:drink: Very cool - they should be happy with that...look forward to running with them.

They seemed like nice folks.

Danny :sport009:

Actually I THINK that boat has a whippled 525 pushing 700hp. Definitely a killer ride!

sweet, I remember VB building that boat practially on OSO :)

:evilb:Took our first ride on the new boat today, very nice riding boat everything is running great, I think me and the wife made a wise choice moving from a 260 Prowler to the Pantera. I will get some more pics and post them asap

Great Stuff Gary - Congrats look forward to seeing it, there are a bunch of Panteras doing the Lake George Columbus Day Poker Run this year.... might want to check that out if your schedule allows, great end of season event and beautiful place.

See Ya On The Bay

Danny & Liz :drink:

Very nice boat , best wishes with her, not sure if you go out of the basin , but we boat out of there sometimes . i just bought a new ZT240 from duckys blk and orange. while there i got to check out the new 28 sitting on his lot, at 150k it was about 95k more than i wanted to spend, but those panteras are one sweet ride , i meet Joe at ac boat show yrs ago when he was with Tom Jr from duckys, Joe's a great guy he and his family seem to really know the craft of building world class boats, John, thanks for posting the pics seems like a great group of offshore 28' s gathing in the area.

Sorry for my spelling (GATHING) meant gathering, also i got to thinking if i mold a 2 ft beak on the front and extend my swim platform with 2 ft marine grade plywood, could i please join the baddass 28 group??????? NA i didnt think so..

We do boat out of Barbers Basin, yes they are very nice people. Look forward to seeing you their jln. And Dan that sounds like a good idea will have to run it by the wife for Lake George, also John was telling me about a run in the North East that a fire company from that area puts on in late Sept. will probably run that also but will let you know about the Lake George one...Thanks:musik010:

Gary , im sure to see you at barbers basin , im either there or notheast md it seems to be my 2 favorite launch sited lately.I was in the coast guard from 79 to 83 i like to swap stories with Jason at the guard base there, Barbers Basin is station vacation. i have a pantera on my bucket list , hopefully someday soon, when i met Jo about 12 yrs ago at the ac boat show i almost bought a pantera at that time but i went with a checkmate 253. Jo, someday God willing i will be a pantera owner. Gary best wishes with your new ride i love the paint job, thanks jeff

Jeff, sounds good we will have to hook up some time and do some runnin. We are always at loyds or just buzzing around that way. I usually run with my buddy JDUB he runs a sweet 28 Saber, so we will see ya out there...:coolcowboy: