87 BFN b4 Eric

BFN, your barefootin will have to wait till next summer, remember..... i safety test all boats for at least 3 months and it just happens those months will be June July and August

Boat doc, you ever hear this saying..... Its colder than a whitches tit? its so f-in cold my windshield washer fluid froze when it hit the window. I had to break the ice in the toilet this morning

For the hurricane season?

Very funny Eric, the check will be wainting for you when your finished safety testing it.

AS for the spot on the boat, I know I have never hit anything with it. That doesn't mean something wasn't hit when I wasn't in the boat.

Sometimes I stay on sure to visit with the friend of mine that lives on the lake. So it is possible something happened to it that I am not aware of. But that spot were all the gel coat is gone above the prop. Had been repaired before I bought it. I think the repair was not of good quality and washed out.

Footing with the boom, well I might give it a try this summer. Going to have try deep ups a few more times first. But for sure if I don't have it by GL, I'll be taking some of you guys up on the offer of lessons.

Oh yeah anymore bad news Eric?? Hopefully not. Eric do you think it is possible for the shaft to have been bent from when I bought it? I have only put about 110 hours on it since I bought it.

87BFN,
The color of your boat looks to be exactly like my '87 Ski Nautique. I've never seen another one that is same red as mine (now, other than yours). I've seen marron elsewhere, but not the red.

Its just an awesome color combination. Wonder if the red was a limited offering???

Glen

I dont even have to put a dial indicater on it to see that its bent, its not a gradual bend, it takes alot of force to bend it where its bent and not to know it, its possible it was bent from before you bought the boat, I dont know, I will save it
Eric

I tried everything, sitting on a kneeboard, bozo shoes, the poles the only way

If you have a boom absolutely use it. Start on the boom, work your way to a 5' line and eventually long line behind the boat. There is no shame in learning via a better technique and like the others said you will progress sooner.

My x wife tossed my boom in the trash, yes she was a b!tch..

eric lavine wrote: MM, some times you have to let go of the things you love, it starts the healing process, did she like to ski? lol eric

Just to be clear... you're talking about his ex wife, right? haha

Nate

Alright, good to hear. i just wasn't sure, bc I'm not sure how much you can love someone who throws away your boating gear.

Nate

Did she throw it away before or after the divorce?

I think she had a pole phobia possibly? so in her sub conscience in some strange way by throwing the ski pole out....

Tullfooter, good timing- I was having a hard time finding pics of 87BFN's boat. The info in Eric's profile is:

Fantastic Finish Marine, Inc.
2455 Pearl Rd.
Medina, Ohio 44256
877-369-6693
330-273-8291
Fax: 330-220-1711

tullfooter sent you an email check it out, there is a guy a little closer in michigan if distance is a problem. let me know if you want his number, comes highly recommened from friends of mine that used to sell CC's.

But Eric's work is well worth the drive.