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Cannot even make it to SUPERSHED today as its blowing a hooley and chucking it down. I would need a change of clothes when i reached the shop !!!!!!!
”SOMEDAYS YOU EAT BEAR !!!!!!!!
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Cannot even make it to SUPERSHED today as its blowing a hooley and chucking it down. I would need a change of clothes when i reached the shop !!!!!!!
”SOMEDAYS YOU EAT BEAR !!!!!!!!
When I was working at Action Marine we experienced a resin shortage due to a strike. Barney got a line on a couple of drums of good resin in Hialeah. I was sent to pick up these drums in his El Camino. When I got out there to the shop where it was they had to move some stuff around to get them out. While I was waiting I noticed an ocean racer type boat in the other bay of the shop. This boat was painted flat black and had no markings of any kind. Also a full canvas cover was rolled up on the bow. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
Randy Lanier got into smuggling weed with fast boats off the coast of south Florida. Later a friend named Ben Kramer joined Lanier in smuggling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbirdman
Then later, also, the Whittington brothers Don & Bill connected with Lanier in Blue Thunder Racing.
The government put a stop to both the smuggling and racing careers of the 4 guys. By arresting them all.
https://youtu.be/NWmxJC2uQ-c
The first time I witnessed a Harrier jet was at El Toro Air Show. I just loved the maneuverability and hovering of the fighter plane. At the time the new stealth fighter F 117 was on public static display, with armed military soldiers surrounding the aircraft.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amberjack1234
However, the Harrier performance was only surpassed by the finale show of the Blue Angels.
https://youtu.be/esDV4gjqsVA
All that **** was what finally ended my boat racing. I found my self racing against either guys who had dealership and/or factory connections or guys who had money they had to burn off somehow. Couldn't keep doing it on a Fire Fighters pay. Wound up racing road bicycles for quite a while. Except for the crashes it was way better for my health.
I was able to experience it all Jim----Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
The people that came in my shop on 17th were difficult to identify
---and some of the people DOWNTOWN were difficult to identify---
Why the hell is it that an awful lot of the boat racers i have known in my life that appeared to be as normal as apple pie , sailed even closer to the wind than i did ??????????????
“But for the grace of God”. has never been more apt.
Both sides of the pond !!!!!!!!
At least a hundred come to mind —-will i ever mention even one of them—NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!
...lotz of all black gelcoat offshore boats around back in the day. many not owned by grass hoppers, but by legimate business owners. this isn't the best photo, but here is just one example of an all black 34' coyote offshore named "chaos", owned by a friend named al shwencke. chaos was intentionally spelled backwards, just on one side. he raced offshore for years & years with a couple different boats. he owned a company named consolidated building products which built office partition wall /dividers & many other products & did well for himself. he kept it in a nice warehouse he rented in lauderdale. many other local offshore boats that were black, just wanting to look cool like everyone else back then. stupid color choice really. can't walk on it, its so hot...http://www.historicraceboats.com/ph-g101-400.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
...know that big company along I-95 in hollywood, named acr electronics? fellow named lance ruble was sponsored by them, a very successful marine electronics manufacturing company. business stills exsists there. lance made good money as drywall contractor, who's business was close by acr & was goods friends with them. lance passed away back in 2008. he raced offshore with this triple mercury 2.4 efi powered 28 manta. black gelcoat hull. he was the national champ two or three years running... https://external-content.duckduckgo....e9f&ipo=images
https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...t-acr-p-27.jpg...lance then, in 1984, bought and rigged and raced the first outboard powered chris*craft cats in black of course. won many races in his production class. had a nice warehouse in hollyweird...
I remember that guy. In 1976 he was running a Hydrostream in G Production. I was running an Action Marine in the same class. That was my last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
...man oh man did abbott & gilmore sell a lot of 30 scarab center consoles & 200 mercs...holy moly. knew one guy that bought three at a time...Quote:
Originally Posted by Amberjack1234
Shift the right rock and you can create an avalanche !!!!! I once said that there’s very little difference between “ONCE UPON A TIME” and “YOU AINT NEVER GONNA BELIEVE THIS”——-
Difference is —ones a fairy tale ——YOU DECIDE !!!!!!
Without a doubt every power boat racer there has ever been , has a tale to tell. Hollywood has tried a couple of times and failed miserably. Maybe thats because the author was not the racer and could not possibly know the extremes of winning and failure .
I do know that i have always been extremely disappointed with the film industry’s effort to portray boat racers —— i can only compare with my own experiences, and man i have to tell you their portrayals fall well short of even my experiences !!!!!!!!
as Jackie says, and read Birdman knows once upon a time in Miami, nobody would believe it the people downtown we’re just a shifty as the people you met at the boat races, and everybody was just “ plain folks” but that was the way it really was. Black was beautiful back then way before Black Lives Matter. Fancy gelcoat was great, but regular old rubber based house paint was more readily radar absorbent. A friend of mine who was in the flying business and had a Hughes 500 helicopter, I’ve gotten a contract with customs to test their radar installations that they had installed on a few of the high-rises along the beach to monitor the comings and goings of “ local night fisherman” he painted the helicopter with several different paint jobs all at the expense of the US government and flew up and down the coast testing the signature return. And that’s not a once upon a time story as they say in New Orleans. “TRUE DAT”Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbirdman
The triple engine 28 foot Mantas that Tommy built for most prevalent in the local outboard racing scene driven by guys that we all remember and knew. Al Schwanke and his big coyote triple engine another name from the past at the local ocean racing level. help patrol some of those races, especially the one in Islamorada and off of Miami Beach.
I had a local boat hauling business from a bad 85 to 94 went up and down the East Coast into the Midwest quite a bit. Did a lot of local moves to one of the most non-mobile I was moving some molds for a local Hispanic friend of mine, who shall remain nameless to protect the innocent. We picked Molds up in a local nondescript neighborhood warehouse deep in Hialeah and move them to his local production factory location after we got there I told him it would probably be best if he swept the seeds out of, the mold before he started to build that particular hull. Again, not a once upon a time story
I remember David Gilmour was a big fan of Formula One, and I think I may have posted this story before, but one of the things he got to do before he passed was go to Monaco and he would talk about that experience at length to anyone who would listen. And if you knew Gilly and you got him into the local Flannigan‘s just around the corner from his Shop in the keystone point marina, or up to regions, place at mwile lake marina. He could spin some tails when he got lubricated.
The last post should say mall, MAULE Lake, Marina. Regis was the owner and maître d’ of the place and everybody knew him another drink and hole up. There was Tony Roma‘s next to the railroad tracks.
With all these ramblings been meaning to ask 2US70 if he remembers the coconut grove, bike races, up and down the hill, coming off of Bayshore, and on the grand Avenue by Peacock park. My cousin Allen, who was from Fort Lauderdale and had lived in Miami back in the day going to the University was a constant competitor helper promoter of that race with a couple of other guys. He was also part of founding the king mango strut parade down in Coconut Grove. Yeah, Allen was a true Miami character.
The last two races of the each season were the South Miami Race and the big one the Coconut Grove Race. Those were the local races that always had big time riders show up. I rode those races in the masters category a number of times. Did your cousin ride for Mike's Cyclery? I was on "Team Miami" out of "The Bicycle Store" in South Miami which sponsored the South Miami Race at the time.
...who built the "new" dry rack storage building on the north end of the maule lake property, at the mouth of the aleto river, back in the mid 80's ish? was that regis or? he was a jewish guy, cant remember his name. all kinds of history to be told about maule lake, but never mind that...Quote:
Originally Posted by Amberjack1234
I don’t know who built the dry storage rack in mall lake in the late 80s that was after I moved out of Miami to West Palm Beach. Originally I believe the Bruell were the original owners developers of the maule lake marina. Regis as far as I know it was just the maître d’ at the restaurant there where we all used to hang out. It was a Chinese place for a while and then it was a barbecue rib joint.
Was a bit bumpy up in Michigan !!!!!!
Navy boat had the legs on both POTHOLE [J/T]. And HUSKI ICE [S/C] — Looked to me like it also had the best set up .
Course it doesnt help if you miss a buoy and get docked a minute !!
All in all, all the kids got this weekend was a second place !!!!!!!!!!!!!
My grandkids and my son have to put their heads together and maybe next time they can finish in front of the NAVY boat.
Maybe now you can understand why I stayed with Charlie [AMBERJACK 1234] for a few hours instead of a few minutes and damn nearly missed my flight home !!!!!!!!
He just opens his mouth and the stories keep a coming ——MARK TWAIN—-STEINBECK and HEMINGWAY all rolled into one !!!!!!!!!
statute of limitations??Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Charlie tells ne he is still working at getting the ankle bracelet moved and restrictions lifted .Quote:
Originally Posted by Redbirdman
Did it again —— got carried away after “DIRTY MONEY”WAS DESTROYED !!!!!!!!!!
No way is the boat even going to be remembered , so i set about making a concept. Yes , i am well on with it But it will take me a while as i decided i was only doing mornings from here on in.
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Boats that are this badly damaged usually happens after coming into contact with another or a solid object or at speeds in excess of 100mph ?????????
I have no idea of how old the craft is —or its past history.
I just think all race boats should be remembered —- same as all racers !!!!!!!
USED TO BE A COUPLE OF MAGAZINES THAT I SUBSCRIBED TO YEARS AGO . One was “exchange and mart” and ‘PRACTICAL BOAT OWNER”.
Now i bought a HOBIE 18 FOOT TIGER CAT [had a mad fit of depression] and decided it was not for me . So i went looking for the magazines to put the HOBIE In the “CLASSIFIED” ads like i used to when i was in the business so to speak . What do you know —- EXCHANGE AND MART IS NOW ON LINE ONLY ?????????——— could not find a copy of practical boat owner anywhere !!!!!!!!
So i went —-ON LINE !!!!!!———found out the PBO has a very impressive list of directors including an advertising manager ——an advertising director——an advertising assistant manager and a sales director ———-JOLLY HOCKEY STICKS !!!!!!!!
So i sent an email to the ADVERTISING manager [ that would start the ball rolling ]. BOLLOCKS ——-that was a week ago and i have heard sweet FA [fanny adams of course] ??????????
Can’t say i am impressed with PBO’s lightning fast responses !!!!!!
Rang up the advertising web site of Practical Boat Owners [ advertising manager]. Was greeted by a voice of the Far Eastern vernacular that i simply could not understand so passed the phone over to her indoors . Upshot of all this was a promise that someone from advertising would call me and take down the advert ——- close of play nothings happened .
HERE WE ARE JUST 10 WEEKS AWAY FROM THE 2023 OFF MEETING AND NOT ONE SINGLE PERSO HAS SAID THEY WILL BE COMING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Squirt i can understand —- Billy and Timmy are just being “laid back”. Cadillac will always moan and groan and find the time but will turn up anyway .
Would be nice if some of you would let us know though????????????
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Boy, did i ever get that wrong. Started out as a conception of “DIRTY MONEY””then i went “OFF PISTE” a tad ———wound up nothing like i intended .
First time thats ever happened — must be losing my touch —or just another reminder the grim reaper is just around the corner ???????
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Well hells teeth Fuji i already told you it’s nothing like it was supposed to be —- maybe i was in too much of a hurry—- i can’t put my finger on exactly where it all went pear shaped— but sure as god made little green apples it surely did.
Not to worry though, i really played a blinder and cracked it this time round. Even i think the present concept of “DIRTY MONEY” is pretty feckin good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definitely not showing anyone anything but the finished concept ! You just have to wait and see .
As an afterthought, that particular concept that looks like nothing from this planet—it weighs in at over. 10 lbs .
Looks like the MERCURY JAMBOREE will be a winner. Grandkids left yesterday to attend the bash.
I DID RECEIVE AN INVITE but unfortunately due to “MITIGATING” circumstances i am unable to attend.
Billy Seebold has made the trip i see which pleases me immensely, even though he is having a hard time.
had a day off yesterday and took my middle daughter out to lunch . Chose the “13 CHURCH STREET” In STORRINGTON—- a great Thai restaurant where they always have freshly laundered white napkins and great service .
Pissed me off when the bill arrived with a twelve and a half per cent service charge {optional}—- so i opted not to pay it and simply left a tip as i have always done .
Does anyone else feel the same way i do about the service charge being stuck on the final bill ???????????
Isn’t that what a restaurant is in business for , to serve food ????????
Yep I hate service charge, its a money grab.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
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EAT YOUR HEART OUT RON HILL !!!!!!!!
California is not the only place in the world that can grow tomatoes doncha know !!!
These are siscilliyan and grow up to about 4 and a half inches in diameter and weigh in at over a pound apiece .
Damn -but there are somethings that i get right !!!!!!!!!
Where do you come up with these expressions? Jackie, you’ve got to learn to speak proper English words like feckin and bollocks. Another visit to America will get you squared away, and you’ll speaking colonialism‘s with the best of us. Which boat is it that your sons and grandsons are accruing on is that the one in the picture that was pretty much destroyed up in Michigan last weekend best always amberjackQuote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
True, Irishman eat potatoes, not tomatoes Mr. Wilson. When you can show me a four or 5 pound potato from your garden, you will be truly impressive to all less displaced Irish colonials your friend in Amberjack Oneil.