Stamas Tarpon 310

Bruce Dowd and his wife, Sherry, own a small flotilla of powerboats, and each of them plays a unique role in the Connecticut family’s boating lifestyle.

There’s the big, 45-foot cabin cruiser, a 1973 Chris-Craft Tournament Sportfish that the Dowds and their children, Brian and Rachel, enjoy during the summers.

There’s a 10-foot classic that Dowd has owned since he was a youthful water rat spending his summers at Grove Beach in Westbrook. “It was a Glasspar Superlite 100, and I