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Old Jan-14-2005, 10:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Name: Captain Larry Bridgewater
Vessel: 2601 Stripper, Double Z
Location: Amazement
Job:Looking. Looking forward to retirement....
New boat/First boat story

Well I picked it up after another lengthy trip to WestMarine. Except for small stuff, everything including a 48 gallon "Offshore" tank is in my living room. I went back to the dealer after my semi-pricey trip to WM, hooked up the boat and put it in at Newport Dunes. Long story short, the 28p props my be enough, depending on a loaded boat but there is more motor when it's empty. The Flow-scan showed 10 gph and the GPS said 41mph while the tach was showing 3500rpm. Not bad if I do say so myself. 1/3 of a tank and I filled the baittank for more weight. I put it in by myself with little difficulty. Back on the trailer even better. Then I ended up getting my 2wd Dodge pulled up the ramp by a Jeep GrandCherokee. Oh well, at least I kept it in the family. It would have killed me if it was a Duracrap or a PowerJoke.

Anyway, we are planning on heading to Catalina on Sunday. If it's super flat, I might run around SanClemente and then around Catalina. If anyone wants to buddyboat, let me know. I'll check back on my e-mail Saturday Night.

Dayle

It was a great way to salvage the day. My son's were sick, I ended up getting puking, sweaty sick, Prado stink'n damn was supposed to break and that would have flooded my son's school, no thanks! Corona PD is probably still wondering what really was going on.
I went down in the afternoon, just to get out of the house and got that "I don't feel THAT bad" crap. You know, you feel sick then all of the sudden you don't. It was a scam and my son's will probably wake up with P-new-mony! i don't care, it was worth it. I'm going out Sunday if I spend half the day puking and have to get pulled up a ramp by a Pherd! Come and get me Papa J!
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