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Another pictoral essay.

Here we are getting ready. I asked Deb to open the engine hatch. Can you believe she asked me where the button was that opened it?

 

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We were going to run to Shell Island to meet a guy I had talked to on the "other" board. I wanted to check out his 302 Formula with Kamma Drives. Guess who was at the launch when we got there. I had never met him before.

 

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He has a pristine boat, and I watched him jump up on a plane with them, supposedly they are hard to get up with, but it got up faster than I can with twin SBC's. Saw him run down the channel and the roostertail was way cool. They were too far away for a pic of the tail.

 

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My buddy Johno left before us and was headed down by the skyway. He called me and told me there was a boat burning near the Skyway and they had closed the channel and making boats go along the other side of the Skyway. John didn't know about the very long sandbar that runs on that side. He found out the hard way. The fire was out and everyone gone when we passed the burned boat. The tide was lower then, and the only thing left on the boat was the engine and the bowrail. This pic was taken a couple hours later on the way back (higher tide).

 

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We met John and his wife at the island, hung out there for a couple hours then ran back in. It was a pretty rough ride out, but much better coming in.

 

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We were going to stop at a restaurant for lunch, but all the slips were full so we headed back to the dock.
While we were in an idle zone, two porpoises escorted us for well over a mile.

 

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They would come right up to the swim platform, one on each side.

 

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They were so close, you could almost touch them.

 

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They would swim with us, then go over to John's boat, then back to us again. They spent more time behind our boat, I figure they prefer twins also.

 

[Iggy]

Nice pics.
You have nice water to cruise in.
Next summer I'll be rady for some long distance towing, gotta head over to your neck of the woods to see what it's like.

 

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The good news is that that the new shift cable it took me two weeks to install worked flawlessly, the bad news is that someone, ahem, didn't latch the cabin door when she was getting the camera for the porpoise shots. Here is the result of jumping cruiser wakes with the cabin door not latched.

 

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Iggy, we would be glad to show you around. We are running down to Sarasota next weekend for a Donzi group meeting. I will be the red headed step child with a Formula. Oh well, first cousins anyway. I wish I had the 20 to take down, but it looks like it will be the 242.

 

[ducHunter]

Cuda nice job with the photos!

 

[OldMagicfloat]

cuda,really cool shots. I can't believe you found one of Deb with her clothes on
Looks like you had a nice day.....

 

[Stuchamp]

Great looking photos Cuda !
Really like those porpoise shots. Sorry about the hatch door.

 

[Speedwake]

the porpoises WAY COOL!

- jeff

 

[Candyman]

Nice Pics! Seems I have seen these pictures somewhere else. We have 50 lbs. Carps here in the Great Lakes. It must be late. It seems I posted that before also. :laugher: :laugher:
Dan