02/02/12
Exciting 2012 01/10/12
Merry Christmas - 2011 12/20/11
Nautique - Middle East 12/13/11
INDUSTRY'S BEST DEALERS 11/11/11
WORLD RECORDS! 11/02/11
WHITE HOUSE VISIT 10/26/11
NAUTIQUE ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 10/10/11
NAUTIQUE CARES - ETHIOPIA 10/04/11
BIG DAWG - 2011 09/26/11
CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD 08/30/11
NAUTIQUE CARES - HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 08/09/11
NAUTIQUE IN MINNESOTA! 08/02/11
Nautique Cares - Apache Reservation 07/20/11
NASCAR Drivers Visit Nautique 06/30/11
MASTERS - 2011 06/01/11
Nautique Events - 2011 05/24/11
More than Boats 05/12/11
Why Buy a Nautique? 04/14/11
Nautique - Asia! 03/29/11
Wakesurfing Fun 03/23/11
Ski Nautique – 50 Years!! 03/01/11
Big Dawg - Peru 02/01/11
Electric Nautique! 01/25/11
2011 Boat Shows - Going Great!! 01/18/11
2011 - Looking Forward 01/04/11
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2010 12/21/10
Big Nautique Week! 12/07/10
Happy Thanksgiving 2010! 11/24/10
Dealers Visit Orlando 11/19/10
Manufacturer of the Year! 11/10/10
Sport Nautique 200 10/20/10
Focused on the Future 10/12/10
Big Dawg - 2010 09/28/10
Astronaut Visits Nautique 09/03/10
Nautique Around the World 08/11/10
Guatemala – Nautique Cares 07/29/10
Nautique Rocks Reno! 07/20/10
World Slalom Record! 06/15/10
Masters 2010 – One For The Ages 06/02/10
New Hampshire – Nautique Country! 05/18/10
Air Nautique Wake Games – 2010 05/04/10
WakeGirls 04/27/10
Andy Mapple – Ski Nautique Legend 04/20/10
South America and Nautique 04/05/10
Tavistock and Nautique 03/24/10
Ralph Meloon – Boat Show Star 03/08/10
Miami Nautique International 03/02/10
Haiti – Nautique Cares 02/01/10
Nautique Slider at OWC 01/25/10
Real Customer Comments on the Ski Nautique 200 01/19/10
The 2010 Nautique Difference! 01/05/10
Merry Christmas 2009! 12/17/09
Nautique Dealers Contributing to their Local Communities 12/08/09
Dealer Sales Meeting 11/24/09
Awesome Nautique Dealers! 11/19/09
Award-Winning Year 11/05/09
85 Years! 10/20/09
Talented People Helping Others 09/29/09
Billion Dollar Baby! 09/15/09
Wake Awards! 08/21/09
Big Dawg Thrills! 08/18/09
Two Big Weeks 08/11/09
Four CSI Awards In A Row! 07/29/09
200,000 Boats – That’s A Lot! 07/21/09
Historic National Championships 07/14/09
July 4th Nautique Family Fun 07/07/09
Positive Comments on the New Boat 06/23/09
Keeping a Secret is Hard 06/17/09
Toe Jam at Nautique 06/09/09
An Awesome Masters! 05/27/09
50th Masters! 05/19/09
Nautique giveaway and other news... 05/05/09
Wake Games and a very exciting announcement! 04/22/09
NAUTIQUE TEAM LIVING THE NAUTIQUE LIFE! 04/16/09
Tweeting with Nautique 04/09/09
Loving the New 226! 03/31/09
Nautique Employees Serving Others 03/10/09
Clear Differences 02/17/09
WOW - Another J.D. POWER and Associates Award!! 02/12/09
Buxton Marine’s 20th Anniversary! 02/03/09
Good News from the Boat Shows 01/27/09
Getting Better in Tough Times 01/14/09
Welcome 2009 01/07/09
Merry Christmas From Nautique 12/19/08
Nautique Dealers Helping Others During the Holidays 12/11/08
Customer Stories 12/03/08
Six World Class Nautique Dealers 11/21/08
Good Investment Advice 11/13/08
Awesome Grand Opening 11/10/08
We Love Orlando! 11/05/08
Where Quality Rules 10/27/08
Awesome Employees Helping Others 10/24/08
Ralph Meloon - A Living Legend! 10/15/08
Saving Lives – the Easy Way 10/08/08
Happy Birthday Nautique Insider 09/25/08
2009 – Another Great Model Year 09/19/08
Team Nautique Helping Others 09/17/08
The Green Team 08/26/08
Two National Championships in Two Weeks! 08/12/08
Two Dealers Investing for the Future 08/05/08
Nautique Employees Serve In Foreign Lands 07/28/08
Another Customer Service Award – Thanks Dealers! 07/15/08
Great European Dealers 07/03/08
Father’s Day – Nautique Family Fun 06/11/08
Great Meeting with Our Dealers 06/05/08
A Great Weekend at the Masters! 05/28/08
National Demo Days – Dare to Compare! 05/13/08
Great Sales in a Tough Market 05/09/08
Team Nautique Party Video 05/02/08
Team Nautique – Great Athletes – Great Party! 04/29/08
The Expanding Nautique Family 04/14/08
Let the Wakeboard Season Begin - Air Nautique Wake Games! 04/08/08
A Great Dealer – An Awesome Facility 04/01/08
Clean, Lean and Powerful 03/24/08
New Website – Great Comments 03/13/08
Spring is Almost Here - We’re Excited! 03/03/08
J.D. Power Award - SIX Times!! 02/14/08
Acquiring Two Service Centers - Streamlining Distribution 02/05/08
Wow - What a Boat! 01/23/08
Nautique Production System 01/14/08
Boat Show Season Off to a Great Start! 01/07/08
Let the Boat Shows Begin! 12/27/07
Happy Holidays 12/18/07
Extreme Loyalty! 12/06/07
Focus on Quality 11/27/07
Happy Thanksgiving! 11/19/07
Dare to Compare 11/09/07
A Great Three Days! 11/01/07
The Industry's Best Dealers! 10/23/07
The Next Big Thing! 10/16/07
The Nautique Family 10/04/07
Welcome to the Correct Craft CEO Blog 09/25/07
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Ralph Meloon - 95!!11/08/12   

There are few people who have a real dramatic impact on the lives of everyone around them. Ralph Meloon is one of those people. Ralph turns 95 this weekend and what a life he has lived!

Ralph was at Correct Craft from the company’s very beginning 87 years ago and still shows up for work every day. He sometimes jokes when leaving early that you do not have to stay all day when you have 80+ years seniority.

Ralph has not been an owner of Correct Craft for many years but we are honored that he still chooses to spend his time with us. He is seen walking around the plant every day encouraging our employees and just making the place better.

Ralph pops in my office often and regularly asks me two questions. First he asks me if he is in any way getting in my way and for six years now I have consistently replied that he makes all of us much better and we would be disappointed if he did not come in to the plant. Secondly, though they do not own the company anymore, there are many Meloons still at Correct Craft and Ralph regularly asks me how they are doing. They all do a great job and I tell him that but I wonder what would happen if I said one of them wasn’t working hard – I suspect Ralph would be pretty quick to straighten them out!

I have traveled all over the world the last six years representing Nautique and no matter where I go there is always someone who asks me about Ralph Meloon. Ralph himself has traveled to nearly 90 countries representing our company so there is always someone who I am visiting who remembers when Ralph was there. They usually have a funny Ralph story to tell me or give me something to bring back to him.

Additionally, people from all over the world travel to our Orlando offices to visit Ralph. It is amazing to see people from all over thrilled to meet Ralph and share a few minutes with him. And he is equally thrilled to spend time with them.

This coming weekend we will have 144 Nautique dealers at our factory for their annual sales training. And guess who will be there? Yep, Ralph will be talking to every one of them, remembering their names and making them feel like the VIP’s they are.

Happy birthday Ralph – I am honored to know you and call you my friend!

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Enjoy the Nautique life!

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Bill Yeargin with Ralph Meloon Sr.

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