Smarty's Father
 

OSO,

My father has loved this site since its inception. He is suffering from cancer now, and is now in hospice (at home with my mother, I am home to help during this time). For the first time in my life I will not be boating with my father on Sunday afternoons. Boating on Sundays was a father and son tradition. I have a picture below taken in 1968 (I was three years old) of my father and me in his Carlson Challenger (looking for a race probably), and a picture taken last year of me and my father in the Phantom on the C&D Canal.

I may be asking for help in the near future putting the Phantom back together. He just had bought a set of 540 cu.in Dart Short blocks, and we were expecting to be on the water this summer, debugging and dialing in the new power, but that will not be happening.

Please keep my father and my family in your prayers, ---- if you did not know my father here are a couple of the boats he has owned. He owned the Magnum for 18/19 years, you may not have personally had known my father, but if you boated on The Delaware River, northern Chesapeake/C&D Canal, and the Jersey shore, you probably saw us pass by, or roll up along side of you. He would race anybody that would give him a shot (a race). He is the reason why I love, think, and dream about offshore powerboats!


Stephen

I can not even imagine what you are going through. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

get well soon...

Hang tough

My thoughts and prayers are with you, your father and your family.

Prayer sent,

Cheers to offshore boating.

I remember seeing that magnum. It was beautiful.

God bless your dad - hopefully they are giving him some meds to rest easy.

Dave,

Yeah, he is in alot of pain, the hospice nurse came today; it is time to upgrade his pain medication. Thank you thinking of him.

My father had wanted to go to one of your Poker Runs, but never did pull that trigger, I wish he had.

Thanks for thinking of him.

Stephen

Here is his other favorite boat, and his other favorite boating passengers - his grandchildren in the 15' Boston Whaler. Out with Grandpop looking to race another Whaler.....he had his Whaler dialed in pretty good!

Prayers sent from my family to you & your family.

Looks like he has Spikes ol Magnum trimmed out PERFECT !

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Prayers sent for you and your dad from Michigan.

Pop
 

STEPHEN, My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Your pop is such a nice man. Have had some very good conversations with him and you, at Loydds Creek. Need any help with the boat just call. BOB POWELL .

Stephen, I will keep your dad in my thoughts and prayers. I talked to him just last year at great length about his quest to make the 34 phantom even faster,life changes so quickly sometimes. My wifes mom is recovering luckily from colon cancer right now and my stepdad in Fla is going to begin treatment in sept although his is hopefully cureable. Be strong and be there for your dad and family,Smitty

That Magnum was the real deal we both loved that boat. There were many good memories in that Magnum. Thanks for prayers...

Stephen "Smarty" Jones

So sorry for you and your father. I lost mine 5 years ago and I think of him every day...the sun just doesn't seem to shine as bright anymore. I hope he doesn't suffer too much, my thoughts and prayers.

Smarty my prayers are with your dad and family.If you need any help please call I'm only 10 mins. away.

863-5635 Brian

my prayers are with you.

Been here, done this. Lost Dad four years ago, still miss him every day. My thoughts and prayers r with you Smarty.

Your dad is a real piece! I remember talking to him at length about hairy and my sutphen over at Bobs and seeing you guys all over the water. i was young when we 1st met and he talked to me like i knew a thing or two you know? Get him well and then get him back on the throttles!!! He is so progressive with the ways in which he dials in a boat. Reminds me of Roger Munn and the other old timers that would wring every last little bit of their machines.

if you ever need help i am in south jersey and would be more then willing to lend a hand!

Christian Del Collo
856-904-1961
[email protected]
30 sutphen 3 man race boat

my heart goes out to you and your family - jeff

Bob, Smitty, Christian, Brian and everyone else (I am not sure of everyones real names),

Christian,

You are right he would spend hours upon hours trying to dial a boat in whether it was drive height, props, intakes, cylinder heads, jetting carbs, ect. He loved Sutphens too, and had driven the 30' Sutphen "Big Shot" on a few occasions, and just thought the world of Sutphens on how they would handle rough water.

It does not appear that my father will recover, but God can perform miracles and that is what it will take now. I will keep praying while my mother, my brother and I look after him in these last days.

Here is me driving his old (but brand new in the picture) 24' Pantera (and an 18' Donzi he restored entirely for me and my brother). He would do anything for his children and grandchildren, as well as any powerboater that needed help, or anyone who just wanted to talk/bullsh*t about boating. He loved boating, working on his boats in order for them to be faster, and working on other people's boats in order for them to have reliability and a good boating experience.

Thank you all for the support/thoughtfullness

Thoughts and prayers, no doubt that he is a great dad and friend.

Stephen,I have spent numerous hours talking with you and your father out at Lloyds creek over the years,I wish you and your family the best of luck in these very tough times ahead of you.I just lost my father to Cancer and I know what you are going through.Please tell your father that Bill Weber said hello32 Velocity Hyperactive,he will remember.Our thoughts and prayers are with him and your family,he is a good man and we wish for him only the best.For those of you who have never met him he is the guy that win loose or draw when he was out on his boat he was having fun and he treated everyone like they were part of his family.Man life is not fair.If you need anything thing at all I am a phone call away.
Bill Weber & family

Prayers are with you. Hang on to those great memories, they will be a source of much comfort to you in the future.

Smarty!


Prayers for your Father and your family.

Thoughts and prayers sent to you Dad and the family. Sounds like an awesome guy and someone I would have liked! We wish the best of luck to him.

I went through this with my dad a few months ago...I respect how you feel. Spend as much time as possible with your dad and loved ones. Prayers are on the way..Take Care..Jeff and Sandy.

thought and prayers are with you and your family. i spoke with you and your dad a few times a few years back when i was looking at a 34 phantom that was for sale. soory to hear of what your going thru. my folks are gettin up there as well 75 and 72 and in 2006 they couldnt get in my spectre fast enuff..they had more fun then i did i think. there snow birds and there up here for the summer. last year my mother got pretty sick and due to enphazima (spelling) is now permanently on oxygen and its tuff for her to walk more then 20-30 ft at a clip without gasping. i've been spending as much time with them as possible while there up here this summer including taking them out on there 260 Sundancer. Joe D from the board showed my pops a great time this past friday by taking him out on his 37 Outerlimits with 900's and 6's and my pops had a blast.
Sorry for ranting and hijacking your thread...AGAIN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOURS

He is in my prayers and, based on his boats, shares the same passion that I do over a similar period of time. You gotta love the guys who paid their dues and kept the faith.

May he find smooth seas and a star to guide him.

T2x

Thoughts and Prayers with him and your family.

Smarty So sorry to here this. I lost my Dad 8 years ago to cancer. He too introduced me to boating at a very young age.

T2x,

Here's a picture you might find interesting: 16' Carlson with a Merc BP125 (not sure if the BP is on the transom in this picture)it ran pretty good in 1968/1969, he sold that because I was born, mother said it went too fast and she was tired of eating the wind! He used to race the flatbottoms with this tunnel boat. It ran pretty good! Oh, the tow vehicle, not bad either.

Smarty your dad sounds like a heck of a guy. It it so great that you are spending so much time with him, that must be such a comfort for all of you. He sure has created lots of good memories for you. Did he post here on OSO, if so what is his screen name.

My prayers are with you and your family. Donna

He never, ever made one post. He was strictly a viewer, who did sell props, parts, blocks on OSO through me. He liked to read the posts in the tech section, prop section. And looking at what parts & swap-shop stuff was for sale. Thank you for your prayers.

T2x,

He knew George Linder. He gave George Linder a ride in his 20' Cigarette (it was Don's first 20') at a Barnegat Bay race one time (it must have been pre 1978).

Our thoughts are with your dad and family Smarty.

Rob & Barb

did you ever notice that some that could have a lot to say on this site opt to listen, he must be a real gentleman and free of ego. I hope and pray he will not suffer a lot of pain

thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

You are right regarding his not posting - he could have shared alot of information online, but if and when he did share or seek information he would reach to fellow OSO guys like Smitty, Tyler Crockett, 7X, and others on the phone, not by typing - that was my job.

I am the blow-hard (talker) in the family (I was in sales and now am an attorney), my father was a life-long IBEW electrician (local 351, formerly 592). He was gifted mechanically(my father with the hands and mind), me with the mouth, and my brother with numbers (my brother is an accountant). We all had our niche.

Good observation