Pulled the boat cover...
 

and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Apr 3, 6:04*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Tom, you've got rust on that fender!

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.

Mold problem?

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 3, 6:04*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Tom, you've got rust on that fender!

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.

Mold problem?

Fix your monitor.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Apr 3, 6:17*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 3, 6:04*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Tom, you've got rust on that fender!

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.

Mold problem?

Fix your monitor.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

it's fine. it show's the mold and rust quite nicely!

?;^ )

Pulled the boat cover...
 

"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Apr 3, 6:17 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 3, 6:04 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Tom, you've got rust on that fender!

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.

Mold problem?

Fix your monitor.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

it's fine. it show's the mold and rust quite nicely!

?;^ )

That "rust" appears to be a rusty tie down ring of some type. Either Ranger
or Tom didn't opt for the much more expensive non-rusting type. 8-)

The "mold' you are seeing is the edge of the carpeted bunk rails.

Very easy to analyze if you take the picture to enlarge it a bit.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

D.Duck wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Apr 3, 6:17 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 3, 6:04 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.
The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG
Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.
Tom, you've got rust on that fender!
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG
And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.
Mold problem?
Fix your monitor.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

it's fine. it show's the mold and rust quite nicely!

?;^ )

That "rust" appears to be a rusty tie down ring of some type. Either Ranger
or Tom didn't opt for the much more expensive non-rusting type. 8-)

The "mold' you are seeing is the edge of the carpeted bunk rails.

Very easy to analyze if you take the picture to enlarge it a bit.




Might be one of those fancy Ranger painted metal trailers.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:20:13 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 3, 6:17*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 3, 6:04*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Tom, you've got rust on that fender!

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.

Mold problem?

Fix your monitor.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

it's fine. it show's the mold and rust quite nicely!

Of course it does.

When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 19:24:18 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Apr 3, 6:17 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 3, 6:04 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Tom, you've got rust on that fender!

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.

Mold problem?

Fix your monitor.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

it's fine. it show's the mold and rust quite nicely!

?;^ )

That "rust" appears to be a rusty tie down ring of some type. Either Ranger
or Tom didn't opt for the much more expensive non-rusting type. 8-)

I just went out and looked at that - didn't notice it.

Must have not been non-magnetic stainless. I ran into that on the
trailer in another place - up where the bow post is clamped to the
trailer frame. I have three big 1/2 clamps securing the bow post to
the trailer and last year, one rusted over winter. Removed it and
used a magnet - sure enough.

The "mold' you are seeing is the edge of the carpeted bunk rails.

New carpet and bunks this year too.

Next year, probably stainless discs and new calipers.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 19:24:18 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Apr 3, 6:17 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





On Apr 3, 6:04 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.
The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG
Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.
Tom, you've got rust on that fender!
http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG
And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.
Mold problem?
Fix your monitor.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
it's fine. it show's the mold and rust quite nicely!

?;^ )

That "rust" appears to be a rusty tie down ring of some type. Either Ranger
or Tom didn't opt for the much more expensive non-rusting type. 8-)

I just went out and looked at that - didn't notice it.

Must have not been non-magnetic stainless. I ran into that on the
trailer in another place - up where the bow post is clamped to the
trailer frame. I have three big 1/2 clamps securing the bow post to
the trailer and last year, one rusted over winter. Removed it and
used a magnet - sure enough.

The "mold' you are seeing is the edge of the carpeted bunk rails.

New carpet and bunks this year too.

Next year, probably stainless discs and new calipers.

SWS,

My monitor must be defective also, it appeared that you had Evinrude's
ETEC engine on the back of that nice fishing boat.

I thought they blew up after one season and spent most of the time
during the first year in the shop. ;)

Except for that tiny rust spot on the fender, both boat, engine and
trailer looked new.

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When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? *:)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

"JimH" wrote in message
...

"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

Ask him to look up Michiko in Naha. 8-)

Ah heck, she's probably too old for him now, maybe a grand daughter.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:58:56 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? *:)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.

Of course they didn't mind - they are the Army. :)

At 62, I have crap vision uncorrected and a cataract starting in my
right eye.

~~ mutter ~~

Although my night vision is excellent which is unusual.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:37:44 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
.. .

"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

Ask him to look up Michiko in Naha. 8-)

Ah heck, she's probably too old for him now, maybe a grand daughter.

ROTFL!!!

I spent exactly six hours in Okinawa - never even got past the air
field gate.

I've heard stories though - oh my, I've heard stories. :)

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:10:23 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all Armed
Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

It's good he's getting it out of the way first rather than later. From
what I've heard, it's a lot of fun when you are younger and fresh out
of boot.

Used to be being stationed on Okinawa was like being in the Pirate
Navy with Pirate Marines. :)

Or so I've been told. Don't know if it's the same way today.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:37:44 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
. ..

"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

Ask him to look up Michiko in Naha. 8-)

Ah heck, she's probably too old for him now, maybe a grand daughter.

ROTFL!!!

I spent exactly six hours in Okinawa - never even got past the air
field gate.

I've heard stories though - oh my, I've heard stories. :)

I arrived there by ship in 1959 and I can still remember the terrible odor
we started smelling shortly after the island was in sight.

The open sewerage in use at that time, like running right down the streets,
was not a pretty sight and the stink, I'll leave that to your imagination.

I remember my first liberty off the base. A couple of us shared a cab into
town and as soon as we arrived mother nature called, number two. I walking
into a gas station where the WC (water closet) was located in an adjacent
building. I opened the door and there was a hole in floor for making a
deposit. For some reason I lost the urge.

Ah, the good ole days. Wouldn't trade them for all the tea in china.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.


Ummmm.....

Put the cover back on. Snow is forecast for tonight.

Eisboch

Pulled the boat cover...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:10:23 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed
Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

It's good he's getting it out of the way first rather than later. From
what I've heard, it's a lot of fun when you are younger and fresh out
of boot.

Used to be being stationed on Okinawa was like being in the Pirate
Navy with Pirate Marines. :)

Or so I've been told. Don't know if it's the same way today.


My brother was a spook in the Navy stationed on Okinawa.
Hasn't walked correctly since.

Eisboch

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:59:54 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Ummmm.....

Put the cover back on. Snow is forecast for tonight.

Of course it's going to snow - I took the cover off the boat.

If I had waited until May 30th, it would have snowed then.

It snows every time I take the cover off - it's a fact of life that
I've had to deal with for years.

When I had the Contenders, they were splashed on April 15th every
year.

Guaranteed to have snow by the 16th.

It's my burden to bear. :)

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:16:02 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:10:23 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed
Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

It's good he's getting it out of the way first rather than later. From
what I've heard, it's a lot of fun when you are younger and fresh out
of boot.

Used to be being stationed on Okinawa was like being in the Pirate
Navy with Pirate Marines. :)

Or so I've been told. Don't know if it's the same way today.

My brother was a spook in the Navy stationed on Okinawa.
Hasn't walked correctly since.

My oldest boy was TDY at Kaneda for a couple of months after he first
got out of Pensacola before his squadron moved to Korea - can't
remember the name of the air base there.

He enjoyed it.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:37:44 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
.. .

"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

Ask him to look up Michiko in Naha. 8-)

Ah heck, she's probably too old for him now, maybe a grand daughter.

The guy I joined up with (remember the completely meaningless Buddy
System?) went there after boot camp. Airedale. There 64-66.
Had NOTHING good to say about it.
Especially after getting to San Diego for his final 2 years.

--Vic

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Apr 3, 8:16*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:vquav3dboi96boj4t5inqs12uf38i5la82@4ax .com...





On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:10:23 -0400, "JimH" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
....

When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed
Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: *My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

It's good he's getting it out of the way first rather than later. From
what I've heard, it's a lot of fun when you are younger and fresh out
of boot.

Used to be being stationed on Okinawa was like being in the Pirate
Navy with Pirate Marines. *:)

Or so I've been told. *Don't know if it's the same way today.

My brother was a spook in the Navy stationed on Okinawa.
Hasn't walked correctly since.

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

A trusted friend of mine was an army spook. had crypto clearance and
all. Had been stationed in Hawaii, Japan, several places around the
far east. CO was wondering what he was doing one night, he said
"playing chess"

"Who with? "

"The Russians"

"Where they at?"

Oh, a sub, about 3 miles off shore"

I was marveld at his candidness then he told me. "What are they going
to do? They're about as bored as I was, so... we played chess!

..besides, they couldn't do anything to us that we couldn't do the
them first....so? we played chess!"

Rob and team were scrambling to recode computers when the Pueblo was
captured.

Like a patriotic spook, that's about all he'd ever say.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.
Ask him to look up Michiko in Naha. 8-)

Ah heck, she's probably too old for him now, maybe a grand daughter.

ROTFL!!!

I spent exactly six hours in Okinawa - never even got past the air
field gate.

I've heard stories though - oh my, I've heard stories. :)

SWF,

My son and girlfriend have been traveling SE Asia for the last 3 months.
They have criss crossed Thailand, Laos and Cambodia (I don't know why
they didn't make it to Viet Nam. They would spend time in the larger
cities and in also in the country. They lived with some of the native
tribes helping them with projects and "trekking" in the mountains, coast
and rain forest. He just took off for India via Bangladesh.

It must be nice to be young without any responsibilities. It looks like
he will spend 7 months traveling using the money he saved since
graduating in mid May. Not a bad deal to work for 6 months then travel
for 7 months.

After this adventure he will begin his PhD program in August. From his
online blog, he has meet many people who are taking a break and
traveling before they start their post graduate work.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:47:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

A trusted friend of mine was an army spook. had crypto clearance and
all. Had been stationed in Hawaii, Japan, several places around the
far east. CO was wondering what he was doing one night, he said
"playing chess"

I've heard those stories before. My next door neighbor is a former
boomer skipper and tells some great stories about Russian subs. My
favorite was his story about being trailed by a Russian H/K sub and
they had an accident on board that seriously injured a couple of their
sailors. They guys on the boomer heard it when it happened and as the
Russian sub surfaced, he offered assistance which to his complete
surprise was accepted.

When he surfaced, popped the hatch and got out, he was amazed to find
four other subs all on the surface - one American, one British and two
Russian subs plus the boomer. Everybody had been playing tag with
everybody else.

Anyway, the Russians were transferred to the boomer for treatment
until they could be transferred to shore side hospital.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Apr 3, 7:04*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

I've told you before, that's one pretty Ranger. I really like that
boat.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Apr 3, 7:47*pm, "JimH" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...
On Apr 3, 6:17 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:





On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 3, 6:04 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

Tom, you've got rust on that fender!

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

And interesting, that the green metalflake has now turned blue.
That is except in the pic that I saved and now it's black.

Mold problem?

Fix your monitor.- Hide quoted text -

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it's fine. it show's the mold and rust quite nicely!

?;^ )
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Questioning Tom............you are in trouble now. *;-)- Hide quoted text -

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Just got to get your childish petty insults in, huh?

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"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:56:34 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:37:44 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:



I arrived there by ship in 1959 and I can still remember the terrible odor
we started smelling shortly after the island was in sight.

The open sewerage in use at that time, like running right down the
streets,
was not a pretty sight and the stink, I'll leave that to your imagination.

I remember my first liberty off the base. A couple of us shared a cab
into
town and as soon as we arrived mother nature called, number two. I
walking
into a gas station where the WC (water closet) was located in an adjacent
building. I opened the door and there was a hole in floor for making a
deposit. For some reason I lost the urge.

Ah, the good ole days. Wouldn't trade them for all the tea in china.


The Koreans, in Seoul, were still using the hole in the floor in the late
70's. They had modernized though, there were little concrete pads with
shoe
impressions next to the hole, to keep one from slipping in, I suppose.

My last business trip to the Far East was in 1994. Many place still had the
hole in the floor facilities. But some had a "special" water closet for
"Westerners", a real commode.

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On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 06:03:54 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Apr 3, 7:04*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
and it looks like the Ranger came through the winter just fine.
Probably just a quick wash and light wax, power wash the interior and
we're off and running.

The new hull bottom looks real good - changed the lines of the boat
quite a bit - I didn't notice that when I picked it up in December.
Here's some images.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom01.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom02.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom03.JPG

http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictures/bottom04.JPG

Season's getting closer - maybe first run next week.

I've told you before, that's one pretty Ranger. I really like that
boat.

Thanks - to tell the truth, I get that a lot. What's interesting is
that I always have other Ranger owners come up to me and ask if it's a
"real" Ranger. Kind of amusing. They only made 300 of them in the
initial two years of production, then they stopped and redesigned the
stern to match the square sterned 2100 and 2300. I don't care for
those in terms of style, but they are great fishing machines.

Don't see a lot of them either - it's kind of unique in style. It
looks lean and mean. Everything I've added since I bought it has just
improved the over all appearance - nothing that I've done
intentionally either - just the way it worked out.

As many times as I've tried to sell the boat, I always pull it back
off the market because I just can't find another like it.

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On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:56:34 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:37:44 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:



I arrived there by ship in 1959 and I can still remember the terrible odor
we started smelling shortly after the island was in sight.

The open sewerage in use at that time, like running right down the streets,
was not a pretty sight and the stink, I'll leave that to your imagination.

I remember my first liberty off the base. A couple of us shared a cab into
town and as soon as we arrived mother nature called, number two. I walking
into a gas station where the WC (water closet) was located in an adjacent
building. I opened the door and there was a hole in floor for making a
deposit. For some reason I lost the urge.

Ah, the good ole days. Wouldn't trade them for all the tea in china.


The Koreans, in Seoul, were still using the hole in the floor in the late
70's. They had modernized though, there were little concrete pads with shoe
impressions next to the hole, to keep one from slipping in, I suppose.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:01:16 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:10:23 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

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Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed
Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

It's good he's getting it out of the way first rather than later. From
what I've heard, it's a lot of fun when you are younger and fresh out
of boot.

Used to be being stationed on Okinawa was like being in the Pirate
Navy with Pirate Marines. :)

Or so I've been told. Don't know if it's the same way today.

All we know right now is that he says he is having a good time with his
trade (construction engineering) and being at OKI. He sent us pictures of
the base, the town and the beach, including his group finding an octopus,
dressing it (someone knew what they were doing) and cooking it. He did not
say if he ate it, but I would bet that he did.


Jim, is he a construction engineer now, or an equipment operator?

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On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:16:02 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:10:23 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed
Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

It's good he's getting it out of the way first rather than later. From
what I've heard, it's a lot of fun when you are younger and fresh out
of boot.

Used to be being stationed on Okinawa was like being in the Pirate
Navy with Pirate Marines. :)

Or so I've been told. Don't know if it's the same way today.


My brother was a spook in the Navy stationed on Okinawa.
Hasn't walked correctly since.

Eisboch


Strange. When my brother, Special Forces, had completed two tours in
Vietnam, they wouldn't let him go back for another because the policy at
the time limited the tours to two.

So they sent him to Okinawa. From there he would go back to Nam for 90 days
TDY, and then back to Okie for a couple weeks. This pattern continued for
another year or so.

Wonder if they knew each other.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:54:11 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


"D.Duck" wrote in message
...

"JimH" wrote in message
...

"Tim" wrote in message
...


When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.

Ask him to look up Michiko in Naha. 8-)

Ah heck, she's probably too old for him now, maybe a grand daughter.


I am sure he will come back to the States with a tattoo........he told us
over the holidays (before he shipped out) that he may get one.

He may also come back with a new girlfriend.

Who knows. ;-)


FWIW, very few marriages between young military folks and either Koreans or
Okinawans work out well. The cultures are very different.

But, if he does marry one, good luck to him.

Pulled the boat cover...
 

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:54:11 -0400, "JimH" wrote:

"D.Duck" wrote in message
...
"JimH" wrote in message
...
"Tim" wrote in message
...

When was the last time you had your eyes checked?

Or have you been color blind your whole life? :)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Actually tom,now that you've mentioned that. at 52 i have 20/10
vision.

However I am a bit color blind. In fact it kept me out of the Marines.

Army didn't mind, though.
=========================

Between you, Dick, Tom, BAR and a couple of others I think we have all
Armed Forces services present here.

Thanks for serving.

BTW: My son is having a blast on Okinawa.
Ask him to look up Michiko in Naha. 8-)

Ah heck, she's probably too old for him now, maybe a grand daughter.

I am sure he will come back to the States with a tattoo........he told us
over the holidays (before he shipped out) that he may get one.

He may also come back with a new girlfriend.

Who knows. ;-)


FWIW, very few marriages between young military folks and either Koreans or
Okinawans work out well. The cultures are very different.

But, if he does marry one, good luck to him.

Better for him to chase a BAM.