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ChiefApache
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Something like that.
Now sweetie, "your house" means you two. Give us the dock....we'll run rampant with whatever you give us! Is there a hot tub????????
fund razor
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No hot tub. I want a hot tub.
Bought a boat instead.
I have considered filling the bilge of the Apache, but I fear that I can't plug the fuel line and drive cut outs well enough to make it work.
Wrinkleface
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Ohhh, fun in a tub!!!!:26:
Wrinkleface
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We will work w/ ya on that!!!!!!:lurk5:
Magic Medicine
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:rofl: Hey babe been ho in the other thread. How are things??
Davidmnc
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Ummmmmmmmmm..............never mind.....:leaving:
fund razor
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ChiefApache
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We have a soft tub that they say is portable. Weighs like 75 lbs when it's empty, but it's big and right now I have the tub so dialed in being clean and crystal clear, I'm not emptying it.
See what you can do to hook us up in the bilge!:sifone:
ChiefApache
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And I have't been in there. I've been working on the Events Calendar trying to get that updated, plus we've been busy working on the boat in the evenings so I'm not on a lot in the evening.
I ho in there every now and then.
Magic Medicine
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gettin close need to get that Apache ready
ChiefApache
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We are so ready to be finished! Not happy that we sent our gimbal ring in to get repaired and it's too not in repair condition. So, shell out another $1000 to purchase a used one, and that took two weeks to come to that decision.
Frustrating at times. Not even looking forward to next winter. Replace all the gauges and paint the boat. Ugh. :ack2::ack2::ack2:
Magic Medicine
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comes with the restoration territory, at least you get to use it this summer. What are you going to do with the repaint???
ChiefApache
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This is the second boat we've restored in less than 6 years.
We're painting in two stages. 4 years ago we redid our 31' Stinger and repainted the entire thing, gauges, etc. Took waaaay too long.
We are losing the original scheme on the boat as it's delaminating. We are just not going to put the money into it to restore it. We redid the upper half of the boat last winter so that's done. We are going to white it out next year and hopefully at least get a new Chief painted on her. If not, we may have to white it out and then finsih it the following winter. We have a few ideas but nothing that we're 100% set on.
Rob use to paint cars for a living so he does all the work. We know how much work it took on the 31'. We have 10 additional feet to work with and it just makes it that much tougher to finish.
fund razor
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Yeah, but the work on the stinger was amazing. IMO it was overkill for the type and value of the boat. (And I love stingers, used to have one.)
Even if you went all white with the Chief, it would look good.
Magic Medicine
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Cool, I like the Viperfitness Apache restore. That boat came out of Chi town
ChiefApache
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Honestly, when it comes to older boats, you will never, ever get your return on investment when you go to sell the boat when you restore them.
The only reason we did what we did with the Stinger is because Rob did all the work himself. He did the mold for the fairing. He did the molds on the side vents. He did all the paint work inside and out, and put in all the gauges himself. If he wasn't able to paint, we would have never had that scheme on the Stinger.
In the end, we sold the boat for almost $9000 more than what Rob bought the boat for 9 years previously. And we bought the Apache for much less than the original asking price.
All white? Not for me. One season only and that's it, and I hope it's not even one season.
B-o-r-i-n-g.........at least to me.
You know what the Stinger looked like. I'm sure we'll get some looks here and there when we're done with the Apache.
DonziGirl
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hey kids I'm home!
Went to the lake this weekend and Saturday was gorgeous. I'm just going to say this - if the rest of the season is like this weekend was, I'm not going to survive it! Here's a pic to bring this thread back to the original - chips and boats!
Pic is a little dark and taken with my camera phone. Maybe someone can lighten it? Chief - I think you should know who that is in the pic (hint - he has a duck boat). Poor guy had a rough night and then spilled a bag of chips all in his boat.
Went to the lake this weekend and Saturday was gorgeous. I'm just going to say this - if the rest of the season is like this weekend was, I'm not going to survive it! Here's a pic to bring this thread back to the original - chips and boats!
Pic is a little dark and taken with my camera phone. Maybe someone can lighten it? Chief - I think you should know who that is in the pic (hint - he has a duck boat). Poor guy had a rough night and then spilled a bag of chips all in his boat.
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ChiefApache
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Oh I'd know that ugly mug anywhere! How is Josh??? Tell them about the Weiner Run on June 13th. Lakeside is sponsoring it. More details to follow. Might even go west vs east, we'll see.
DonziGirl
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Barb - I'm sure whatever you guys do with the Apache, it will look great. I loved the paint on your last boat and couldn't believe Rob did it himself!
Back to the kids living at home thing... Oddly I was listening to the radio this morning and they were surveying who had the oldest "kids" who still lived at home. I think 54 was the oldest :ack2:
How do you tell your kids it's time to move out? I have a friend that's 29 and still lives at home. I keep trying to tell her she needs to move out but because her parent's are pushing it, she really has no inclination to move.
Scarab - somehow I don't think they'll stay there long if you're making them stay in separate rooms... just a guess though :sifone:
Back to the kids living at home thing... Oddly I was listening to the radio this morning and they were surveying who had the oldest "kids" who still lived at home. I think 54 was the oldest :ack2:
How do you tell your kids it's time to move out? I have a friend that's 29 and still lives at home. I keep trying to tell her she needs to move out but because her parent's are pushing it, she really has no inclination to move.
Scarab - somehow I don't think they'll stay there long if you're making them stay in separate rooms... just a guess though :sifone:
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