Forum: General Discussion
12-20-2010, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,676
More Air Pollution
According to Click and Clack, The Tappet Brothers, you will be treating your engine more kindly by putting it in gear within a minute or so after starting and driving away slowly. Let's also...
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Forum: Boating
12-09-2010, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 52,159
Now We're Talking Cool
Yes, and it may be the most expensive boat ever built per pound. It was built here in Anacortes, about two miles from my house. The soft sails were deemed inadequate, so they kept the building crew...
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Forum: Boating
12-05-2010, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,030
Boat donation
It is good to donate to a 501C3 organization. That way, they can give you the proper paperwork for you to make a legitimate tax deduction for the value of the boat. I gave a rowing shell to the...
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Forum: Boating
12-05-2010, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 52,159
Cool Boat
OK, That is cool but, how bout this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdCLKtRvytM&feature=related
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Forum: Boating
12-01-2010, 12:56 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,356
Old Runabout
Several years ago, I wrote in about a boat I remembered from the 1940's or 50's. It was called the "75 SPECIAL" and it used to go by Lake Shore Park a couple of times per summer. Well no one seemed...
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Forum: History
11-24-2010, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 24,109
Scenic Drive
Oche 16, My memories of Scenic Dr. date back from 1935 to 1955. It was simply called Rt. 11 in those days, although we knew it was very scenic. When school got out for the summer in New Jersey,...
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Forum: Boating Issues
07-29-2010, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 57,500
Rafting damage
CHUNT, I'm sorry you had damage to your boat and to the other boat. Sounds like the skipper of the wake maker is brainless as far as vessel operation is concerned. There is however, a way to...
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Forum: Boating
07-23-2010, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,763
Vessel Safety Check
To find a list of items that are checked, look in the free Coast Guard booklet entitled "Federal Requirements & Safety Tips for Recreational Boats". Page 34 has the list. Page 35 has a list of...
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Forum: Boating
08-27-2009, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 93
Views: 82,921
Cool Boat Name
I used to run a 65 ft. Viking charter boat with the name " Never Again II " The name and the boat usually received favorable comments, wherever we would go.:emb::laugh:
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Forum: General Discussion
07-31-2009, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 222
Views: 71,836
Not So Fast
My user name was the name of my boat in the early 50's when we had a cabin on Long Beach at Lake Shore Park. It is a partial robbery from Slo- Mo-Shun IV which was the World speed record holder in...
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Forum: History
07-31-2009, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,856
Right you are
Dickie, You are correct about all three photos. The only thing I can add is the sailboat belonged to the Hamill family who also had a 22 ft. Chris Craft Sportsman.
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Forum: General Discussion
07-30-2009, 12:44 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,299
Green's Basin Adventure
Back about 1951, some pals and I left Lake Shore Park in our runabouts (4 of them ) and headed for Green's Basin. It was the furthest distance we could go on the lake. It began to rain, so we pulled...
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Forum: Polls
07-24-2009, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 90
Views: 180,885
A Looong Way
I live 3100 miles from the lake, so I don't get back there often enough, however I do live on the salt water whose area is as beautiful as it is at the lake. Pro: Boating year around; I was out...
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Forum: Boating
07-21-2009, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,519
Quicksilver Lower Unit
Yes they were loud. One night, about midnight, my pal Don Nelson and I shoved off from in front of my cabin at Lakeshore Park and went for a run along the near shore of Welch Island and return. ...
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Forum: Boating
07-20-2009, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,519
Back in the day
55 years ago when the lake was not so crowded, I would head under the Weirs Bridge in my Class B Utility racer at about 35 MPH, reach back and lean out the high speed jet on the Merc, back off the...
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Forum: Boating
07-14-2009, 12:49 AM
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Replies: 93
Views: 82,921
Boat Name
I named my Seadoo "Dagwood" because Dagwood gives me a laugh nearly every day. The Seadoo makes me smile each time i ride it.:laugh:
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Forum: Boating
07-14-2009, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,957
PWC or Puppy
I bought a new Seadoo GTX two years ago and I love it. I use it in salt water and fresh. Therefore I chose a Seadoo because they have a closed cooling system which has antifreeze/coolant in the...
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Forum: Boating
06-27-2009, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 13,521
Vessel Safety Check
Go to safetyseal.net. That is a national web page that will direct you to a USCG Auxiliary or US Power Squadron vessel examiner. The examiner should be within 10 or 15 miles of your location. ...
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Forum: History
09-10-2006, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 18,448
The Mount
CARGUY, In "The Boats and Ports of Lake Winnipesaukee" by Bruce D Heald, there is a 1942 photo of The Mount with a barge crane alongside, having her boilers and engine removed for the war effort. ...
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Forum: History
09-09-2006, 12:53 AM
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Replies: 218
Views: 213,883
Welcome, SEADOOCHICK and PORCHSITTER
:devil: Just got back from a trip, so some catching up to do. I don't remember the turtle in the foot bath, but I do like it, so maybe I'm guilty. The photo does look like it is in front of Charlie...
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Forum: History
09-01-2006, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 218
Views: 213,883
Dick, Those pancakes sure were good. When...
Dick, Those pancakes sure were good. When breakfast was over, it was off to the ball field for me and play softball til noon. Another great thing about that cabin was going to sleep at night and...
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Forum: History
08-31-2006, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 218
Views: 213,883
Cabin Names
Captain Bob, Our camp name was "Boerner's Korner". It was the 4th cabin from the fence at Minnehaha Beach.
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Forum: History
08-31-2006, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 218
Views: 213,883
Legionaire 70
CarGuy, The Legionaire must be the same boat I was thinking about. Only 70 MPH!!! That is really cooking. Thanks for the photo
Bill B.:laugh:
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Forum: History
08-30-2006, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 218
Views: 213,883
Fox's Gar Wood
Car Guy, I remember the hardtop Gar Wood. We always wanted to try to get a good look at her from up close, but it was tough to do. Do you remember a boat which was kept in a boat house down in...
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Forum: History
08-29-2006, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 218
Views: 213,883
LSP Boating Adventures
When I was a little kid at LSP in the 40's, I was fishing in a rowboat with my uncle. It was either Allen Matthews or Kenny Foster; I can't remember which, but we were fishing off of Morrills's...
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