buck183 wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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bomar wrote:

Buck,
Wish I could have made it to the LOTO Shootout......just too far and too
much going on.

99% of the posters here would **** their pants at the sound of screaming
502's running WOT across the water, then have a stroke when the see the
boat
being trailed home by a F350 Diesel Superduty Crew Cab 4x4.

The waste!
The noise!
The safety!
The environment!

Long live conspicuous consumption!!!!


Boring boats, driven by bores.






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Funny you should say that Harry. Having driven many sizes, styles, and
types of boats I can assure you there is A LOT more skill involved in
operating one of these than anything you have in your so called collection.

Buck



I've driven my share of really fast boats, going way back to the 1950s
and 1960s. My dad built the fastest outboard boats that ran on Long
Island Sound at that time, these were hydros and utilities, and he also
was a dealer for a while for the Ancarrow Marine Aquaflyer (I'm sure
I've misspelled part of that boat's branding). It was a high speed
inboard runabout, powered by twin V8 Caddy Crusaders. Came with a
guarantee to do 60 mph plus...and it did.

In more recent years, I've driven 80 mph bass boats (not a lot of fun),
and a couple of high-power Fountains and Stepps. I liked the latter,

I find ultra fast boats noisy, uncomfortable and not particularly fast,
in real terms. I've driven cars and motorcyles that are faster than any
boat you've ever been in, eh?

For a really high-skill experience, learn how to sail competitively in
an International 14 or, better yet, master the French horn.

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