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Originally Posted by Blueabyss (Post 4808753)

I am thinking the rental truck pulling a 300k boat is what tipped them off.

Chris

Can't tell from the pics online what kind of truck it was but it seemed to have a lot of brake lights like it was a flatbead hauler type (unless that was the truck the cops used to move the boat after the arrest). The weight had to be hard on the aluminum bolt together trailer. 32 people, even at only 125 lb average is 4000 more pounds in the front of the boat. With any speed that trailer could have been wagging the truck down the road.

Isn't that the only 33 OB boat made? Seen it before in Ft Myers and thought it would be a nice boat. Maybe now it will be at a seized asset sale?

Send em up here to manatee co for 3 weeks.
Then let em call home and tell their buddies all about America.
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Older 37 converted to outboards

Only do one illegal thing at a time.

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Originally Posted by Wildman_grafix (Post 4808780)

Isn't that the only 33 OB boat made? Seen it before in Ft Myers and thought it would be a nice boat. Maybe now it will be at a seized asset sale?

There have been a couple of 33' ATs built with outboards, both Yamaha and Mercury.

As Morry mentioned above, it's a 2000-ish model year 37AVH 'Excess' that was converted from the original HP500EFIs to outboards within the last year or two.
That boat probably has 1500 or more hours on the hull. I know the original owners had at least 1000 on it, and the original 500EFIs made it to 800 hours.

The boat was very recently sold.

I've had well over 20 on/in Brad's former 38' Top Gun at night during the Miami Boat Show, and that's with only 1/2 a cabin; AND we still got the boat on plane!

Back to the Active Thunder...
One article even stated that their was an individual found in what would be the compartment under the V-berth which is big enough for a adult to curl up in. And I know my 6'2" self will fit inside either gunwale of a 37AT as I've been in there multiple times installing stereo equipment. I would imagine there were probably several folks in the former engine/bilge area as well. I'm sure they were not ALL in the cabin, probably scrunched into the cockpit as well.

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Originally Posted by carnutsx2 (Post 4808788)

Only do one illegal thing at a time.

100% USCIS & DOL certified H2A workers who all return to Mexico at the end of each work season. All transportation and housing paid by the farm. When harvest starts in Dec, will have nearly 800 men. Inbound/outbound trans alone is 1200$ per man. It’s costly to be legal but except for Commifornia, H2A is the rule rather than he exception.

Good news is that boat will be for sale at some government auction one day in the near future :)

Biden.... what an F-ing joke and embarrassment

Pat had a bit of fun creating this meme:

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