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Here's Johnny 01-29-2010 04:58 AM

"hey . . . i think we may have went to the same barber"



haha........ looks like it.......lol....

live wire 01-29-2010 07:36 AM

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Mine was from growing up boating on the Jersey shore in the early 70's and my Dads friends boat (in the pic) which I was told was a Donzi ??? which was the coolest boat I ever saw .

Then the final nail in my coffin was while I was stationed at USCG station Barnegat in NJ in the late 80's we boarded a big cat called " LIFE BEGINS AT 100 " probally just to check out the 3 girls in bikinis on board . I would see that guy from time to time around the bay and always with a few hot chicks on board always wished I was that guy with that boat and all those hotties on board.

Well it never happen , I didnt get my first performance boat until I was 40 & married with kids. So no hot party chicks on a performance boat for me.:picard1:

Below is a pic of Dads boat with his friends Donzi ? behind it . Does anyone reconize this boat ? And me on Dads boat NJ 1972

Panther 01-29-2010 07:52 AM


Originally Posted by live wire (Post 3034207)
Mine was from growing up boating on the Jersey shore in the early 70's and my Dads friends boat (in the pic) which I was told was a Donzi ??? which was the coolest boat I ever saw .

Silly question but does that picture of the Donzi happen to be from Irwin's Marina in Red Bank, NJ? The hills in the background and that bulkhead make me think it might be????

When my family moved here to NJ, that's where we kept our boat.

live wire 01-29-2010 08:28 AM


Originally Posted by Panther (Post 3034218)
Silly question but does that picture of the Donzi happen to be from Irwin's Marina in Red Bank, NJ? The hills in the background and that bulkhead make me think it might be????

When my family moved here to NJ, that's where we kept our boat.

No it's down in Southern Jersey, Mystic Island area and the South Bay.Not Sure what Marina .

Ryan8886 01-29-2010 11:21 PM


Originally Posted by T2x (Post 3032697)
Linder and I were standing next to the Nile when the annual Pharoah's river races were starting. Let me tell you when the slave masters began to snap their whips and the oars started flashing, we were hooked.

Soon after that, I got my first whip and it comes in handy to this day.

T2x

Now every now and then you get a genuine "LOL"....but THAT was genuinely funny! Still laughing....

phragle 01-29-2010 11:53 PM

I was waterskiing standing on my dads feet by the time I was 4. i was 9 or 10 and wrote a letter to cig for 4th grade project.. got a bunch of brochures a big sticker and a letter from the man telling me to stop by for a boat ride if I was ever in Florida... wish I still had it

spectras only 01-30-2010 12:01 AM

19' Catalina [ Hondo hull ] with BBC .ca 1974
http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/c...te70's.jpg

Bought my 1976 Spectra new , BBF

http://www3.telus.net/spectrasonly/6....76Spectra.jpg

and a real offshore performance boat back in 1978 was a bright yellow 28' Jones hull from Seattle , single 460 Ford twin turbo/ Arneson drive . Still trying to find a picture or negative of that one

offshoredrillin 01-30-2010 06:40 AM


Originally Posted by phragle (Post 3034883)
I was waterskiing standing on my dads feet by the time I was 4. i was 9 or 10 and wrote a letter to cig for 4th grade project.. got a bunch of brochures a big sticker and a letter from the man telling me to stop by for a boat ride if I was ever in Florida... wish I still had it

Now that would be a cool piece of history Rob!


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