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 Post subject: End of the season.......
PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:58 am 
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She's in storage..

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This is whats keeping her company

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On a side not, I finally met Winter_sux. Interesting fellow :)

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:33 am 
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Depressing isn't it?

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:39 am 
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JeffLW wrote:
Depressing isn't it?


It's making me depressed.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:09 pm 
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Says the guy who boats in Florida, and yet still boats on a small lake :p

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:06 pm 
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Is that storage barn heated with no insulation?

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:12 pm 
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Its not heated, the boat is winterized.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:37 pm 
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blue dragon wrote:
Its not heated, the boat is winterized.

Was wondering what the heater was for mounted on the ceiling. Looks like a good sized pole building.
I wish mine had that height.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:57 pm 
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Winterized and put up in new home....waiting on boat show for some wetsounds

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:58 pm 
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Very nice! Can you work on her during the winter? I have new speakers to put in, as well as my VHF antenna etc

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:26 pm 
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Yes I can...the barn is about 30 yards from my back door. I just finished having it built..have installed underground wires just need inside electrical before hooking it up. Need a couple more paychecks. Plumbing is already run too. Just cancelled storage unit.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:47 am 
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Mine finally went to bed this past weekend. Storing her in the place I stored my previous boat in. Was a little concerned with the door and if it would fit, and was thinking I'd have to at least let air out of the tires to get her in. Turns out, it took a minimal amount of Vaseline, and she went in.. :shock:

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It was a little tight!

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:24 am 
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Well finally made it back up to the boat after it had been lifted up. Here is a pic of our 328 sleeping for the winter!!!

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Mine finally went to bed this past weekend. Storing her in the place I stored my previous boat in. Was a little concerned with the door and if it would fit, and was thinking I'd have to at least let air out of the tires to get her in. Turns out, it took a minimal amount of Vaseline, and she went in.. :shock:

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Wow...Seeing that big boy on a trailer is an impressive site!

Nice looking rig.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:34 am 
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Wow...Seeing that big boy on a trailer is an impressive site!

Nice looking rig.


Thanks! We just purchased the boat this past August, and had the trailer made for it. We like to, on occasion, do a trip away from our home lake, so we needed something solid, and that's what we got. We also had to get her home from Virginia to Illinois.. :mrgreen: Only pain in the rear part is having to remove all the stuff off the arch to move her. She's right at 14' on the trailer, and with the radar, and mast light, would be more like 16'.. LOL

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:28 pm 
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x2 - Really nice looking boat, I'm big fan of your blue classic color banding.
My previous 248 had the same color scheme as yours, and even though you really have to stay on top of cleaning it, I do miss it.

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