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Coincidentally, just last last night I stumbled upon the only surviving picture of my first ever boat. 27 Fountain, I think she was a 1990 or 91. Bought it with a crapload of hours on a bone stock BBC but she was in exceptional condition out of LOTO. Ran her out of Richmond, VA and Virginia Beach for a season in early 2000s. Great in the James River as I was always either idle or throttle burried at 60, but not so hot on the Atlantic.
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Gorgeous!
Originally Posted by killfast1
(Post 4774168)
1979 spectra 32
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...32cdf9b351.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...ca7f8ec9b3.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...a2849921ad.jpg |
Originally Posted by killfast1
(Post 4774168)
1979 spectra 32
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...32cdf9b351.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...ca7f8ec9b3.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...a2849921ad.jpg |
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Gorgeous!
Congrats.
Originally Posted by DrFeelgood
(Post 4775105)
1994 Manta 28 CC that I recently picked up...
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...ca5b625eab.jpg |
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My '82 Mistress.......
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...c8698bc469.jpg |
Originally Posted by DrFeelgood
(Post 4775105)
1994 Manta 28 CC that I recently picked up...
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...ca5b625eab.jpg |
Originally Posted by ragu
(Post 4780187)
Beautiful ride. Mind if I ask you the height of the seat off the floor? I assume it is a drop out bolster. Thanks
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Originally Posted by DrFeelgood
(Post 4780202)
Thanks!! It is a twin bolster -- a 2 man seat with a single drop down seat cushion and no divider/armrest in the middle. When in the up position the seating surface is 25 inches off the floor.
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A picture from the past a boat we did 6 or 7 years ago.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...c5a37272a0.jpg 1989 Top Gun 575 N/A number 3s |
My 1959 Biesemeyer 4pt hydro (an Arizona boat on the east coast)
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...91c0f0c3ed.jpg |
1980 26’ Martini SS
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Damn, he’s alive.
Been a while....... Sweet ride! |
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...914b725b65.jpg
20' 454 Ho with throttle & Bravo 1:eek: |
Originally Posted by payuppsucker
(Post 4783928)
Damn, he’s alive.
Been a while....... Sweet ride! |
My Wellcraft 38 AVS. "Another Vice"
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...40be3a06d.jpeg
Wellcraft 38 AVS. "Another Vice". Last of the Breed! |
Originally Posted by Rookie
(Post 4768206)
When I met you in GH years ago and if you would have told me that boat was Smokin' I probably would have had a heart attack.
Todd owned it probably 1999-2005ish. It had 540's and TRS's. Would run mid/high 70's and break a drive every couple of trips out. It was always driven hard! That was the first boat I had ever been on in true 4'-6' waves and I couldn't believe how it ran. I believe it went towards Chicago/Milwaukee area. The 540's were pulled and and sold to a guy with a beautiful red gelcoat 9 meter Fountain. He brought the engines back to Jim I believe to get rebuilt. I remember one day I was putting hydraulic steering on my Panther and the guy was putting amps in the Fountain. I looked down the side of the hull and there were 8 2" drywall screw out the side of the hull. I just shook my head. Smokin' was brought to a couple of the races in GH, St Clair and Ohio for pleasure boating. I'll try to get my old computer fired up and see if I can pull some old pics of Smokin' off of it. Here is a pic along side my Panther when I was redoing the upholstery. Probably 2002 https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...2613efdd5e.jpg (no docking lights leads me to believe it isn`t ) https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...d8c8e01d25.jpg |
Hard to say. I still haven't accessed my other hard drive for better pics. I don't recall the Cigarette 38 below the fairing on the passenger side, but it definitely looks like it.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...52fe03d6e8.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...05fd811cbd.jpg e |
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Anyone remember this place? I was down for the Rolex 24 and decided to have lunch in South Beach. Stopped in to see what’s in the rack and bumped in to Ritchie Powers. An afternoon I’ll never forget. |
Originally Posted by AO31
(Post 4817504)
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...6bea31857.jpeg
Anyone remember this place? I was down for the Rolex 24 and decided to have lunch in South Beach. Stopped in to see what’s in the rack and bumped in to Ritchie Powers. An afternoon I’ll never forget. |
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...ed8116f810.jpg
1990 27' Fountain |
Very cool!
Didnt know any of that.
Originally Posted by CharlieWhiskey85
(Post 4819133)
No but found some interesting reading: https://vehicule-magazine.com/blogs/...20/fort-apache
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Gorgeous!
Originally Posted by F14A water jet
(Post 4819151)
1988 Formula 311 SR-1 with twin big blocks.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...2bd89b01f4.jpg |
Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic
(Post 4819189)
Gorgeous!
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Originally Posted by F14A water jet
(Post 4819151)
1988 Formula 311 SR-1 with twin big blocks.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...2bd89b01f4.jpg |
Originally Posted by DrFeelgood
(Post 4819193)
Looks great -- one of my favorite hulls! Trying to buy one too.
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I just posted my 1976 Speedliner 17' catamaran in the swap shop. It needs put back together.
https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/...-required.html https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...Tg&oe=61F49AD7 |
Originally Posted by F14A water jet
(Post 4819199)
I MIGHT know of one, outfitted much like mine (Facebook Formula SR-1 group, Nick Jarett)
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https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...2d883e582b.jpg
1995 32 hustler i just picked up,,,,,,semi resto in 2019 with new paint,tank,floor,flooring and upholstry,,,,,going to finish off with all new wiring,electronics,more interior work adding mcleod bolsters,redesign dash,and convert to tripple o/bs as is 1 of the very few 95-97 32s that was built with cored deck,flooring,all of birth boxing,dash and rear hatch so lighter hull should work well with the trips |
Funny thing is, to me, looks like it’s doing a 100 on your lift!
One of my all time fav’s!
Originally Posted by F14A water jet
(Post 4819190)
And, she's faster than she looks! :-)
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That thing looks HUGGEEEE for a 32’.
Would make a great OB conversion.
Originally Posted by johnmiffco
(Post 4819226)
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...2d883e582b.jpg
1995 32 hustler i just picked up,,,,,,semi resto in 2019 with new paint,tank,floor,flooring and upholstry,,,,,going to finish off with all new wiring,electronics,more interior work adding mcleod bolsters,redesign dash,and convert to tripple o/bs as is 1 of the very few 95-97 32s that was built with cored deck,flooring,all of birth boxing,dash and rear hatch so lighter hull should work well with the trips |
lol,,,,yea back when a 32' was truely 32' of usable hull ,,,,,,actually measures little longer than 32 across top
was a very fast & hard to beat boat back in the racin days huge lifting strakes and very low to vee ,,,,rode very high/dry in the rough been looking for a 95-97 for a while to get the lighter hull and this 1 along with the coring has nothing in birth but cushions as was built with no potty,fridge,micro,ect even had the built in stand up bolsters so should be light on feet with the tripps in the snot using the offshore promax motors and not using the big alien cowls,,making narrowed custom cowls to fit the offshore mid pan and skirt to get motors tight together to have outer prop tips in between the outer strakes to keep it high on top in the rough,,,,, will start a resto page on it soon as i cut out the bolsters and dash and rebuild the transom for the o/bs this boat even has a layer of 1" foam core in the transom,,,,, |
Originally Posted by DrFeelgood
(Post 4819219)
Yah, saw that one, got another I'm investigating first though.
I have not seen Nick's in person but it seems to be a twin of mine (592hp, 489 strokers). |
Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic
(Post 4819228)
Funny thing is, to me, looks like it’s doing a 100 on your lift!
One of my all time fav’s! |
Originally Posted by F14A water jet
(Post 4819252)
I see you are on MI. I used to surf Patrick (AFB) first light and Picnic Tables.
I have not seen Nick's in person but it seems to be a twin of mine (592hp, 489 strokers). Spent many’s hours surfing Patrick’s in the late 70’s and into the mid 80’s. Expect it’s a bit more crowded now. We would drive over from the gulf coast. |
Originally Posted by hoodoo
(Post 4819260)
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Spent many’s hours surfing Patrick’s in the late 70’s and into the mid 80’s. Expect it’s a bit more crowded now. We would drive over from the gulf coast. |
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