last day to run the v this year

[phatdaddy]

beautiful weather today with a cold front moving down in 2 days, so we decided to run the boat one last time this year and try out a new christmas camera.

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/P1000012.jpg

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/P1000020.jpg

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/P1000013.jpg

after we got home, had to try out another christmas gift, new cast iron pot. hot wings for the auburn game.

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/P1000024.jpg

happy new year

[Destroyer]

Sweet looking time.... Happy New Year PD :clap:

[randlemanboater]

Looks like a great day to be out.

I have always liked the silver paint on Mariner outboards.

[reelapeelin]

Well Phat, I can tell ya the camera works REEL good!!...what model??...and speakin' of what model...what year model your V??...it's not in yer signature and I can't remember...it's got many similarities as mine, but there are differences too...the good news w/a V20 is...IT'S ALL GOOD!!.Just like those WANGZ!!...I bet ever dang one of 'em wuz lip-smakin'!!...woooo lawzie doozie...:clap:

[bradford]

Good pics Phat. The sailor dude on your Mariner and you almost have the same hat. That cooler has some character, bet it could tell some stories.

[phatdaddy]

reel, it's a 84 with a 94 motor. it had the original black max 150 merc when i bought the boat in 90. i repowered with the mariner in 94. my old motor was 1o years old when i repowered and my "new" motor is 17 years old. might have to start thinking about fresh power. the camera is a panasonic point & shoot. i am an old school slr canon guy and have been very slow to get into the digital age, but i do love the instant gratification of seeing what you shoot.

bradford, that is a split lid gott circa 1984 that i bought for a mako i had. it is the best cooler i have ever had. it was before rubbermaid bought out gott and dropped the quality to compete pricewise with coleman. i have looked for several years for a replacement and they are hard to find. guess i'll have to pony up and get a yeti. i do love the split lid though...

i just noticed how dirty the boat was, but if you'll look, the cleanest thing on it is the seats, i got those from lumberslinger last year...

[lumberslinger178]

George looks like those seats are working out... glad to see it....

[reelapeelin]

Yeah, Phat...that's the same color on the floor as mine...did they use that any other years?...and a cooler since '84...that ain't a cooler, it's an heirloom...get some white truck-bed liner, paint it and keep on truckin'!!...:clap:

Hey, Phat...I just saw the Julia Mae's sticker on the cooler...Carrabelle??..no wonder yer keepin the cooler!!...

[phatdaddy]

lumber, they work great, now i gotta get the rest of the boat as clean as they are.

reel, the one and only julia maes in carrable. i think it's been closed for a while now.

if anyone runs across a good used gott, let me know

[reelapeelin]

reel, the one and only julia maes in carrable. i think it's been closed for a while now.


I was down there spring of this year...JM's closed when we went thru...used to eat at Georges in middle of Carrabelle...back then it was the best seafood around...unless ya wanted to drive to Panecea and ANGELO's...now THAT was a SEAFOOD restaurant, but I hear mixed reviews these days...

[phatdaddy]

i don't get much past st joe anymore, so i am out of the loop on the good places to eat.

i was in st augustine a while back and was looking for a good place to eat breakfast. i saw a small dumpy looking diner with 4 or 5 phone trucks out front. i thought i had found a hidden treasure. went in and ate and the food was horrible. i ask the waitress what all the phone trucks were doing out front. she said they were in the back working on the phones.

[reelapeelin]

i don't get much past st joe anymore, so i am out of the loop on the good places to eat.

i was in st augustine a while back and was looking for a good place to eat breakfast. i saw a small dumpy looking diner with 4 or 5 phone trucks out front. i thought i had found a hidden treasure. went in and ate and the food was horrible. i ask the waitress what all the phone trucks were doing out front. she said they were in the back working on the phones.


Aw sh!t!!...:cen: