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Yesterday at 7:28pm our new first mate arrived:



8 1/2 pounds, 21" long. We've named him William Louis, his grandfather's first names.

With luck he'll be out on the 348 in about 3 weeks, if not sooner!

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

Congrats Bill!!!

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-Rob.


Current boat: 2011 Yamaha AR210
Previous boat: 1998 Horizon RX 4.3GL SX

NICE ONE

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Regards
Beyond the Blue

"If we improve with age I'm now excellent"


Ex 1998 238 Vista 5.0Gi SX DP
Lexus RX300

He’s beautiful!! Best of Luck and enjoy every minute with him!! They grow up too fast.

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“Growing Older, But Not Up”
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2008 Four Winns V248
2004 Stingray 220CS

Congratulations Bill!

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

Congratulations!!!!!

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2008 H190 4.3L Blue W/Red Graphic
2002 Honda CBR954RR BLK/SLVR slightly modded
2003 Yamaha Warrior 350 6spd < SOLD!

Congradulations Bill to you and your wife. Many good days ahead

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2008 V288 with twin 5 litre Seacores
http://www.galwayhouse.com.au

CONGRATULATIONS!!

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Walter

2003 248 Vista - VP 5.0 GXi
2009 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L 4x4

Congrats!

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2001 Horizon 260 - 7.4 Volvo GSI DP

All this time I thought you were old enough to be my dad! Congrats! Since you guys will be tied up with the baby I can take the 348 out so it doesn't feel neglected if ya want

Lucky kid to be growing up in a family with a 348!!

Congrats!

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Former owner of:
1996 Four Winns Horizon 200 5.8L VP
2006 Four Winns Horizon 260 8.1L VP
2007 Sea Ray 290 Sundancer

Current boat
2004 Sea Ray 290 Sun Sport Twin 350 Mags

Congrats

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2001 Sundowner 235

A baby BOY! Congratulations! I wanted one of those but... hopefully she'll stay a Daddy's helper for many years yet! Make sure and tell your wife that she did a good job and congratulations from the Millhaven Crew.

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Marc, Kathlin & Nathalie


'89 Chaparral Laser 32

'93 Vista 245, 5.8L w/ King Cobra

Former Boats
'01 H260, 7.4 VP Duoprop
'98 H200, 5.0 GL w/VP SX drive

Ahhh, congrats to you and the admiral Bill. By far the best upgrade posted yet - that I know of (same for anyone else that may have posted new arrivals in the past that I missed).
Good times ahead for all - pretty chamed life for him to grow up on a 348.
Cherish every moment, every bedtime story, every household chore you do together and invest in the biggest memory cards you can get with a removable USB hard drive to BRING HOME (STORE OFFSITE) once a month to archive.
I had a good scare last weekend when a forest fire broke out and my area was evacuated. My boy was safe but I could't get into the area and retrive my removable drives. Could have lost all my pics from the most significant days of my life.
Man, 9 years doesn't seem like as long a time as it should be . . .

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2008 Four Winns 210 5.7 GI/SX
2007 GMC Sierra 2500 Crew
1966 Fed-Up Wife

Yep, I wasn't lucky enough to grow up with a boat in our family. Closest we came was the neighbor at the shore house with an old Chris Craft runabout in a boat house. I still want that setup. We'd definitely trade out the 348 for a runabout in a boat house should we ever buy a place on the water. But for the next 5 years we plan to enjoy the heck out of the 348. My feeling is we can have a screaming baby at home, or we can have a screaming baby on the boat. The screaming baby part is the fixed part of the equation. Now, finding a place to change and stash dirty diapers, that's going to be a challenge...

I got a sweet deal on a Canon HF100 hi-def camcorder. Around $650 from B&H Photo, back in April. It takes astoundingly sharp videos. But they're HUGE disk files. That and transcoding them from hi-def to DVD, iPhone or web resolution takes a whole BUNCH of CPU power. Meanwhile I'm stocking up on 16gb SD cards. It's soooo nice being able to just pop out a card and use a USB reader in the PC instead of fiddling with having the camcorder tethered. The HF100 has no memory of it's own, which is a good thing, since transferring direct from cards is about 3 times faster than through the camera itself.

Aw, bummer to hear about losing the photos. I've got a fireproof box that's about to get upgraded to something larger. You're right about off-site. That's what grandparents are for, right?

The one thing I've heard, again and again, from friends is how quickly they grow up. I'm sure it'll seem too fast for us too.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista