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I am so excited and proud of Mr P, as a lot of you know over the winter he took the engines and drives out and made lots of changes (different drive set up, new props, hopefuly more speed) We had parts strewn everywhere, a few weeks ago he put the engines back in, something he has never done. Well tonight we had a date with the hose and both engines fired up the first time and sounded better than ever :D Tomorrow we are heading to Lake St Clair to get her wet, keep your fingers crossed it runs as well as it did in the driveway. I must say I was little bit nervous, but even though he is not a mechanic by trade it looks like he did a great job and saved us a lot of money :D Thanks honey, glad I am you first mate :drink:

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LOL Hey Donna I just ask that ? on the Insurance thread. Give him a big pat on the back for us. I here you will be coming up to our area this summer.

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Great job, hope all goes well. Thier is nothing like doing it yourself and getting it right.

Good luck

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hey donna, did you get my pm?

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JB, just saw it :D no Phil, no PM did you get the check?

OK back to the grill, we are cooking gourmet tonight and the red wine is breathing :drink: it is a beautiful night but Ian is to tired to crank the ski boat hoist up and down, so will observe the lake from the deck, ahhhhhh life is good

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Well said. Congrats at on the maiden voyage. Hope to see you guys at the Chicago Poker Run! :cool:

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That's why they make electric hoists ;)

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congrats the first time is always the best !!!!!!


let us know how she runs!!!!! :drink:

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I tell you, for not being a mechanic by trade, he seems to be quite knowledgable. I get the feeling he really enjoys working on the engines as much as he does running the boat. :)

Good luck on the maiden voyage with the new power.

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Great news..

Hell
I can't even put the plug in unless I read instructions.. :drink:

Hava great time...be safe..

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yeah, his birthday is in May and each year I think that will be his present, but then somehow the "big" boat takes precedent
and stuff starts coming from Trick and everywhere else, plus he need his exercise :p

It's weird, I am so excited, can't wait for tomorrow :D

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funny thing he has no idea about this thread, (he is sitting on the deck) he will probably be embarrassed he does not like me giving him compliments :D but he did work really hard

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Good job Ian. Hope the shake down cruise goes well. Joe murray

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Its one thing to through money at something its another to actually go out and put the sweat and hard work into it....... kudos to him and he should be very proud to say he did it him self

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good job Ian. Hope she runs great!

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Great news Mrs. P. Hope to see the BT up north this summer. Good luck on todays run:D

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hope all goes well. I know the feeling when it does and its great! :D :drink: P.S. tell him he is a lucky man to have a wife so supportive, I can only dream of that. good luck

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:drink:

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Go Ian Go!!!lets burn some fuel Baby!!!! :evilb:

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Hey Donna glad to hear it, Welcome to our world. Good to hear you guys are doing well , sommers and I have been wondering about you guys and we were going to Pm you to shortly . Have a good one and we'll talk to you soon.

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That's good! How did it go? :D

:D

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Donna/Ian,
I assume you are going to the LEOPA PR 7/14-16. What date and time are you departing? I plan to leave on Friday for PIB sometime around 12pm (+/-) from Monroe. Run together?
Sprague

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Hope it went well ... cant wait for the report!! :bunny:

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I am happy for you and Ian---hope that we might see you up north around the Grand Traverse Bay area! :)

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Thanks for all the good wishes. We are back, and it was PERFECT :evilb: Took us forever to get going so we did not hit the water until 3. Everything ran great, boat is a bit louder, but Mr Gadgets said to expect that until the new shorties are broke in. We did not want to run hard, top speed for the day was around 60, Ian thinks with a little tweaking we might get close to 80. We went out by Harsens Island, then the Basset Channel, then to Jack's for dinner. Our luck held, just as we started to look for a spot, a Black Thunder pulled out, so we slid into their space. We saw a really Hot Pantera rigged for racing. We made friends with the couple sitting next to us, they were from CA, here for a seminar. They were real nice, since it was still beautiful out, and we were in a good mood, we took them for a short sightseeing cruise along the Grosse Point Shoreline. We saw a huge freighter so we circled it, that was something they had never seen. I think the boat ride made their weekend, our's too :D

Don't ask about pictures, I screwed up and had the camera on the wrong setting :( Ian just went to bed, he's happily exhausted :cool:

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Hi Sprague, yes we are all signed up. Could be as late as 1:00, one of our passenges is flying home that day I think he gets in around 11:30 at Metro and he will head straight to Monroe. Maybe we should ask Scott to put an email out like last time to see if we can get a group together.

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Did you change you screen name??

No Chicago for us this year, money is tight. So you guys will have to head this direction. You know we are still waiting to show you around Put In Bay :drink:

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happy to hear you guys had a good day. nice work ian.
todd

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Donna,

Good luck with the new hardware. Just got one of mine back in the Formula and ran it this weekend. Hope to catch up with you somewhere this sumer!

Chris

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Donna, Glad to hear that all went well for Ian and the completion of the motor/outdrive project. I am still working on getting the motors together. I did hook up with Jim. He should have my first motor next for the dyno.

Susan loves to cruise around Harsens Island too. Hope to see you out there on the water soon.

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Thanks for the kind words everyone. It's great to be back on the water. :D :cool:

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Donna,
Anytime Friday from 12-3 pm could work for me. Let me know your plan. Meet at the Toledo Lighthouse?
Sprague

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Donna, Ian
Glad to hear you got the boat back together.
It is a real sense of accomplishment when you do things yourself. Donna your support to Ian means allot to him I'm sure.
Patti always gives me that support also. Along with a long list of Friends.

Sorry you won't make the Chicago Run.

Take care and have fun.

Mark :drink:

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Sprague, we would like to run over with you very much. Looks like about 1:00 for us. The light is fine. Our passengers are looking forward to seeing an official APBA record holder in action. :cool:

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Awesome Ian, but I don't think you could do it without Donna's support.... just kiddin ya. Hey, I saw that pile of parts in your basement, and I'm glad everything went as you wished on the shakedown cruise!! Congrats. Donna we will talk middle of the week about the weekend plans...... Kudos, Keith.

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Good to hear guys, it was a perfect boating weekend on St. Clair!! Good job Ian!! :D

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Donna,
E-mail me your cell # [email protected]
Sprague