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Forum: General Discussion 12-20-2010, 07:48 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,637
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Angry 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...
Forum: Boating 12-09-2010, 01:26 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 52,038
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: Boating 12-05-2010, 03:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,996
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Talking 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...
Forum: Boating 12-05-2010, 03:26 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 52,038
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Cool Cool Boat

OK, That is cool but, how bout this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdCLKtRvytM&feature=related
Forum: Boating 12-01-2010, 12:56 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,331
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: History 11-24-2010, 08:09 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 23,895
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Smile 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,...
Forum: Boating Issues 07-29-2010, 11:53 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 57,199
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: Boating 07-23-2010, 10:22 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 10,722
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: Boating 08-27-2009, 12:38 AM
Replies: 93
Views: 82,663
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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:
Forum: General Discussion 07-31-2009, 11:12 PM
Replies: 222
Views: 71,607
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Smile 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...
Forum: History 07-31-2009, 10:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,811
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Exclamation 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.
Forum: General Discussion 07-30-2009, 12:44 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,242
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: Polls 07-24-2009, 11:37 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 180,454
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: Boating 07-21-2009, 11:03 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 6,461
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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. ...
Forum: Boating 07-20-2009, 07:58 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 6,461
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Cool 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...
Forum: Boating 07-14-2009, 12:49 AM
Replies: 93
Views: 82,663
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Smile 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:
Forum: Boating 07-14-2009, 12:41 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,917
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Talking 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...
Forum: Boating 06-27-2009, 01:09 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 13,451
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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. ...
Forum: History 09-10-2006, 06:30 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 18,344
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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. ...
Forum: History 09-09-2006, 12:53 AM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,686
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: History 09-01-2006, 12:23 PM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,686
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: History 08-31-2006, 01:01 AM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,686
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Cabin Names

Captain Bob, Our camp name was "Boerner's Korner". It was the 4th cabin from the fence at Minnehaha Beach.
Forum: History 08-31-2006, 12:57 AM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,686
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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:
Forum: History 08-30-2006, 12:05 PM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,686
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
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...
Forum: History 08-29-2006, 12:55 AM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,686
Posted By No-Mo-Shun
Cool 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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