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Old 08-17-2014 | 05:20 PM
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Here are a few pics from this weekend's Chicago Air and Water Show. What an event! If you haven't checked this out from the water and boat in the Midwest put it on your calendar for next year!
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That's an f/a18, not a raptor. Cool pics. Saw the Blue Angels oceanfront at Virginia Beach. Too cool at that venue. The raptor is several levels beyond with thrust vectoring capability.
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A few we took on Saturday
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Cool pics, sweet rides. That's the first time we had the small cat on Lake Michigan. The ride back to Burnham Harbor Saturday afternoon got a little interesting. We made it but I don't know if a 26ft cat should be a regular on the big lake. Kind of felt like we brought a knife to a gun fight.
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Hopefully the AO handles the post-Shootout slop OK. See you at one of the watering holes later this week!
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Cool pics, sweet rides. That's the first time we had the small cat on Lake Michigan. The ride back to Burnham Harbor Saturday afternoon got a little interesting. We made it but I don't know if a 26ft cat should be a regular on the big lake. Kind of felt like we brought a knife to a gun fight.
Saturday was nice you should of been out Sunday when the wind shifted out of the Northwest and the fog rolled in.

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Jeff we're headed down Friday now. We're pumped for the big event. The AO will do fine in the slop. I just don't like a Bravo flying in and out of the water behind 800HP. That can't be good. See you on Bud Friday!
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Boating in Lake Michigan with a small boat may need the guidance of a meteorologist.
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