Originally Posted by mitchie

I can play here.. Sonic has probably seen this boat.
My 21' Triad.

Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic

Ass! Yammie powered too. Guess that makes you Canadian eh?

Chuck Martini went 2 yrs unbeaten in a 21' Triad w/a JohnRude in ODBA Lake Racer class.
Cool too that I saw Chuck at a drag rally rally in Houston several yrs ago and he was driving the same boat w/an E-tec powerhead on a Taylor shorty mid.
Awesome boat Dude and great pix's.

Originally Posted by mitchie

And yes... 120mi. north of Toronto on Georgian bay.

Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic

Thats way cool. Grew up on the parents cruiser doing 3 wks from the Ohio, Lake Erie shore line to Georgian Bay and back. Can't even imagine having a fun boat back there. Definitely Gods country.
Some of my favorite childhood memories.

And thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated.
BTW, I like "garage engineer", mind if I use it

Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic

Being right on the Intracoastal I'm kinda jones'n for something similar. Most of the stuff in my pix's were too high dollar for what I want next.
The Mrs doesn't care about speed any more and I still need a regular fix.
Here's my plan.....
She sleeps in on Saturday and Sunday mornings so I can have some (free) me time. I'm thinking a late '60's - early '70's, 15' - 16' Checkmate/Baja w/a V-4. Stripped down (weight), old school OPC racing spec, center seat, center steer.
Head out in the morning and run the 30 mls to Melbourne (or similar) @ WFO and stop there for breakfast and to stop shaking.
Figure it should run 70+ and in the river slop........., I'd need a cigarette at breakfast and I don't smoke
Run it home afterwords then back in the field under cover where it's not costing me anything like the other boats did (in depreciation) until I need the next fix.
Figure I can probably do it for $3K or less.
I restored a '69 16' w/a 140 yrs ago and it and was an absolute blast to drive fast.