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Come by day or by night, by car or by boat            Fly like a bird, and
    Always something happening                       swim like a dolphin
        on the Nautical Mile!
                                                                is Flyboard, Inc.'s slogan.
Events
Calendar                                            	 If you missed the Boating & Outdoor
             Choamveesoonmbey  and                  Recreation Festival, too bad... another great
                               fun!                 show, and Brandon Robinson, top Flyboarder
                                                    in the U.S. performed (at right).
What is the                                         	 You could also try the system out
Nautical Mile?                                      yourself, which we saw some people do, and
                                                    it didn't look too hard.
    Located on a one mile        A place for all    	 The nozzles underfoot put out 90%
stretch on Jefferson Avenue        seasons ...      of the propulsion, and allows movement by
between 9 & 10 Mile Roads.                          tilting your feet attached to the flyboard. The
                               the Nautical Mile    nozzles on your hands put out the other 10%
   The Nautical Mile offers   in St. Clair Shores.  of power and are used
  numerous entertainment                            to help stabilization
& dining options, shopping,                         like
 waterfront recreation, boat                        ski
cruises, sports, and special                        poles.
events throughout the year.                         	
                                                    We
                              www.nauticalmile.org  saw
                                                    this
                                                    brave

                                                                 man at left test

                                                                 it out and within

                                                                 minutes he was fly-

                                                                 ing... not as high as

                                                                 the professional at

Since way back, whenever we had that first     Avoid injury....                         right, but looked
boat with a horn, my captain has made a          Train your      like a lot of fun.
habit of "Toot Tooting" it right before he                       		 We did overhear some guys
plans on giving it the gas. It may be in part  passengers to     who went in together to buy one...
that he likes blowing the horn, however,        know you're      only $5,995 because it was a Boat
every guest we have is trained like Pavlov's   going to give it  Show Special!! Keep an eye out for
dog to raise their hand in acknowledgement                       them flying around Lake St. Clair this
                                                   the gas       year.....

that he's ready to take off and needs to be

                seated whenever we hear the "toot

                toot."

                	 I met a gal in a local watering

                hole bathroom on the lake this

                past season who had a large golf

                ball knob on her forehead. Even

                though she was seated, her captain

                took off, catching her off guard,

                and she went flying. Poor girl

                was a nurse and the next day was

                Monday and she was certainly con-

                cerned with the colors her forehead

                was going to turn by the morning.

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