Bo Derek, Bob Meistrell renew old friendship at King Harbor Boat parade
Bo Derek is introduced at the King Harbor Boat Parade awards ceremony by old family friend Bob Meistrell. Photo by Greg Vavrek Forty years ago, Bob Meistrell chaperoned his then 15-year-old son Randy and Randy’s 16-year old, Narbonne High girlfriend Mary Collins during a week in Catalina aboard the family’s boat Que Paso. “Mary was a wonderful girl. Her dad Paul was a friend and used to own South Bay Motorcycles on Artesia Boulevard. Then he went to work for Hobie Cat. That week she taught us all how to sail,” Bob Meistrell recalled following the 21st annual King Harbor Boat Parade last Saturday. Meistrell’s boat Disappearance was the parade committee boat. The parade grand marshal, waiving to spectators from Disappearance’s bow, was son Randy’s old girlfriend, known today to movie fans worldwide as Bo Derek, the star of the film “10.” “She’s still a 10 and a really nice gal,” Meistrell said. “She talked to everyone on the boat, posed for photos and waived to the crowd from the deck.” “After the parade, she went to the King Harbor Yacht Club and gave a little talk and presented the awards. “I gave a little talk, myself, about how she was a lot better grand marshal than Mickey…
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