Lake Erie was fun this weekend! 35 mistress and Frickstyles 38 gun
07-11-2016, 02:50 PM
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These boats are still so capable of covering so much distance and having fun.
Back in the old days, with the production class boats, we would often race on the weekend and then use the same boat to run over to Bimini for a skin diving trip at the first of the week.
Motorboating magazine did a great article back in the mid 70's of a bunch of Mistress and Awesome owners who got together and did a one week tour of the Bahamas islands. Some stayed overnight in the cabins and some got hotel rooms, but they all traveled all over the banks and the tongue of the ocean. The boats are better than we are, we should let them show us now and then just how good they are.
Use them they were not meant to be trailer queens.
Back in the old days, with the production class boats, we would often race on the weekend and then use the same boat to run over to Bimini for a skin diving trip at the first of the week.
Motorboating magazine did a great article back in the mid 70's of a bunch of Mistress and Awesome owners who got together and did a one week tour of the Bahamas islands. Some stayed overnight in the cabins and some got hotel rooms, but they all traveled all over the banks and the tongue of the ocean. The boats are better than we are, we should let them show us now and then just how good they are.
Use them they were not meant to be trailer queens.
07-11-2016, 03:04 PM
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Oh, we used them alright, up to the point some of us ran out of talent....
Also, it was great to see other nice boats out yesterday. I was trying to get into Boyne, but had a lot of fun on the local waters and made the best of it.
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Also, it was great to see other nice boats out yesterday. I was trying to get into Boyne, but had a lot of fun on the local waters and made the best of it.
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07-11-2016, 03:32 PM
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Ha, no, I would have admitted that. Bottom line is everyone is fine and no broken boats. We all had a great weekend. Still dealing with clogged fuel filters though!
07-11-2016, 03:40 PM
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I absolutely LOVE my Mistress, the quality at 31 years old is still amazing, no rot, never redone, and rock solid more then any 35 I been on, I use it and beat it every weekend I can... never gets old! at 73 mph its no beast but sure is fun, and in the bigger water not many can go much faster then me anyway... when it's big enough everyone has to slow down lol
These boats are still so capable of covering so much distance and having fun.
Back in the old days, with the production class boats, we would often race on the weekend and then use the same boat to run over to Bimini for a skin diving trip at the first of the week.
Motorboating magazine did a great article back in the mid 70's of a bunch of Mistress and Awesome owners who got together and did a one week tour of the Bahamas islands. Some stayed overnight in the cabins and some got hotel rooms, but they all traveled all over the banks and the tongue of the ocean. The boats are better than we are, we should let them show us now and then just how good they are.
Use them they were not meant to be trailer queens.
Back in the old days, with the production class boats, we would often race on the weekend and then use the same boat to run over to Bimini for a skin diving trip at the first of the week.
Motorboating magazine did a great article back in the mid 70's of a bunch of Mistress and Awesome owners who got together and did a one week tour of the Bahamas islands. Some stayed overnight in the cabins and some got hotel rooms, but they all traveled all over the banks and the tongue of the ocean. The boats are better than we are, we should let them show us now and then just how good they are.
Use them they were not meant to be trailer queens.
07-11-2016, 06:02 PM
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Mine rides more level that's all, the Mistress has a heavy front end and COG is way forward, look how much farther my bolsters are, I use no tab at all to keep bow down, never need it, I could make ride smoother but no reason to when we are having fun, and I would take Justins over mine any day lol
07-12-2016, 06:41 AM
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It runs plenty flat at cruise with even tabs. It does look like a bucking bronco in Tim's video. We'll get a better run recorded with it at speed.
