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 Post subject: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:43 pm 
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Put the boat in today, mainly just to get her in the slip. Everything went good, except the lift, losing air, on one side...,

Headed to Washington DC for a few days, going back Sunday to check it out and try to repair.....
Still glad it’s in, boat started right up, took a few minutes to burn the fog off, after that ran Good.

Stereo sounds pretty good on the water 8)

Good luck getting the boats in, spring is here! At least in SW Illinois

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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:17 am 
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chris268 wrote:
Put the boat in today, mainly just to get her in the slip. Everything went good, except the lift, losing air, on one side...,

Headed to Washington DC for a few days, going back Sunday to check it out and try to repair.....
Still glad it’s in, boat started right up, took a few minutes to burn the fog off, after that ran Good.

Stereo sounds pretty good on the water 8)

Good luck getting the boats in, spring is here! At least in SW Illinois


I was hoping to splash over the weekend but the forecast isn't all that great for Sunday and the winds on Saturday are forecast to be in the 25 MPH range. I'd like to get another coat of wax on the bow before I get it into the slip so I may just wait until next weekend. I heard they're turning our water on at our docks on Friday. It's nice the lake is up though. I flew over it before the rains came and it's scary how much stuff you can see sticking out of the water from the air.

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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:27 pm 
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I kinda Rushed it, squeezed it in between work trips. I love The lake level, but dislike the debris.... get that coat of wax on, hoping to get out there around the weekend of the 20th

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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 6:37 am 
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Going in today after work. Gotta head over to Raymond, pick her up, and then to the water we go!

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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:38 am 
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Chuck and I are going to splash next weekend. We'll go down during the week and spray the spider nests off of the ceiling and spray around the slip.

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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:53 pm 
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Going in today after work. Gotta head over to Raymond, pick her up, and then to the water we go!



Awesome, I believe Don is putting in also

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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:21 am 
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chris268 wrote:
Put the boat in today, mainly just to get her in the slip. Everything went good, except the lift, losing air, on one side...,

Headed to Washington DC for a few days, going back Sunday to check it out and try to repair.....
Still glad it’s in, boat started right up, took a few minutes to burn the fog off, after that ran Good.

Stereo sounds pretty good on the water 8)

Good luck getting the boats in, spring is here! At least in SW Illinois


Great to hear, and I can't wait to launch ours. This weekend we are in the middle of a winter storm in Minnesota. We are hearing as much as 8 to 18 inches of snow is possible by sometime tomorrow. :( Weathermen...... :x I know, don't blame the messenger, but geez. The boat doesn't come out of storage until almost 2 weeks from now. I guess its better to be in inside storage during this storm rather than on the trailer at home. 8) C"MON SUMMER!!!

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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:48 am 
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Surface Interval wrote:
chris268 wrote:
Put the boat in today, mainly just to get her in the slip. Everything went good, except the lift, losing air, on one side...,

Headed to Washington DC for a few days, going back Sunday to check it out and try to repair.....
Still glad it’s in, boat started right up, took a few minutes to burn the fog off, after that ran Good.

Stereo sounds pretty good on the water 8)

Good luck getting the boats in, spring is here! At least in SW Illinois


Great to hear, and I can't wait to launch ours. This weekend we are in the middle of a winter storm in Minnesota. We are hearing as much as 8 to 18 inches of snow is possible by sometime tomorrow. :( Weathermen...... :x I know, don't blame the messenger, but geez. The boat doesn't come out of storage until almost 2 weeks from now. I guess its better to be in inside storage during this storm rather than on the trailer at home. 8) C"MON SUMMER!!!


Thinking of you when I seen The snow totals with more to come. Hang in there Gary! We still are having some lows in the upper 20’s the next couple nights. We had upper 70’s and low 80’s the last few days, it’s a seesaw around here. Looking out 2weeks from now, if the weather guess is right, should be mid 70’s and mostly sunny sat/sun april 28/29.... can’t wait!

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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:01 am 
Great for you guys. This is going to be a great season.


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 Post subject: Re: Splashed today!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:10 pm 
Splashed the new to us Funship 194 Sunday. Everything worked great. It is quite the step up from the 17 foot runabout we have had for the past 22 years.


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