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Old 01-29-2010, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Panther
Silly question but does that picture of the Donzi happen to be from Irwin's Marina in Red Bank, NJ? The hills in the background and that bulkhead make me think it might be????

When my family moved here to NJ, that's where we kept our boat.
No it's down in Southern Jersey, Mystic Island area and the South Bay.Not Sure what Marina .
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Old 01-29-2010, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by T2x
Linder and I were standing next to the Nile when the annual Pharoah's river races were starting. Let me tell you when the slave masters began to snap their whips and the oars started flashing, we were hooked.

Soon after that, I got my first whip and it comes in handy to this day.

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I was waterskiing standing on my dads feet by the time I was 4. i was 9 or 10 and wrote a letter to cig for 4th grade project.. got a bunch of brochures a big sticker and a letter from the man telling me to stop by for a boat ride if I was ever in Florida... wish I still had it
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19' Catalina [ Hondo hull ] with BBC .ca 1974


Bought my 1976 Spectra new , BBF



and a real offshore performance boat back in 1978 was a bright yellow 28' Jones hull from Seattle , single 460 Ford twin turbo/ Arneson drive . Still trying to find a picture or negative of that one

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Old 01-30-2010, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by phragle
I was waterskiing standing on my dads feet by the time I was 4. i was 9 or 10 and wrote a letter to cig for 4th grade project.. got a bunch of brochures a big sticker and a letter from the man telling me to stop by for a boat ride if I was ever in Florida... wish I still had it
Now that would be a cool piece of history Rob!
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