Hardy Party, Hot Boat Weekend, 2012

[Ratickle]

Well, this coming weekend will be Hot Boat at Hardy. As of right now, the forecast is a bit iffy, but we'll see when it gets a bit closer. Thye are calling for showers and a high of 71 degrees.

Who's planning on being there for sure?

One thing I cannot skip, and it's a bit of a tough one, this will be the first without our friend Todd Hartigh, Twin27Advantage on the forum. He was one of the key organizers of the get together for the offshore guys at Brower Park and the raft up, and it is painfully obvious he is not around this year because of the lack of chatter and excitement.

So, RIP Todd, you are certainly missed in many ways, this just being one of them.

In happier days!


http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/ToddH1.jpg

[Ratickle]

Couple pics from last year.

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/HardyParty09-2011106.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/HardyParty09-2011097.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/HardyParty09-2011087.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/HardyParty09-2011032.jpg

[Ratickle]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/HardyParty09-2011023.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/HardyParty09-2011019.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/HardyParty09-2011038.jpg

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/HardyParty09-2011008.jpg

[rschap1]

He was out on my lil' lake yesterday

[Kibbey]

I'll be up Thursday A.M....Looking to be a nice weekend I seen rain staying S.E of grand rapids....

[Blue Oval]

If my boat was done I would drive right past there, not thinking that will happen :(!

[Twin Whackas]

I will be there from Thursday night to Sunday.

[rschap1]

weather permitting family and I will be observing the fun from the deckboat

[Wrinkleface]

Hey Rat punk, gunna need pix!!!!!:26:

[Ratickle]

Hey Rat punk, gunna need pix!!!!!:26:

We may not make it, not looking good at the moment...

[Tinkerer]

I was going to be there to check out the Elininator Daytona's - I may be buying one soon.

This changed my mind.

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab234/StevenWhitbeck/2012-09-04_18-35-59_115.jpg

[Ratickle]

Ouch, that sucks.


The weather forecast is improving, still not warm but better.

[Wrinkleface]

loser!!!!:smash:

[rschap1]

COme on sunshine !!!!!

[Ratickle]

Weather sure didn't cooperate much. Who ended up going?

[Ratickle]

The "Ride to the Party", starting at about 12:20 cracks me up....




http://youtu.be/34t_GDvqfM8

[Ratickle]

I see some of the guys, like Twin Whackas!

[rschap1]

A few pics

[rschap1]

more...

[rschap1]

some more

[rschap1]

and more . . .

[rschap1]

. . . and...
and...
more:

[rschap1]

It was fun...
NOT family fun,
but FUN!!

[Bobcat]

:sifone:

[ddchopper]

The "Ride to the Party", starting at about 12:20 cracks me up....




http://youtu.be/34t_GDvqfM8


I just wish my boat was actually that fast. ;-) I had to use 96x speed on the video just to keep that clip under 10 seconds.

[SC288]

Did you guys get any pictures of my 32' Sunsation....I am in the video also at the 4:00 mark and 13:40 mark. We had a great time as always!

[Ratickle]

Did you guys get any pictures of my 32' Sunsation....I am in the video also at the 4:00 mark and 13:40 mark. We had a great time as always!

The one at the 13:40 mark was another I enjoyed the fade out. Looked like the Captain had you engage warp speed!!!!!!:eek:


74317

[Ratickle]

I just wish my boat was actually that fast. ;-) I had to use 96x speed on the video just to keep that clip under 10 seconds.

Welcome!


At least your boat had brakes at the end of the "Ride". Most don't! :sifone:


You do a really nice job editing. How long have you been doing this kind of stuff?

[Ratickle]

It was fun...
NOT family fun,
but FUN!!

Nice pics, thanks. The turnout was better than I thoght it would be as crappy as the weather started out on Saturday. Did you get any rain while there?

[SC288]

The one at the 13:40 mark was another I enjoyed the fade out. Looked like the Captain had you engage warp speed!!!!!!:eek:


74317

Yeah I was only running around 50 when I went by him....I didn't know I was being taped our I would of made a pass going the other way....boat ran pretty good in the cool air.

[Hellbent]

So, RIP Todd, you are certainly missed in many ways, this just being one of them.

In happier days!


http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/ptrose/Hardy%20Party%20Sept%202011/ToddH1.jpg


Thanks for the kind words Paul. Todd's absence was painfully obvious to all of his friends this weekend. Saturday night around the campfire was especially somber. He lived for this stuff. Rest assured his memory lives on in the lives of the amazing friends he was able to bring together over the years. I was fortunate to spend the weekend with many of them. Todd was good people and he attracted good people. He's greatly missed. This was our song....it was in my head all weekend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiKOif0UKRM

[Ratickle]

dd had Todd in the video he did last year several different places. Tough losing a friend, maybe a tribute cruise as part of Hardy would be something to think about in the future.

http://www.seriousoffshore.com/forums/dock/20207-rat-tales-hardy-party-2011-a-3.html#

[rschap1]

Nice pics, thanks. The turnout was better than I thoght it would be as crappy as the weather started out on Saturday. Did you get any rain while there?
We arrived about 1 pm, got rain on and off the whole trip there.
Only a few drops while on the water. A few minutes of light stuff.
Got dark and grey a few times, windy on and off, but dry for the most part.
We are on the trailer by 7...kids along and all.

[rschap1]

Did you guys get any pictures of my 32' Sunsation....I am in the video also at the 4:00 mark and 13:40 mark. We had a great time as always!

We saw you running just about the whole time we were there.
Looked and sounded good :)

Looking through the ones I have, I don't see any.
My son took some more himself.
I will look through his shortly and post if I find any.

(Hard for me to drive and take pics at the same time...)

[SC288]

We saw you running just about the whole time we were there.
Looked and sounded good :)

Looking through the ones I have, I don't see any.
My son took some more himself.
I will look through his shortly and post if I find any.

(Hard for me to drive and take pics at the same time...)

No problem....thanks!

[verman]

Utube video hardy party 2012 short video made by a buddy riding in my TPR edge stealth 3.0 efi, it was a little cold n rough to run the speeds i wanted

[Bobcat]

Welcome to SOS..how cold was it ? (from us Southern folk)

[Ratickle]

Utube video hardy party 2012 short video made by a buddy riding in my TPR edge stealth 3.0 efi, it was a little cold n rough to run the speeds i wanted

Welcome.

I can't find the video. Do you have a link?

[rschap1]

some more pics my son had...7432274323743247432574326

[SC288]

Thanks for the pics.!

[rschap1]

I will tell my son he got Thanked:)

[verman]

my body left the d out by nistake , go to youtube then type in hary party 2012 , if that dont work I will try to put the link up later. thanks for the welcome aboard. Have been member of sream n fly for years but just learned of this forum. And temp was in mid 60s windy and I have no windshield74327

[Ratickle]

Thanks,


http://youtu.be/-ESeQA7Z9M0


When I first put in the search, It modified things to Prince Harry Party.....:eek:

[verman]

I would have went faster going up river but I was freezing my nards off it was 9:30 am when that sceene was shot about 58 degrees and I only packed shorts

[Ratickle]

What kinds of speeds have you seen? I used to run a big block picklefork. 143 best.

[Hellbent]

my body left the d out by nistake , go to youtube then type in hary party 2012 , if that dont work I will try to put the link up later. thanks for the welcome aboard. Have been member of sream n fly for years but just learned of this forum. And temp was in mid 60s windy and I have no windshield74327

I was sitting on the front of my cat one of the times you were coming through the rafts. That's a badass pickle.

[Rookie]

Thanks for the kind words Paul. Todd's absence was painfully obvious to all of his friends this weekend. Saturday night around the campfire was especially somber. He lived for this stuff. Rest assured his memory lives on in the lives of the amazing friends he was able to bring together over the years. I was fortunate to spend the weekend with many of them. Todd was good people and he attracted good people. He's greatly missed. This was our song....it was in my head all weekend: N-Trance - Stayin' Alive - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiKOif0UKRM)
True that. Todd was deeply missed and there seemed to be a big void looming......thought about him a lot that weekend.
Was just going over launch ramp receipts from last year. Sunday Oct 9, 2011 was the last time we went out before putting the boats away for the winter ):

As always great seeing everybody again.

Yeah I was only running around 50 when I went by him....
That's about 72 in Sunsation speed, Right? J/K Your boat looks great. Did you replace that rusted nut yet???
And I'm at 19:32 running 37mph. Lol

[SC288]

That's about 72 in Sunsation speed, Right? J/K Your boat looks great. Did you replace that rusted nut yet???
And I'm at 19:32 running 37mph. Lol

No....left it on there just for you....LOL

[Ratickle]

We can take a collection for some wd-40.