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gtxrider
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Registered: March 2004
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Posts: 1,030
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Tue November 6, 2007 9:20pm
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and it looks like a green O'brien vest! COOL!
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Tallyho
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Registered: June 2006
Posts: 312
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Wed November 7, 2007 6:08pm
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Ahh, the good old days. These were very popular in the 1950s. A lot of kids built their own from kits or from scratch if you had the skill. Overpowering them was "standard operating procedure". They were kind of tricky to operate. You could go over backwards if you gave it too much throttle, or catch an edge and flip in a high speed turn, or swamp from behind if you slowed too quick, or the motor quit. I purchased one of these when I was in my late 40s, and found out that I wasn't as small, agile or brave, as I used to be! It was all of eight feet long, with a 10 hp Evenrude. Throw in a six gallon tank, life jacket, fire extinguisher, and a cushion, and there isn't much room for an aging teenager. I made two runs, and into the barn it went. I eventually donated it to the museum in Wolfeboro.
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mcdude
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Registered: July 2002
Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME
Posts: 5,361
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Fri November 9, 2007 12:00am
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looks like Sunset Lake!
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Mee-n-Mac
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Registered: September 2003
Posts: 1,943
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Thu November 15, 2007 2:51pm
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Looks a lot like mine which was also blue and white. I too had an 18 hp 'Rude but I went "big time" and had throttle & shift controls and a steering wheel. Now you might wonder about putting 18 hp on a boat designed for 5 - 10 hp. And you'd be right ! 
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Mee'n'Mac
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH
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ApS
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Registered: January 2005
Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro
Posts: 5,789
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My #2 homebuilt boat was from "PM" plans as in this photo. Mini-max #3 was redesigned during boring High School classes into a tunnel-hull. (No tunnel-hull then existed). Four turnbuckles bent adjustable trim tabs that were integral extentions of the hull's bottom. #3 was built in an unheated Brewster barn in Wolfeboro, with parts from Gene's Hardware. Never over backwards, a cruiser's wake—skier in tow—caused me to slow, then sink. The Johnson 15 was restarted. (I couldn't afford the "new" 18, and my Dad had just sold the 20 Merc—smart guy that he is.) Dad supplied parts for my homebuilt #1, a 14-foot runabout made of ¼" 5-ply pressure-molded birch plywood. In Wolfeboro, I sold the Mini-max to some old guy in his late 40s. 
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Every MP who enters Winter Harbor will pass by my porch of 67 years... 
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