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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:56:00 PM
Sailor's Delight.....751932.JPG
Baron Porthos
Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:59:00 AM
Red sky in the morning Sailor's take warning.
Tuckersdad
Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:38:00 AM
Now I like this photo. Very much.
BeatDragon
Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:52:00 AM
What happened to your boat..and your jet ski?
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Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:08:00 PM
The boat is right there, on the lift. No jet ski.

Smoke get in your eyes?

BTW, does Pettibone Mercury play that?

BeatDragon
Thursday, May 18, 2006 1:39:00 PM
As a matter a fact...

No we dont

I am impressed however that you got the name right.

Cycleman
Friday, May 19, 2006 6:39:00 AM
I wanted to see what was in the photo.... so I kinda did a little adjustment....

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8083/7519322ib.jpg 

cool....

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Friday, May 19, 2006 12:24:00 PM
Cycleman, it's s'posed to be dark and spooky.

It's art....rhymes w/fart.

Cycleman
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:42:00 PM

Boo!

Your so smart.... S A R T !!!!!!

;)

I was just being nosie and wanted to see the boat...

jetblasted
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:44:00 PM
What boat ?
andytv
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:45:00 PM
nice boat
Cycleman
Friday, May 19, 2006 12:52:00 PM
jet.... go to the hyper link above that I posted... gezzz
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Friday, May 19, 2006 2:43:00 PM
Thanks guys.

It ain't much, but it's the only boat I have.

19' Maycraft, 140 hp Suzuki.

jetblasted
Friday, May 19, 2006 2:52:00 PM
I bet it's fast . . . Is that a lake ?
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Friday, May 19, 2006 3:00:00 PM
It'll do around 50, not too fast , but respectable.

The body of water is the Albemarle Sound.

andytv
Friday, May 19, 2006 3:11:00 PM
50 is QUITE fast.

I love little center consoles, but I really wish they had a boat decked out for fishing with a tiller drive.

That console takes up a bunch of room, dividing the boat basically into two sections. I liked the little Boston Whalers with the side console.

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Friday, May 19, 2006 4:18:00 PM
I like them too Andy but I'm not paying for that Boston Whaler name. The others I've seen set up that way are more in the skiff class. They're great for flat water. You could go for a pontoon boat. They have tons of room. Great party boats. The Albemarle Sound can get rough quick, though. I want something that can cut the waves a little. 4 can fish comfortably on this boat and it's wide enough that you can walk, not squeeze past the console. I just put a stainless prop on it, after the wife settles down a little, I plan on installing a live well.
Cycleman
Saturday, May 20, 2006 4:59:00 AM
It doesn't sound like you are going to have your "Second Favorite Day of a Boat Owner's life"..... any time soon!

Good for you~!

jetblasted
Saturday, May 20, 2006 6:10:00 AM
Yeah, but a center console is balanced . . . especially with a lean-to rocket launcher . . .

The Albemarle Sound is fairly shallow, eh ?

I love Eastern North Carolina . . . My Sister lives in Greenville and I've been to Nags Head / Ocracoke many, many times . . .

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Saturday, May 20, 2006 7:46:00 AM
Nope Cycleman, the boat is simple with not much to go wrong with it. Get it dirty, hose it off, change the gear oil once a year. That's about it.

Jet, you're absolutely right. If you go out solo with a side console boat it will list towards that side. It would make me crazy. The "Sound" is about 20'-25' at it's deepest points, but it's still a good sized body of water. Because of that, surface conditions can change as quickly as the wind. I've seen it go from dead calm to 4' white caps in half an hour.

Sounds like you know the area, I'm in Edenton, about 45 minutes from Greenville.