looking for the invite for a day of some sun and fun! :cool-smiley-027:

And while the pictures look great, they don't do this job justice. The amount of time that was put into this is astounding. Quite a learning experience for me Chuck and we are looking forward to a great summer rafting up and overnighters with you and Dianne.:ernaehrung004:

Annapolis anyone?:D

Hay BOB where have you been hidding havent seen you around much

Hey Bob, I see your old boat everyday on the way to and from work. Its at futurline getting some work done. Hope to see you this summer.:D

The party's over...

Here's most (but not all) of the hardware, plumbing and wiring that was removed or replaced. The round discs at the bottom of the first two shots are roughly 3/8" thick steel left over from lightening holes I cut in the engine accessory mounting plates. Although they only weigh a combined total of about 5 pounds, I feel better about having removed unneccesary material... (Anal Compulsive? Yeah, I guess...:rolleyes:)

Also a shot of the shop. Only 1 mile from my house, it had heat, light, compressed air and BIG JOE, who lifted the genny, both engines, all four headers, both drives, and the sun pad. That's why I can still walk today.

SEE YOU ALL ON THE WATER!!!!:party-smiley-048:

I work for a Formula dealer and told my rep about how cool your boat looked with the "flagship" style paint, he was very impressed!!!!! It's been great following your progress, thanks for sharing.

"Flagship" style paint...


Chucks boat IS the Flagship! Hands down. :cool-smiley-011:

Thanks. The boat was all white from 2000 through 2003. ("The flying refrigerator".) We put the original "straight" Flagship scheme on in mid-2004. After Scott Porter and a few others saw it at the 2005 Rendezvous, it did inspire some of the current factory paint schemes, although all of them are considerably more elaborate. After seeing the factory schemes for 2008, we decided to add the "swoosh" to the rear to keep up with the times. Formula was even nice enough to supply some live Adobe Illustrator files from the 400SS scheme to help with cutting our paint mask templates.

Can't wait til next weekend Chuck.:cool-smiley-026: