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Hey Dan what size is that one called (BAD). And how you doin man, u still got the boat, hows it runnin.

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That's the FREEDOM US1 boat stirring up chit in the old days. The guy in the Shadow was OK. I'll try to post some pics of what the 46 Skater looks like now.

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It's a 40.

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Let me help ya out good buddy! :drink: :D :cool:

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Hey bud, what's up......I'm doing good (a little stressed with all of this BS going on....but doing good) :rolleyes: :D

Shoot man, I haven't even been to see my boat since the Havasu poker run :( I had some deals working on it and they fell through, I've been too busy here and trying to keep the hours off of the boat too. I'm thinking about heading out to the Shootout at the end of August though :woohoo: I'm having Skater withdrawls :drool:

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can't forget this one.... :drink:

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or the sequence... :cool:

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gettin air in the old days.....and nowadays :D

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ooooohhhhh........you had to remind me..... :eek: :p

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can't let ya forget.... :drink:

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looks like I'm going to the Shootout... :woohoo: :D I'm making plans...... U R going Rn't U :drink:

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going? i'm already there..... :drink: :evilb:

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That's what I like to hear, the West Coast Chapter representing. Look forward to seeing ya man. Maybe I'll even have a boat by then. :eek:

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Just got to say that that´s the sweetest paint job I´ve seen in years!

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Awesome!! I can't wait to party with you guys again :drink:
(as long as you don't leave me in the bushes.....lol)

I'm also anxious to see that boat of yours :cool: You've got to be chompin' at the bit :D

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Oh that's right.....save a slip at Shooters for me then :p

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At least I left you in a boat yard with shade and a 2by4 for a pillow!! :drink: :drink: Sean H and Dank, Thanks for posting the pics. I'll figure it out some day.

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Man that Zero Defect driver is good! :evilb:

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LOL..... :drink: :drool:
Man, that was an awesome weekend!!! I can honestly tell you, that 2x4 was the best thing I could even wish for, at that moment......lol
I'll never forget that ride in your Skater that day......we kicked some serious a$$ that day!!! :drink: :drink:
There is NOTHING better than looking back at the whole fleet of poker runners as you're flying off of a 4' swell with 100mph rain hittin' ya on the forehead!!! :D :D

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Thanks, It was painted by TOAD in 2001 after 9-11. Its been through several years of Poker Runs and its ready to take more abuse. The paint is all pearl and its a little tricky to touch up.

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I'm think the Shadow guy was improperly exiting the course. JT was on the sticks, you can ask him the gory details. :eek:

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That was a lot of fun, Glad you started feeling better later on. I'll see you at the Shoot Out!! :D :drink:

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JT was not throttling the boat when that happened , Mike Drury was.

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Hey Jim is this what ya meant when ya said the 46 was a wave crusher? :D



Please Keep the pictures coming! :drink:

Gerry

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Thanks for the correction, To many poker runs to keep my facts straight. I know JT spent a lot of time in the boat. I think he had a undefeated race season in the boat or something like that. I raced the boat when it was Big Thunder and then we started racing the Nuff Respect 4 engine 46 Skater as Big Thunder. That's when FREEDOM US1 was born. We modified the 1994 46 two engine Skater into a Great poker run boat. This boat has had a interesting past history to say the least.

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Hey Gerry, Congratulations on getting your 46 Skater running!!! :D :drink: You probably know what I mean by now. Hows the big beast running?

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Jt stepped into the boat the next year, they were undefeated that year, dry sump drives, multi speed trannies and sterling motors.

Another rumor, leith made innovation sign a contract they would make 1,000 hp if they didnt he didnt have to pay, they lost the lawsuit rumor says. Those motors innovation built were unreal, tallest intake manifold I ever saw, about 3 or 4 ft.

Nuff respect was an unbelivable boat, once in key west, they put the props on backwards, they came into the pits and changed them, then went out about 1 lap down and still won the race. That boat was a beast.

CM

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That was really some combination!

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I heard about the prop story. One of my best races was in Argentina running against Matt Alcone and Jerry Galbraith. No body broke and it was 4 to 6s. The big four engine beast simply out accelerates any other supper boat out there. Long as you didn't break something your chances to win where good. It would run 108 mph on three engines. :eek:

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I was in argentina, were you in the 4 engine boat ? Those waves were bigger than 4 to 6's.

CM

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Yes, My name is Jim Lee, I was the driver. We won the race. I think there were some 6s with a few 8s but I didn't want to make it sound to dramatic. It was a great race and we had a great time in Argentina. It was on ESPN 2.

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You didnt happen to tape it did you ? That was the roughest race I was ever in, and I raced the full circuit for 10+ yrs.

We were in a 40 skater, and I could see fish as they passed over my canopy, we didnt tape off our scoops, and the motors kept wanting to die.

CM

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I used to have the ESPN tape. I'll try to find it. Unfortunately Freeze Frame didn't put the on board cameras on board since it was in Argentina.

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I think Rob Bass at the lake still has the tape. We watched it about a billion times. You were WAY out front needing to beat a certain time to catch Alcone in the points title I remember. You damn near did it!

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I think that might of been one of the Key West races. They used to be a two race events and if you had one first place finish and one second place finish the shortest total time between first and second won the world title. Unfortunately we messed it by about 30 second or so that year. I think we still have the fastest Key West super boat average lap speed in SBI racing of 108mph. That's the race we pushed it to make up time for a first place win on the Sunday race in 1998. Nice memories. :D :drink:

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ok, it's been a while..... :D :D

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can't forget....the night life.... ;)

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Looks great Dank.

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We decided to remove the bow rail from the area between the sponsons. The painter did an excellent job of making the graphics have a finished and flowing look.

The same is being done on the transom. Will have pics later.

They also livened up the otherwise dull flame arrestors.

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New Hotrod On The Water Last Weekend