Rest in peace, Lonnie Fluent, and heartfelt condolences to your family and friends from everyone at speedonthwater.com, http://speedonthewater.com/in-the-ne...ie-fluent-dies

WOW, may he RIP

In the 15-plus years I was involved with Powerboat magazine's Performance Trials and test team, there was no one I was more glad to see year in and year out than Lonnie Fluent. He was always upbeat. He always helped out around the docks. He was fun to hang out with. And Lonnie "did great paperwork," which as any Powerboat magazine editor can attest scores big points when all the boat testing fun is over and it's time to start writing.

I met Lonnie when I flew out to Nordic to check out the build on my new 28', nice guy for sure. For some reason they mixed up the color scheme on my boat and he said no problem and built me a new one. How's that for customer service?

When we were there I asked where was Lake Havasu and he pointed to it and I said no really, where is it? I didn't know it was a river, I'd read about it so much about it here and to see it that it was about the size of my harbor just made me laugh...he was sort of puzzled by my reaction but understood when I told him I lived on the coast.

RIP Lonnie...too young.

What a shame. One of the true nice guys in the industry. I bought five new Nordic boats from Lonnie then became a Nordic dealer.

RIP my friend.

This is truly sad news for the Fluent family. Lonnie was a great guy and as you put it Matt, a lot of fun to hang out with. Our prayers go to the surviving family!!

Got to know Lonnie while he was at Nordic. Great guy. Condolences to the Fluent family.

Condolences to the family and friends of Lonnie Fluent. RIP

We will miss you Lonnie.....you were a great man!