LOL... I met a BOAT RACER tonight...

[Cash Bar]

I was at the Blue Martini in Boca Raton tonight. Talking to a girl bartender I know. This guy wedges himself into the conversation.

He heard "boat" and proceeds to tell me he has a great boat for sale. Hmm.....okay. What you got?

So he tells me -- I got one of the greatest boats ever built. A 1993 MANTA 38 with 425/454 big blocks. Mirrors in the cabin and everything. White with Green stripes. Runs almost 60 but I don't go that fast often cause I need goggles. You'd love this boat guy, I'm a boat racer and I know what I'm talking about.....take my card, you'll need it :rofl::rofl:

Now, for the best part. He looks like Tony Soprano channeling Reggie.....I'm sure you can picture it. :ack2:

So after I spit my drink up from laughter, I showed him a few pics on my phone. You know, real boats and real racers. Including myself. My friend the bartender told him about the boats I've had her on. :drool5:

Last I saw he was staggering out into the parking lot mumbling.

The TOPPER is his business card. GOLD Embossed(what else) and the words

RSP Eneterprises
Exotic Autos and Powerboats
Buy-Sell-Trade
email- RSPSpeedracer@.....

ROTFLMAO....

 

[boatme]

Greg

His name wouldnt be Mark would it ????

No i didnt say Marc

 

[glh]

I was at the Blue Martini in Boca Raton tonight. Talking to a girl bartender I know. This guy wedges himself into the conversation.

He heard "boat" and proceeds to tell me he has a great boat for sale. Hmm.....okay. What you got?

So he tells me -- I got one of the greatest boats ever built. A 1993 MANTA 38 with 425/454 big blocks. Mirrors in the cabin and everything. White with Green stripes. Runs almost 60 but I don't go that fast often cause I need goggles. You'd love this boat guy, I'm a boat racer and I know what I'm talking about.....take my card, you'll need it :rofl::rofl:

Now, for the best part. He looks like Tony Soprano channeling Reggie.....I'm sure you can picture it. :ack2:

So after I spit my drink up from laughter, I showed him a few pics on my phone. You know, real boats and real racers. Including myself. My friend the bartender told him about the boats I've had her on. :drool5:

Last I saw he was staggering out into the parking lot mumbling.

The TOPPER is his business card. GOLD Embossed(what else) and the words

RSP Eneterprises
Exotic Autos and Powerboats
Buy-Sell-Trade
email- RSPSpeedracer@.....

ROTFLMAO....

If he has a boat Greg wouldn't that make him a step ahead of you!

Did he really misspell Enterprises "Eneterprises" on his business card? WoW

And most importantly did he bang the barmaid or you?

 

[boatme]

ahhh Tuesday morning Cash Bar Bashing

It is gunna be a good day

Who loves ya Greg WE ALL DO !!!! LOL

 

[Toasty]

todd cimeno

 

[Chris]

We met one too- in Islamorada on Friday night. Big blonde-headed guy in his 60's. Former World Champion. Owned THREE Apache 47's. No boats there- he had flown in on his helicopter. He was having a really tough time working the barstool that evening so the helo stayed wherever it was parked.

 

[Sunsation96]

LMOA Reggie VS. Saprono:rofl:

 

[Sean Stinson]

We met one too- in Islamorada on Friday night. Big blonde-headed guy in his 60's. Former World Champion. Owned THREE Apache 47's. No boats there- he had flown in on his helicopter. He was having a really tough time working the barstool that evening so the helo stayed wherever it was parked.

That may have been......Nah couldn't have been!!!!!:sifone::sifone:

 

[Sean Stinson]

ahhh Tuesday morning Cash Bar Bashing

It is gunna be a good day

Who loves ya Greg WE ALL DO !!!! LOL

Dont bash the cash bro:26::26::26:

 

[cigdaze]

Too funny. I love guys like that, they're good entertainment. So, did you get any pics with this character?...

I was chatting with a fellow at my marina bar this past Sunday. He saw my wife and I climb out of the Cafe, and after we were done cleaning and buttoning up we sat down for a few cocktails. This dude - older guy, aligator skin, big gaudy rings on 8 fingers, white chest hair sticking out of his pink jimmy buffet wanabe shirt that only has the bottom two buttons buttoned - you know the type - starts right in with the "nice boat" crap: How much, how fast, what do you do?...I basically gave him the fvck off speech. I hate when people just have to jump right into the how much/what do you do sht!

Anyway, he can't resist telling stories about his past "racing days," how his boat was a bit bigger than mine, had an unbelievable pair of corvette motors for power, blah, blah, blah....I ask him which corvette motors. He said, "you know, some killer chevy 350's." I ask how much horsepower? He says dunno, but it was fast. I ask how big was that boat again? He says about 30 feet. I say, you know, that boat I just got out of is a 35...did you say it was a bit bigger? He says, well, maybe it was a 40...was a long time ago. So I ask again: a 40 footer with 350's...wow, must have been fast. He said ya man, she's do about 80 or 90. The wife and I laugh. Friggin putz.

 

[Sean Stinson]

This one time at band camp.........

 

[RHC]

No chit , your not gonna believe this but ----------------

 

[Bobcat]

What I am I supposed to tell em.......................



that I got a fish boat ?????????????/:biggrinjester:

 

[Sean Stinson]

Dont make fun of fish boats that was the very first boat I had in life!!!!!

 

[OldSchool]

We met one too- in Islamorada on Friday night. Big blonde-headed guy in his 60's. Former World Champion. Owned THREE Apache 47's. No boats there- he had flown in on his helicopter. He was having a really tough time working the barstool that evening so the helo stayed wherever it was parked.

I believe that he said that his name was Jeff Taggert. Three-time world champ in Key West. He flew to happy hour on his helocopter and was going to have one of his three 47 Apaches down there on Saturday......Never did get there!!!:rofl::rofl:

I hope that he was better at racing than he was at drinking. Looked like a Weeble!!!:biggrinjester::rofl:

 

[Biggus]

I like meeting old dudes like that. At least he's not a hater...or a tree hugging kayaker! :26:

A couple years back, I pulled into a local marina for fuel and this old buck walked over and told stories of how he raced boats back in the 70's. He claimed to race a Pantera. We shot the bull for a few minutes, he'd just got back into boating and bought himself a new Crownline cuddy.
Several weeks later I was tinkering with my Cig at the dock and the old dude pulled up. He handed me a stack of old offshore race boat pictures from the late 70's. He had pics of his old race boat, a Pantera named "Mr Mean" and then pulled out a Bennihana Grand Prix jacket with lots of cool patches. He needed a hand changing his oil and then gave me the jacket and pics.

We're all gonna be a bunch of old goats full of war stories someday!!!:sifone:

 

[Sean Stinson]

I dont know anyone that owns 3 47 Apaches.....Michael Friedman would be the only candidate and he has 2 that I know of and one is a 41'.....De la Torres have a couple....Theo Peckermentos sold his fleet...The cuban from Miami has both Warpaths.... so I would think although it's possible, it's not probable!!!!! Ask Mark Adams he's more up on it than I am he can tell you I am sure!!!!!

 

[TCEd]

"white chest hair sticking out "

Hey !!! lighten up, I've got them and eventually you will also.
ed

 

[Knot 4 Me]

We met a guy once at LOTO that had a 40 Outlaw with trip 500 EFI's. We were floating in the State Park area in a 32 Sunsation and he pulls up and is BS'ing with us. He tells us he is out "dialing her in" for the Shootout and testing props. He then proceeds to tell us how squirrely and dangerous our boat is and how he wouldn't be caught dead in one. As he is pulling away, he puts on a set of driving gloves and a headset (he is the only one in the boat) and takes off. The next day we by chance end up in his cove where his condo is and he yells out at us, "Following me around?" Sure we are, we are star struck. Later that year we see the boat and it is sporting decals on the side that say, "2003 Shootout Class Winner". The boat ran 80 MPH flat and he was the only boat in his class. I believe he was called "The Luxman". A real character.

 

[Tony]

I met a guy a few years ago down in Sunshine Key in a 30 PQ. he was out behind the island running back and forth and must have had both tabs and drives completley burried becase the boat was throwing water like a snowplow. I was running beside him about a mile away keeping up with no problem in a Sea Doo jetboat.

Back at the dock I idle up to him to chat, the guy was a spittin image of the guy CigDaze described. I ask what power, he says 502's flowed by "and they have stuff done to them if you know what I mean". I then ask how fast were you going out there, he says about 95, but she had a lot left, again followed by "if you know what I mean". It took all I had to not expode laughing. I guess he didnt see the little jet boat beside him running 53 on GPS.