Ratickle
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You see Hellbent's thread on the ATV?
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You see Hellbent's thread on the ATV?
SteveDavid
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Two weeks ago there was a blue 28' Baron in Fort Lauderxdale on a trailer across from Lewis Marine Supply. Impeccable condition, with twin Volvo counter rotating prop outdrives? To this day, the 28's are timeless , thanks for keeping the history alive.
Offshore Ginger
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Steve ,actually they are two different boats made by two different Co's the 28 being made by Bert and the Baron that Todd , owns being built by Powerplay (org XLT 185 ) which ended being changed to PowerQuest Boats down the road .
Offshore Ginger
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You are welcome !
Offshore Ginger
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No i have not but ...............i will have to check it out
SteveDavid
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Thank you for the clarification. I've enjoyed following this thread and the obvious passion this guy has in restoring his boat.
baronmarine
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hey art
you are close, the barons were built by dave deiphouse before he sold the molds to powerplay to start them up with the xlt. they made some changes to the deck on the xlt's also. i did get the drive line bolted up on sunday. it took me longer to find parts and bolts then to get it together. i tryed to post a pic, but i'm having a hard time posting pics from my phone.
todd
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Offshore Ginger
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We need pics .....LOL.........thank you. Todd , i can almost bet it is killing you at the moment no snow and a hot new 800 .
baronmarine
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ok i got it, to large of pic. here is the drive line almost set. i need to do a little work to the front mount to get it to fit. the next pics should be hanging in the boat. hope by the end of the weekend at the latest. only night i have is tomorrow and then again on sunday to work on it.
todd
todd
Ratickle
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So your Baron is not a PowerPlay? Were there two different BAron Boat Company's?
baronmarine
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hey paul
two different company's, the baron has designed and plugged in dave diephouse's parent's garage in cascade. then built on breton and 32nd in a old chicken coop as a baron. only built about 14 of them. i think mine is around #13. i have had mine since 1985, i got it from dave's brother tom (tommymonza). dave sold the molds to camp's and i forget his partners name. they started powerplay with that mold, after making some changes to the hull and deck. stop by some time and take a look at it.
todd
Offshore Ginger
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Todd , Camps partner was Kevin Hirdes , and you forgot to mention the law suit involving the name PowerPlay considering there were two Co's both using the same name thus one keeping the name PowerPlay and the other becoming PowerQuest . Funny thing i remember going to the plant ( Power Play / PowerQuest ) here in Holland When i was still employed at Thompson Boat Co on the other side of the State seeing nothing put xlt 185's on the floor .
old377guy
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I didn't know you were an old Thompson guy Artie, my dad had a Thompson lapstrake boat back in the late '50s . Had a Evinrude V-4 Starflite 75, with an Evinrude 18hp "kicker" - how about that.
Offshore Ginger
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Todd , i see it is trying to snow let it snow ,let it snow , let it snowwwwwwwwwwwww ! :hurray: Old 377 , when i worked at Thompson Boat i was a very young man many , many, moons , ago when they were building fiberglass boats at the time , and my Grand Father also owned a yellow labstrake ( wood ) Thompson which at the time was a very nice boat , and my Father owning a Penn Yan .
SteveDavid
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There was actually another Baron boat company, they were a west coast builder that built a successful line of flatbottomns for the SK, SS, PS and K class among others. Competitors at the time included Lavey, Rayson, Stevens, Profile, Mandella, Nordic & Howard.
I knew what they looked like from behind because they consistently out ran me when I was driving an aging Howard hull, SS-145 "Baby Huey" for Huey Newport in 1969-70. Come to think of it I remember what they looked like from the side too, as they lapped me............................character building I think my Dad called it
I knew what they looked like from behind because they consistently out ran me when I was driving an aging Howard hull, SS-145 "Baby Huey" for Huey Newport in 1969-70. Come to think of it I remember what they looked like from the side too, as they lapped me............................character building I think my Dad called it
SteveDavid
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Hey Rat,
Qatar is on the 10,11 and 12 and then again in February. My flight leaves D.C at 10 PM and arrives in Doha the next day about 5PM. I usually leave on a Monday, arrive there Tuesday, chill Wednesday and start racing Thursday. Final heats are Friday and Saturday.
And yes indeed going from a pretty quick Black Thunder to a 35 knot Sea Ray did take some adjustment))))) Take care buddy.
Qatar is on the 10,11 and 12 and then again in February. My flight leaves D.C at 10 PM and arrives in Doha the next day about 5PM. I usually leave on a Monday, arrive there Tuesday, chill Wednesday and start racing Thursday. Final heats are Friday and Saturday.
And yes indeed going from a pretty quick Black Thunder to a 35 knot Sea Ray did take some adjustment
))))) Take care buddy.Similar threads
