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Jonny Quest 
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Joined: August-20-2013 Location: Utah--via Texas Status: Offline Points: 2506 |
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 Posted: June-18-2022 at 8:21am |
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Great story line and a cool old woody. Very nice.
JQ
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2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow (current)
1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow (sold) Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
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stepper459
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Joined: June-17-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 341 |
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Posted: June-27-2022 at 9:24am |
Thanks, it's been a good project without too many setbacks. Now that it's "done" I'm thinking of what needs to be fixed on the boat next, to make it even better. The steering is a pain, I want to figure out how to convert the steel rod to a modern cable system. But anyway, my father-in-law took the boat to church yesterday, which was the first time anyone had driven it with the new engine, without me in the boat. Of course, it ran perfect, and now I really feel like it's complete. As complete as any boat like this ever will be, that is. |
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GottaSki
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Joined: April-21-2005 Location: NE CT Status: Offline Points: 3264 |
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Posted: June-27-2022 at 9:56am |
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Your FIL must have arrived at church early...
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"There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worthwhile as messing around with boats...simply messing."
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Jonny Quest
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Posted: June-27-2022 at 10:02am |
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Dang...church where you can attend IN A BOAT. Nice.
JQ
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2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow (current)
1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow (sold) Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
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stepper459
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Posted: July-10-2022 at 10:18pm |
This is how I ended up meeting my wife, if you didn't see that or if I failed to mention it. She went to church on this island one day with her dad, and I drove a shuttle boat out there. I knew her dad because I had chatted with him about the boat in the past. So I went to see about this girl who was with him that day and the rest is history, as they say.  |
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stepper459
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Posted: July-10-2022 at 10:20pm |
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By the way, another Sunday, another Church Day for the Squamasee.
I got to use the boat later in the day. It's running great. Not much else to say.   |
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fanofccfan
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Posted: July-10-2022 at 10:21pm |
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That’s a great story!
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2004 196 LE Ski 1969 Marauder 19 1978 Ski
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stepper459
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Posted: July-15-2022 at 9:44pm |
Thanks, it's been fun getting this boat back in service. I might have built up a lifetime's worth of father-in-law credit at the same time, which is never a bad thing. He also met his wife here on the lake, which is funny.
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