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The Forrest Wood Persona

AS MOST OF you know, Forrest Wood, the founder of Ranger Boats and one of the first true legends of our sport, died in late January at the age of 87.

A lot of the folks I work with knew him well, and I hate that I didn’t. Apparently, he

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