This Formula shot needs to be in this thread. :drink:

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LARGE

what is it

Yea, that was LARGE alright, whew.

The only thing you can see gives it away that's it's a Formula.

Splashes!
 

Here's one we captured from the GoPro running from Key West to Naples.... No making fun of my white glasses, mine flew off and I had to borrow one of the ladies'. :lolhit:

Damn Artie...you must have been haulin ass....your hair is on fire and your co-pilot looks totally freaked!!!:evilb:

IF YOU WANT TO HAUL COAL...BUY A BARGE
BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAUL ASS.....
BUY A FORMULA....

:D

Hector,

Nice pic of us! I think Formula should use it!

I looked at that 232 and was torn between buying it or the 260SS that Craig had at that time. Big difference in price, of course. I bought the 260 primarily because the wife (partially handicapped) was able to get on and off the 260 without problem.

That 232 is in exceptional condition for the age, you will get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Very nice boat!

That 232 bottom looks alot like my F3. Could the 232 hull be the 21.5ft F3 with an integrated swim platform added on?

The last day of Summer
 

Decided to go out this afternoon after work...the last day of Summer.

This is the 14th St ramp in Pompano...right across the canal from Merritt Custom Yachts.


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Classic Formula.

Hey John, she looks awesome sitting on the water! I wonder if the marine patrol driving the boat sitting behind you was just a tad jealous that you had more freeboard than him?! We had mostly cloudy skies and low 60s up here, so summer went out much like it came in -- below normal. We're all hoping for a warmer and longer one next year . . . . .

Thanks, I just picked the boat up on wednesday. Craigs a great guy at Dockside in Lake George. Real smooth deal and he got me a nice trailer at his cost. I got out the compound and wax yesterday. Here she is all cleaned up after about 6 hours of buffing. The deck was oxidized real bad

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She looks great! Don't feel too bad about the deck oxidation, this 2008 260SS had a well oxidized front deck as well. Took a bit of work to get it right.

Thanks, I went from 3m heavy grit compound - Fine grit compound - machine polish - colinite wax and it still isn't as nice as I want it. My body hurts today! I'm sure your boat is in nice shape also coming from a lake. Every boat I looked at up there was well maintained but this one caught my attention the most.

I was able to get away with just using Color Restorer from Meguiars but it was a job! I'm glad things worked out, Craig is good people for sure. I agree that when going used, a clean fresh water lake boat is definitely the way to go.

Here's a pic of the 260SS tied up to a day use dock on an island in Lake George. Georgeous scenery, for sure.
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...eGeorge007.jpg
That big swim platform and the walk through make it possible for my wife to be able to get on the boat.

one of these days I wanna boat up there heard its a PITA thou

Nice boat! I am planning on renting a slip for the adirondack nationals next year and using the boat for a few days. We took a tour boat around up there this year and what a nice lake it was

Well, Lake George IS a PITA in a number of ways. First and foremost: ROCKS! They're everywhere. Most are marked pretty well. Notice I said MOST. Better get some good charts and plan your course carefully and ask questions of locals.
Next, during the Summer busy season, expect tremendous amount of boat traffic on the lower half of the Lake and a LOT of LEO's to go along with that.
I'm not very knowlegeable about the Lake but I have heard about the downsides. The scenery IS georgeous, however.

Can you move the rubrail at all with your hands? This looks funny.....

:food-smiley-007::eureka:

Uh Oh :eek:

lol, no but I do own a paint shop. That'll be a little winter project

What do you think caused it to look like that?

I would assume bumping against a dock and Formula not painting under the rubrail causing an adhesion problem in that area. I'll eventually have the colors photo matched by ppg and fix her up a tad but for now Ii'm gonna focus on making sure the boat's reliable. Went out last weekend for the maiden voyage and all was good so far. One weak battery that i'm gonna change this week but other than that i'm pretty happy with the boat

Thats common when Formula painted thru the rub rail like that doesn't take much to chip the paint like he said mayb e a bump on rail, not even enough to mark the rubrail up either, just a weak spot in the paint on the joint

PhantomChaos is implying that your deck to hull joint may be coming loose and that the problem may be more than cosmetic. It’s worth a look, but it could also be caused by what 88242LS said. Formula paints the rub rail along with the deck and hull so some chipping is inevitable.

Ya, the rub rails nice and tight along with the deck to hull joint. After 16 years out in the sun a simple pressure wash could probably be enough to blow that area loose if it wasn't caused by bumping into the dock. Most likely the way they painted the stripes right over the rub rail the paint was probably connected to the deck with paint until this happened. All it would take is a little flex from bumping the dock or some high pressure water getting underneathe the area

:party-smiley-020:

More more more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Old school deep-v F-255 Liberator comes to MI!
 

I recently brought home an '81 Formula F-255LS old-school deep-v cuddy that I purchased from the second owner in northern IL that was reportedly originally purchased by a man who lived near or on Lake Geneva WI. You can see the pics here http://photobucket.com/Formula-255-Liberator. She sports the original twin 260hp Mercruisers with Alphas and stainless props and rides on a very nicely restored '83 heavy duty tandem roller trailer (pulls great). She'll get her first taste of Great Lakes boating on Saturday with a run on Lake Michigan. Her previous time has been spent on smaller inland lakes, so she's probably itching to stretch her cramped legs a bit. I want to thank Sprink for sharing his experiences and opinions of his own 255 Liberator (which came from northern Michigan) which helped me to make the decision to go with this model. If any of you will be out and about between Holland and Grand Haven on Saturday, look for the Blue Streak and flag us down so we can chat a bit. GO FORMULA!!

Wow she looks clean congrats good luck with her.

Thanks masi. After running for about 30 minutes at various speeds, mostly below 2000 RPM, one engine quit and then the other, and couldn't restart due to low battery charge. I noticed a burning smell, particularly when we were running faster than idle, but couldn't see anything odd. The battery switch was on "both". I suspect a loose ground cable on a block that might have been arcing, or maybe a bad alternator. Obviously it would take a huge amount of current loss to draw down both batteries that quickly, especially if the alternators are working well. Besides that she ran great, and what a jump up in wave handling from our F3. There were some big rollers and we got mightly close to airborne a few times, which isn't on my wife's list of faves, so I didn't have a chance to get the feel of it in the rough. Hopefully I can get the electrical gremlin fixed before it gets too cold.

1990 292 sr1

That's a beautiful 292!

My 1988 272 SR1. Man I am gonna miss her!!! Only a few days left....

Are you selling her?

I think he's not winterized yet but I could be wrong

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awaiting new owner :grinser010: