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by Ric
Jan 24th, '07, 12:21
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: express link
Replies: 86
Views: 58097

the tub

I´m with U.V. i cant say anything nice,so i wont say anything at all, serious money and serious work for a 2nd time will not change that kitty kats stripes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :o pura vida
by Ric
Jan 6th, '07, 12:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Greetings and well wishes for the New Year
Replies: 2
Views: 839

Bruce you be right again, because as I was talking and probing him we started talking about R.P.M. and I told him what i was running at 3950 to 4k and >I asked him what his rpms were and the first word out of his mouth was 3600,,,,he said they fooled with the props pitch and cup they were low then t...
by Ric
Jan 5th, '07, 22:19
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Greetings and well wishes for the New Year
Replies: 2
Views: 839

Greetings and well wishes for the New Year

To all the faithful the best wishes for the New Year. I have been down in Jaco Beach costa rica for the last 9 days and ran into some interesting stories. Johnny Rogers from St Pete (now living in jaco beach) ran a 32 ft topaz out of st pete with 300 yannys (GETAWAY CHARTERS)that he had installed by...
by Ric
Nov 5th, '06, 22:17
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Luck Trey
Replies: 6
Views: 1769

Good Luck Trey

hey trey,

Good luck on your re/election to the bench. It's been consuming a lot of your time,made you miss the lauderdale trip . I hope it all works out the way you want and expect. I'd vote for ya,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
by Ric
Nov 4th, '06, 16:17
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: And now for something different/bertram31.com band
Replies: 23
Views: 12734

your kidding right? how are we going to lug instruments to gatherings, but for the record ,I graduated Berklee Boston class of 77 , I toured, I play piano ,guitar, bass, vocals and Ive played everysong you mentioned woodwind chops are junk now :cry: ,,,,,,,,brass forget it no armbature :cry: I haven...
by Ric
Oct 22nd, '06, 15:28
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: lauderdale next week
Replies: 15
Views: 6309

/////Dr Dre I'm leaving tomorrow 4 am to get my vehicle down to lauderdale and leave it at the condo till May. I have your Oaks Bluff shirts and a disposable camera filled with shots of my tower for your tower builder .I will see you on Wednesday for the best chicken wings in south florida at the qu...
by Ric
Oct 20th, '06, 07:11
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bulletproof vacation week: Headliner questions
Replies: 7
Views: 3332

Laminate and router the headliners, the replacement of the ply is a good idea, laminating the ply and finding the ribs (transfering holes) for screwing can be labor intensive. but you will have a clean finish and application that will last . I took all that carpet out of there and laid up the inside...
by Ric
Oct 19th, '06, 16:59
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: lauderdale next week
Replies: 15
Views: 6309

lauderdale next week

The games and storys begin next week . I have taken the top floor "suite" drinking room on thurs fri and sat and i think U.V. grabbed it for wed and sunday to just to keep the bar open,and the liquid flowing . There are 2 big beds in there and any last minute change of plans by any of the faithful, ...
by Ric
Oct 17th, '06, 16:47
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Overspray & Racor ?
Replies: 9
Views: 2651

U.V I to have been running the racor 500 series and i have not encountered any problems . I usually (allways) change them out at 100 hours,,,I have not had any trouble with anything connected to those racors,,I also run algae x
by Ric
Oct 8th, '06, 10:01
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Learning the hard way!!! =(
Replies: 5
Views: 2015

Doug is absolutely correct referring to somebody else as possibly causing the problem,,(It could be your boat) My boat was bonded and absolutley grounded "properly" because I did it ,,all of it . I had a problem with zincs and noticed they were prematurely being eaten away off of rudder and shafts ,...
by Ric
Sep 28th, '06, 12:42
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Flybridge seating - JK?
Replies: 16
Views: 8618

Bench seat

I had bought Dugs old bench seat that was shot,,,but stripped it out and took all original hardware. and then used 1 inch ply marine and fabricated new seat and backrests new foam and vinyl and reworked the support system.,.,.,whatever you do dont throw out that original hardware''' strip it out ,,,...
by Ric
Sep 19th, '06, 18:47
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Picture of Ric
Replies: 13
Views: 5215

,,,,,,,,Hi garry

Hey I was doing my best to look the part,meanwhile Timmy was wearing J.C. penny, Are you in for lauderdale? tell Robin I said hello and i'll be seeing you real soon.... :D
by Ric
Sep 18th, '06, 20:09
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Picture of Ric
Replies: 13
Views: 5215

Coture

You boys just need to travel a little more and absorb other country's culture and ethnicity. The sneakers are from Amsterdam, The "Capri's Timmy noted are from Costa Rica and the U.V.I.shirt to finish off the color coordinated "Ensemble" is from that fashion Magnate Michael Ohlstein New York New Yor...
by Ric
Sep 16th, '06, 10:09
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lauderdale boat show
Replies: 29
Views: 18746

Lauderdale boat show

.,.,I was wondering what the numbers might be of the attendee"s at the flophouse.,.,.,Do we have the whole place all locked up?. U.V. I called the bambooshka a few weeks back and locked in the drinking room for thurs fri and sat :P
by Ric
Aug 24th, '06, 06:27
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Trouble shooting offshore
Replies: 4
Views: 2579

Trouble shooting offshore

6 weeks ago I was offshore and i had an incident. An exhaust idiot light and an audible alarm was intermittant and chirping and blinking in and out. indicating a problem with raw water, I had throttled down from cruise as i seen something (fishy water) and decided to check it out, when i throttled b...
by Ric
Aug 11th, '06, 23:02
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Giant
Replies: 8
Views: 3845

Giant

fished with friends today up from conn. Hooked up a Giant at 2;30pm on a live herring 700 plus 4 hour and 30 minute fight and then he was ready to leader to a harpoon shot,,,,,,, to a tail wrap; Unbelievable fish Unbelievable fight 130's 130lb diamond mono with a 15 ft. 180 lb Flurocarbon leader/ .S...
by Ric
Aug 9th, '06, 06:48
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Well, you guys musta took drunk at the NE deal, what's up?
Replies: 29
Views: 24471

Oak Bluffs

I thought the Island was very nice. The marina and the harbor were very quaint, and the restaurants, were decent and reasonable, I tried to get over to where ted kennedy drowned that young woman but there was a line of sightseers looking for his misplaced wallet, We rented a rather large moped and t...
by Ric
Jul 29th, '06, 06:26
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Flop House
Replies: 14
Views: 10122

flophouse

U.V. you sleeping at the switch,, better get a head count and tell her we want all the rooms....in the past we usually called in late august to arrange for the Suite, but its a good thing Russ is on his game as we would have been locked out .., we might yet still be,,,,..,and thats not right,, thats...
by Ric
Jul 27th, '06, 09:31
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unbelievable occurance
Replies: 15
Views: 9741

Unbelievable occurance

Well I thought i had seen everything until yesterday. My marina is Lowering its Gas price to 3$ agallon for this weekend only, from 3.69. Seems "No" one is going out and using thier boat and no one is buying any fuel. When asked about the diesel price of 2.89 and whether we will be getting any "spec...