Boyne Thunder 2012 Pics - Saturday Poker Run, 1st Half & Up To Lunch

[Ratickle]

Just a couple quickies before we leave for the dinner.

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[rschap1]

nice:)

[Blue Oval]

Great time!!!

[endeavor1]

More pics Paul!!

[Offshore Ginger]

More pics Paul!!
:iagree:

[Pete B]

were the hell are the pics??? we arent paying you to sit around, get busy!

[Bobcat]

He's taken the same approach to fixin the Black Thunder...(shameful if ya ask me):sifone:

[Ratickle]

Geez, tough friggin crowd.....


I've got over 1000 pics to skim thorough. Hopefully I'll have 2 or 3 worth posting!!!!!

[Ratickle]

Besides, I had to hang with Brooks, Wrink, and Dr Pete!!!!!!:eek:

[Ratickle]

Heading out the "River" to the big lake...

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Recognize this guy???

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[Ratickle]

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[Ratickle]

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[Ratickle]

I'll get some more up tomorrow.


Ice Man broke his power steering, about as far away as you can get, and took forever to be towed back in. He did make the dinner though.


US 1 blew a tranny and limped in on one.....


Everything was safe and fun!!!!!!!

[offshoreexcursion]

Great pics can't wait to see more! To bad we did not get to meet. Guess you will have to bring the Black Thunder next year!

Poker run was great overall, our boat ran flawless! Good times!

[Ratickle]

There were a bunch of people I wanted to meet and didn't get a chance to. But, there were also a bunch I did.


Sure was a nice batch of Black Thunders there. That may be the most since the last Black Thunder run through the Keys.....

[BBB725]

There were a bunch of people I wanted to meet and didn't get a chance to. But, there were also a bunch I did.


Sure was a nice batch of Black Thunders there. That may be the most since the last Black Thunder run through the Keys.....

Had a great time with you and Terri this weekend and being the first boat to the first card stop.:)
BTW sorry about the bumpy ride not good for pictures

[Ratickle]

Had a great time with you and Terri this weekend and being the first boat to the first card stop.:)
BTW sorry about the bumpy ride not good for pictures

Ride was awesome. Over 3/4 of the pics I actually have at least part of a boat in. Not just water or sky!!!!!

The Triple B Waterphoto Limo (And Chauffeur):hurray:
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[Ratickle]

Great pics can't wait to see more! To bad we did not get to meet. Guess you will have to bring the Black Thunder next year!

Poker run was great overall, our boat ran flawless! Good times!

Any chance your boat no longer says Baja on the side?????

[rschap1]

VERY nice !!

[redhotsommer]

That pic from the docks with US 1 next to IceMan has GOT to be the first time a 46 Skater has looked small!

[Ratickle]

Saw this guy out dinking around a couple times...

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[offshoreexcursion]

Any chance your boat no longer says Baja on the side?????

Yeah it says "never throttle back".

Ryans's 46 looked and ran great, better then last year when he blew a blower tensioner bearing.
Jasons 43 flatdeck had some problems but boy is that a sweet BT.
Did you see Dan and Bridgets 46? They were spectators.
Plus the blue 46 SC for the Elk Rapids card stop!
Poker run was great. Ran from northport to elk rapids just bearly keeping ahead of the white and red BT with twin 1000's. Not saying he couldn't have passed me or not but we were having a good run!

[Wrinkleface]

Saw this guy out dinking around a couple times...

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Punk!!!!:bump:

[offshoreexcursion]

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[Ratickle]

Punk!!!!:bump:

Notice how he needs docking help with a bow thruster?????

[Ratickle]

Heading out the channel, nice crowd!

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[Ratickle]

Looking back while leaving!

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[Ratickle]

We snuck out a bit early, thinking we would get some great shots of the guys running hard to the first card stop. Well, we had no idea at the time we'd be first to the first card stop!!!! So, now that we were, it was a race (:rofl:)...


Anyway, we held back after getting the card to get pics of the early guys coming in. Here's the way they were lined up, but it looked as if they missed the card boat and all came in on the wrong side of the harbor and dropped off plane a half mile from the card boat, (and us), so the pics are a long way off.


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This Hobie Cat guy must have been going !!!!!*&%**^$&@#$%

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[Pete B]

can you make them any more blurry??? my eyesight is going anyway, ray charles could have taken better photos!!! :sifone:

[Ratickle]

can you make them any more blurry??? my eyesight is going anyway, ray charles could have taken better photos!!! :sifone:


What can I say? You wouldn't send me your equipment that does everything for you so anybody could do it!!!

[Ratickle]

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[Bobcat]

If I take off my glasses they are crystal clear:sifone:

[Pete B]

you just went and took a lesson, did you take it in spanish??

[Ratickle]

you just went and took a lesson, did you take it in spanish??


Yeah, I'm working on it. When I set it slower on the speed, blurry. When I set it less on the ISO, blurry. When I set it fast, dark.


The good part is at least half had a boat in them and not just water or sky!!!!


I guess I'll bame the boat driver? It's got to be someone else's fault, doesn't it? After all, this is high performance boating!!!!


And then, I fprget to change it back when we are idling to a stop etc, so they are still dark because of the shutter speed. Hell getting old!

[Ratickle]

I think if both of you drink more they will be perfect!!!!

[Ratickle]

I'll add some more up until lunh stop for now. Give you guys something to biotch about!!

Wrink and the quad engine CC
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I think he was hoping for some bigger water.
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This guy was an excellent driver. He was running around 80 in these shots I'd guess. I got quite a few while he was overtaking us.

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[Ratickle]

Coming into the channel for lunch.

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This is the quad engine Nortech CC. It was pulling into the second card stop as we were leaving. We ran on the pins the entire way back to Charlevoix to try and beat it (first CC back to lunch) and he must have been doing the same thing. I think it's supposed to be about 7 mph faster top end, and that's about how much of a head start we would have had on that leg.

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Round Lake lunch stop.

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[Ratickle]

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[Offshore Ginger]

can you make them any more blurry??? my eyesight is going anyway, ray charles could have taken better photos!!! :sifone::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Ratickle]

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

:smash::smash::smash:

[Ratickle]

Looks like I missed some from around the second card stop. I think because it was a BT I was maybe thinking of later. Here some are...

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[Ratickle]

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[Ratickle]

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[rschap1]

:)
:)

[Blue Oval]

Great job, sorry did not catch up with you.

[Ratickle]

Great job, sorry did not catch up with you.

Me too. You missed the dinner completely?????


I'm only to the lunch stop with pictures.:sifone:

[offshoreexcursion]

Great pics thanks for sharing!

Ratickle, Did you get my email?

[Ratickle]

Great pics thanks for sharing!

Ratickle, Did you get my email?

I've got a bunch more pics to go through from the after lunch half.


Got your email and answered. You didn't get it? I'll resend right now.

[Ratickle]

Walking across the bridge to lunch..

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[Ratickle]

My wife loves the leopard look on this one.

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More while on the bridge going to lunch.

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Not sure who this punk driving is. The girl waving seems to be nice though!

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Ian and Sobo in the boat checking it out. Probably gonna give the driver some driving lessons.....:sifone:

[Ratickle]

That's my quick review of worthwhile (some barely though) of shots up to arriving at the restaurant for lunch. Next we'll start with during lunch and the second half of the run and after.

[rschap1]

More
:)

[Ratickle]

That pic from the docks with US 1 next to IceMan has GOT to be the first time a 46 Skater has looked small!
ICEMAN is quite the boat! Too bad he had the steering issue.

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[Wrinkleface]

My wife loves the leopard look on this one.

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More while on the bridge going to lunch.

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Not sure who this punk driving is. The girl waving seems to be nice though!

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Ian and Sobo in the boat checking it out. Probably gonna give the driver some driving lessons.....:sifone:

Punk!!!

[paulb32]

Offshoreexcursion,
Do you have 500 efi's with prochargers? If so I know that boat and wondered where it went. Good to see it running hard again. It was fast when down here.

[offshoreexcursion]

Yes and we love the boat and how its setup. Yeah it is fast! Thanks. We are the second owner and have had it for 3 years. Love for you to give me a call anytime to chat. 231-534-5060

[Ratickle]

He was going too dang fast. The only shots I got of him running was when he was going the other way far ahead of us. Got a couple pics in after lunch.