so . . . anyone else in the midwest go boating this weekend?

glassdave

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so last year we did a snowmobile poker run here on the river that hits a few of the boatclubs we frequent in the summer. At one of the stops and a few beers in i looked at my friend John and said we need to build something different for the 2010 run. well out came the bar napkins and pencils and this is what we came up with. I picked up a Ski-Doo Escapade (from Packinairs fleet) and we got a doaner boat from a local yard and went monster garage on this thing. First there was Chip Foose and Overhaulin' . . . . . . we have KEELHAULIN' :D


Not only are we coast guard compliant with full nav and 360 lighting but we are also Michigan trails compliant with headlights, tail and break lights. All dash gauges function as well as steering wheel works the front skis. It actually does about sixty but with all ice and no snow it was a handfull. Track was fully studed (thanks to 2TrickRick) but we removed the rear skis carbides thinking the they would fight the front ones, gonna putt those back on and see how it works, she spins out pretty easy if your not a head of it. First test drive was Friday and the poker run was sunday. Went great and this thing was a hit wherever we went. Pretty much stole the show . . . .ahhhh the shameless art of self promotion :D :D :cool:



 

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wasnt to hard to get a dock and we even had a chance to toss an anchor and raft off for a bit :D
 

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all in all i think we blended in pretty well with the sledders but damn . . . even in winter we couldnt get away from the blowboaters :D
 

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You friggin goofball...

Looks like fun.

I wish I had time on my hands to phuck around and build chit like that.
Nice job Dave - bet you had a blast!!
 
You friggin goofball...

Looks like fun.

I wish I had time on my hands to phuck around and build chit like that.
Nice job Dave - bet you had a blast!!

Actually only took the three of us (Me John and his brother Chuckie) about four or five evenings and one full weekend to build it.
 
True..but a bunch of those blowboats can go faster than 60.......

This musta been one of those. Very sweet piece built in 1931 and very well restored. Ten meter ice boat. Was your brother out there? Were you guys out in the bay?


Bouy we ran out of time to paint it. :willy_nilly:
 

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Bouy we ran out of time to paint it. :willy_nilly:

actually, I think if you had painted it, you would have lost a bit of the significance of this project.
It's supposed to look goofy.
Although it looks a bit, well, feminine...
But it must be a "period correct piece"
 
I helped Bill load that when he picked it up prior to restoration. My brother was out there.. aside from hitting ORYC for an hour last night, I have been studying all weekend.
 
actually, I think if you had painted it, you would have lost a bit of the significance of this project.
It's supposed to look goofy.
Although it looks a bit, well, feminine...
But it must be a "period correct piece"

I think we would have made our poiunt either way :D


sad thing was we werent the only boat in the marina :eek:
 

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If you're gonna make a scene....be seen.
Looks like fun Dave. Reminds me of the Polaris pull behind we rode in as kids.
 
Dave, this is the coolest thing I've seen in a while. You guys sure know how to amuse yourselves in the wintah time. Nice job. :cheers2:

sad thing was we werent the only boat in the marina :eek:

Ouch- that guy should be beaten with a bag of oranges. :smash: Even before I got to this post I was gonna make a comment about how WEIRD it is to me to look at a frozen marina. Like my brain just doesn't compute the combination of ice and dock slips. Makes my head hurt. :huh:
 
That is frigging cool ! you don't need paint just some seriousoffshore stickers on the side !
 
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