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  1. psiclone

    psiclone Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Liquid courage is usually the answer to not being able to swim in the ocean.
     
    psiclone, Jun 28, 2009
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  2. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    Grats I hated my old fish and ski but lookin at a new floater in the next year or 2
     
    Iraf, Jun 28, 2009
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  3. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    That looks like a fun runabout John! I have a 27' Ericson sailboat that I am having fun with lately after installing a new exhaust system on the inboard motor. I just started receiving 'Boating' magazine which is evil because it is full of power boats which I don't need to see! Ignorance is bliss. :) Have fun!
     
    Matt Rogers, Jun 28, 2009
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  4. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    Yeah guy my wife works with has a 37.5' speedboat with twin 500 hp motors
     
    Iraf, Jun 28, 2009
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  5. johnmaloney

    johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor

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    Thanks, as you can imagine something is broken, (with boats there always is), figuring out hydraulics for the stabilizers now....one more hour of daylight please! :)
     
    johnmaloney, Jun 28, 2009
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  6. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    yeah the old addage, a boat is a hole in the water in which you pour money" fit my old one very well
     
    Iraf, Jun 28, 2009
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  7. johnmaloney

    johnmaloney 3reef Sponsor

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    fits every boat! But when they are running right, priceless
     
    johnmaloney, Jun 28, 2009
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  8. horkn

    horkn Giant Squid

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    Thanks for the compliment. I spent 250 man hours completely re flooring and re engineering the interior back in 2000. A friend of mine is an upholsterer, so I leaned on him for the tricolor marine vinyl job. I just got her timed right and got the intake air leak fixed. I put new HiPo heads and intake on it last summer. I went from the stock 240hp on the 351W v8, to 310hp or maybe a bit north of that ;)


    Does your galaxy have the 3.7l?
     
    horkn, Jun 29, 2009
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  9. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    Congrats!
     
    Peredhil, Jun 29, 2009
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  10. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    Congrats John! I love boating - always had one growing up. One of my father's worst projects was a fiberglass overhaul on the bottom of the boat that he made me help with. That stuff is AWFUL! It seems like something always needed to be "fixed," but we loved the boat! Have fun with it!
     
    Triplemom, Jun 30, 2009
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