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djn
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Initially Posted - 05/24/2006 :  09:20:59  Show Profile
I am splashing in about an hour. I bought this boat on the hard in December and have been working on it since. I don't even know if it floats. As soon as I determine it floats and the motor runs well enough, I am motoring it four hours to its new slip. I'll let you know how it went later tonight. Cheers.
Dennis
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 05/24/2006 :  09:26:00  Show Profile
Good luck Dennis, hope your trip goes smooth.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 05/24/2006 :  11:14:59  Show Profile
Good luck Dennis, Hang around the splash site long enough to determine that there is not a problem with elementary things like leaks, motor function, sails function, sufficient fuel, VHS working, charts, and notification of your trip plan to a significant person, and check weather forcast to ensure an appropriate window for a four hour trip. That being said there is one further thing to do and that is to repeat after me, " OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN ETC.

Val on Calista # 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 05/24/2006 :  11:18:23  Show Profile  Visit Ericson33's Homepage
If you are still reading the post, Go get some Champaign, or at least a good beer and celebrate your new found love. (don't forget to splash the boat, it's not just to drink)
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 05/24/2006 :  13:01:27  Show Profile
Good Luck. We hope you get all the satisfaction you're due, after working so long on your boat.
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djn
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Response Posted - 05/25/2006 :  15:01:08  Show Profile
Hi All, I don't have time right now for the full story, but my three hour tour turned into a seventeen hour ordeal and ended up costing me $519.00 in tow fees and the bow rail was ripped off. I am safe and unharmed, sort of, and will explain late. I am now very late for work. Cheers.
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raulpou
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Response Posted - 05/25/2006 :  15:52:01  Show Profile
suspense....
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 05/25/2006 :  17:09:43  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
bites a big one!
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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 05/25/2006 :  17:41:52  Show Profile
Oh man ... that's awful

'Glad you're OK Dennis.
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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 05/26/2006 :  11:38:10  Show Profile
And to think, we do all of this on purpose...

and call it fun!

Remember we need pictures to go along with the story!
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 05/26/2006 :  11:48:45  Show Profile
Man... I guess we didn't wish you luck hard enough.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 05/26/2006 :  13:32:58  Show Profile
DANG!!! I thought I gave sage advice without getting maudlin...Maybe I should have been more emotional...Hope all is well Dennis, boats can be fixed, people not as easily...hope you and crew are O.K.

Val on Calista # 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/26/2006 :  17:38:31  Show Profile
Dennis...Sorry to hear of your troubles.

Since you were motoring, I'm guessing either engine problems or shallow water in the upper channels leading into Anchor Bay/Lake St Clair or both???
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saribella
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Response Posted - 05/26/2006 :  19:11:24  Show Profile
The upper channels of Lake St. Clair are no joke.........not a place for a sailboat with a weak motor or mechanical problems. The currents can run better than 6 knots at the bottle necks if the wind is just right and the eddies are trecherous for sailboats. Let alone the shipping traffic to stay clear of. Glad to hear you made it out safely or relatively therein.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 05/27/2006 :  06:01:08  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
have been keeping an eye on the national news, nothing yet about Dennis made it to the headlines.. I guess that's good news!

Paul
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 05/27/2006 :  08:22:11  Show Profile
the suspense continues to build
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/27/2006 :  08:27:59  Show Profile
It's killin me!
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djn
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Response Posted - 05/27/2006 :  10:54:46  Show Profile
Hi All, I am just getting back from a couple days work. I will post the story tomorrow as I have a day a paperwork ahead of me today. Cheers.
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 05/27/2006 :  15:11:27  Show Profile
Another teaser from djn.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 05/28/2006 :  22:16:12  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
I thought you were getting a new job...if so the paperwork for the old job can wait!!!
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britinusa
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Paul
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djn
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Response Posted - 05/29/2006 :  07:26:56  Show Profile
OK guys, it is half written. This was a big adventure and I don't want to leave anything out. I will finish it tonight. As far as the old job...I still need to get paid......I am missing $519.00. Actually it is not missing, U.S. Boat has it. Cheers.
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britinusa
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<center>[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffhanger"]Cliff Hangers[/url]</center>



Paul
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 05/29/2006 :  11:02:52  Show Profile
"North Korea fires multiple nuclear missiles at the United States. How will this affect your workday tomorrow? Watch FOX-4 News at 11:00 after American Idol."

Nothing like a teaser to keep you hungry for details.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 05/29/2006 :  16:49:35  Show Profile
Dennis... Your good! You should apply for Ryan Seacrest's job!
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 05/29/2006 :  19:31:35  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
I scrolled through all of that only to find you idiots posting smart@$$ remarks.... Dennis - come on your killin' us!!!
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