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Thanks Nycamp! :cool:

Steve gave me a ride in his boat today. It's the first time I've been in her in 10 years.

WOW!

Better than new, and more fun than I've had in a long time.

Although it was too calm for any serious "air-time," I've got to say that ii's still a thrill to run triple-digits in an old resin-bucket! Those Zul's are fantastic: I think you may need to have Teague bump your new motors up a bit, Carl, unless you want to always be looking at Allez vite's transom (like old times). :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Lunatic Fringe (Jim) and his brother came along to hold Steve's beer.

Jerry's (LEOPAJM) brand new Saber w/1075's ran with us, too. It's a beautiful boat, and I think that he should keep it all red.

Hope to have a Trifecta when Carl brings WarHawk up to Saugatuck tomorrow. My Apache fix!

Thanks, guys. :D :D :D :D

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It was an absolute treat and privilege to have the original master on board today. The water was calm but we still had a great time. Pete you are welcome anytime. Just give me a call when you want to go for a ride, or you know where she is located just help yourself.

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Pete,
It was great to finally meet you today. Thanks for all the old race stories. It was cool getting a little history lesson on the late 80's and early 90s race scene. I assumed you enjoyed the ride by the grin from ear to ear you had on your face as we came off plane heading into Muskegon. It was neat to be witness to that reunion. Hope to see you again in the future.

After as many years as I have know Steve, I have gotten pretty good at holding his beer!!!

Jerry,
Keep it RED!!!! The boat looks awesome on the water all red and those Merc have a very distinctive roar to them!!! Looking through the photos, some came out pretty good, others OK. I'm still coming up to speed with the new camera. I'd be happy to take some more shots next time your up. They may be a little big to e-mail, but I can always burn you a disk and sent them to you too. I try to post a couple here.

Jim

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One from lunch.

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Jim/Lunatic Fringe, when are you going to put that Cougar (ol' "SAVAGE") in the water??? I always here about all the hard work you are putting into it from a few years ago. That boat is a runner and I have lots of good memories of it. Looking forward to seeing her on the water once again. :)

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One from the run to Muskegon.

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Hey Mark,
The list of excuses I have for not having the old resin bucket on the water is long and getting longer. Today my excuse was I had an opportunity to tag along and see Pete get reunitied with his old boat and it was pretty cool! Steve and I laughed because we said we didn't know whether to thank Pete or curse at him for getting us hooked on performance boating. Steve's quote to me was "Pete has cost you and I a lot of money!!!!" : ) Back to your question....... hopefully soon. It has been a project of one step forward, two steps back. I hope to get at least one or two rides before the snow falls so I can have an idea how she runs in case any off season adjustments are needed. Thanks for asking.

Jim

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Here is one for you Mark.

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Last two for today.

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Lunatic Fringe,

Jim,

Cougar looks beautiful !!!!! Can't wait to see her done.
All in time...............


Cougarman

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Leopajm,

That new ride is looking pretty Bad !! :drink:

Have fun with her.

Cougarman

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Jim, well by what you have said for the day ("today"), it sounds like you are getting awefully close. Glad to hear it---can't wait to see it again, and by what you have said, I am sure I will "hear it" soon. Thanks for the picture---that's how I remember her.

John/Cougarman, got your message, I will call you again.

Hiya Artie!!!

Lots of old boats coming back to the area from back in the day. It sure brings back a lot of good memories. BTW, that new 41' Saber looks HOT! I'd like to see it in person.

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Guys .... Had a blast friday .... Thanks for all the hospitality ... and once again showing me just how flat Lake Michigan can really be ! :D It was a real pleasure to finally meet you Pete ... Thanks for telling some of your old stories (not stories about old people :drink: ) and your candor and brutal honesty regarding some of your dealings with the less then scrupulous marine industry .... ummm down south . :rolleyes: Very refreshing ! Unfortunate .... but refreshing ! :cool: Mr. Nykamp and crew ... we'll do that again ! Jim .... Thanks for the pics !!!! I'd love to see more .... Go ahead and send what you can via e-mail when you have time .

Thanks again !

JM

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Jerry it was great to see ya, and the new RED ROCKET. Let me know when you will be back, I'll schedule work so we have some play time for the 41's again. Talk ya soon, Steve.

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Awesome pair of 41's. The two boats are timeless. Jerry that boat sure looks good in red. :cool:

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Thanks B ..... Jim sent me a whole bunch more pics .... but I can't resize them ????
:rolleyes:

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Sorry I missed you guys. Steve, I'm in for saturday, red dock . Warhawk too? Maybe someday we can get them all together. NK

BTW Jerry the ride is sweet. Thanks for raising the bar again. :rolleyes:

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Hey Parn .... How was your trip ?

We do need to get them all together !!! Lets set somethin up !
:drink:
When do you guys wanna come down to Sandusky ??? I bet we can get a certain someone to come out of retirement if we make it "EASY" for him !??!?!?!?! :evilb:

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Word was that some of themems was coming to the Island this weekend ???? What up with that ?? I'll leave a lite on for ya!! :D :drink:

RHC

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Jerry,
The picts I sent you were resized down a little, so I could actually e-mail them to you, but not enough to post on OSO. I think they have to be like 1024x800 or something like that. If you pull them into microsoft paint(under start and accessories) you can resize them under image stretch/skew. Just enter a percentage of original until you get the size you want. Check the size under image attributes. The pictures I sent you were 51% of the original, and the ones I posted were 34% of original. It is pretty easy once you get the percentage to get you to the 1024 limit. Or just tell me what ones you want posted and I do it too.

Jim

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WOW Jim .... thats pretty high tech for me !!!!!

I'm good on the pics for now !!! Thanks very much !!!

JM

Roger .... we'll be around Kelleys Sunday and Monday !!! :drink: