jetcruzr
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Yep, that is me. Where are you located? Feel free to stop in if you see the shop open.
Tommy
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Yep, that is me. Where are you located? Feel free to stop in if you see the shop open.
Tommy
fund razor
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PatriYacht
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I'm on Lotus Lake. Near the water tower. The Black Thunder is in the driveway.
One of my old neighbors told me about someone who had hydroplanes in a building over there. I guess he was talking about you. There's a few offshores in Waterford. Thanks for the invite, I'll try to make it by sometime. Ian Blain
One of my old neighbors told me about someone who had hydroplanes in a building over there. I guess he was talking about you. There's a few offshores in Waterford. Thanks for the invite, I'll try to make it by sometime. Ian Blain
jetcruzr
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I'm on Lotus Lake. Near the water tower. The Black Thunder is in the driveway.
Ironic to hear from you. A good friend of mine told telling me yesterday, about this huge offshore boat in the driveway down the street from his parents house, although he did not know what kind it was. I told him that we would have to drive by and investigate it. Even more ironic, is that my sponsor/partner, when I was racing, lives on the island near you. Small world.
Tommy
PatriYacht
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Would that partner happen to be John Moody?
PatriYacht
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Sorry for the hijack everyone.
jetcruzr
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It would in fact be John Moody. John and Kathy are great people. They have been very generous to me and my team.Sorry for the hijack everyone.
PatriYacht
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We talk to John fairly often. He's always out walking his dogs around the time I get home from work. Ask him about his new Porsche.
MOBILEMERCMAN
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Tom, It was great to meet you in Sunny Isle. I wonder if you will make St. Clair.
Have you had a chance to make any progress on your project?
Have you had a chance to make any progress on your project?
jetcruzr
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Hello Jim,
It was nice to finally meet you as well. Unfortunatly, I was not able to see you race on Sunday, as I had to work. As far as my project goes, I am waiting on coring material right now. I should have the material in another week. I plan to come watch in Harrison and St Claire, so I will probably see you there and bend your ear some more. Thanks for the help and advice so far.
Talk to you soon,
Tommy
Ratickle
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Offshore Ginger
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Jetcruzr , welcome and glad to see that there is another person here that lives in Mich on SOS .:bump::seeya:
Ratickle
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From the looks of his interior, he may need some of your help.....:sifone:
jetcruzr
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Paul, nice to have met you in SIB. I will most definately be at the Gold Cup Races, however, I will not be racing there unfortunatly. My race boat consists of only a few molded pieces that have not even been mounted to the jig yet, so I probably won't be ready to race until the 2012 season. The Grand Prix class, which is the class I race, is not part of the schedule in Detroit yet. They are trying to get the GP's back on in Detroit, so hopefully they can work it out by the time I am done with my boat.
jetcruzr
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Hello Ginger,
Thanks for checking out my thread. As you can see, I have a sizable project to contend with. I plan to start installing the transom and stringers in the next couple of weeks. Like Paul says, it is only a matter of time before I am asking you for some type of advice. I am planning to use high density divinycell for transom, stringers and bulkheads. I am planning on bonding the pieces in place, then bagging and infusing each piece. Although I am new to the whole bagging and infusing process, I have recruited assistance from people that are proficient in the process. I am very excited to get started installing parts. Feel free to throw your 2 cents worth in.
Thanks,
Tommy
Offshore Ginger
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Tommy , thanks for posting here on SOS and just curious who might be helping you on this project and might i mention l@@king g@@d? Tommy just curious .:sifone:
Ratickle
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Did you get any info on drive height? At this point, it is the time to figure it out, even if it delays you a couple weeks.
I know mine is deep, but Konrads down the road would fix that I think.....:sifone:
jetcruzr
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I need to confirm some numbers as far as drive height. Do you know the height of yours, out of curiosity? My drives and engines are pickled and strapped to a pallet way the hell up on the top shelf in a storage building. I need to pull them off the shelf and measure the prop shaft centerline in relation to the gimbal housing bolt pattern in order to determine where mine actually are...or were. How fast does your boat run, Paul? My buddy's 82 will run 79 on GPS with appx 525hp per side. (I've seen it with my own eyes..haha). I thought this was pretty darn good for a heavy old barge. I think his drives may be slightly higher than mine though. His props will slip slightly, then engage during acceleration. As I am typing this my curiosity is getting the best of me. I think I will run over to the shop on pull the drives off the shelf and check mine. Stay tuned..........
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