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Sending positive thoughts your way MJ

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:'( Well this is one reaon why I don't buy and sell boats/motors for a living!

I don't know where to begin MJ. First, sorry to hear about the problems with your wife. I hope she gets better soon, but I also know that it will be a tough thing to go through for you and her and we'll be rootin for you.

The motor - F***!! I feel really bad about this man! I am soooo sorry!! I swear it never overheated on me - I guess maybe because the wrong plugs? I don't know. I have a good mind to call the guys that swapped the motors and complain about the missing parts on the motor - they had to have stolen them.

The t-stats were brand new, installed by the previous owner, so they should have been good - unless they were stolen too!

Again, I'm very, very sad and disappointed in reading all of this. My apologies to you MJ and I hope you don't hate me for all of this. :-[ I would have never tried to $hit anybody. If the shipper hadn't broken that lower unit, its worth a pretty penny. We certainly had all 100% bad luck on this deal.

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BR, I figured you were gonna feel pretty bad about the outcome of that motor...I understand why you do, but DON'T...nobody on this board, includin' MJ believes for a second you had anything but good intentions sellin' that motor to him...had I been in need, I'd have bought it from ya!!...

MJ, sorry to hear about your wife...sounds like you guys are havin' a tough time of it lately...we'll be thinkin' about you and if there's anything we can do, just holler ...

Old Hebrew sayin' in times of trouble: "This too shall pass"...and it will...

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Thanks RAP - but I just wish MJ was on the water again...

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Yo Blu-Runner,
Glad you posted, hell its not your fault at all. Hell, the motor could have been dropped several times causing internal damage. You were just trying to help out a friend as we all were.

MJ. Sorry to hear about your wife, been there myself three years ago.I was only 36 at the time. Was Diving on a wreck in 105 ft, came up with chest pains. Thought I got the bends. Made it to the E.R. before hitting the floor. Some people recover fast, I didnt. I had to learn to walk again myself, go to rehab. My wife, who was only my girlfriend at the time did alot for me, helped me in and out of bed, getting me in and of the tub. I was out of work for a year, almost lost everything and I thought everything in my first marriage. If your kids are still living at home, she will need at the help she can get until she rebounds. AND SHE WILL. Our thoughts and prayer are out there for ya both. DOnt give up on the V. That one listed for $1500.00 sounds good. Go for It !!

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Man MJ, that sucks major bro. I will be prayin for you and your wife and I MEAN that. Prayers sent already. If you dont already I might suggest you do some talkin to the big man upstairs. He cares more than you could ever imagine. *;)


Boat- well I agree with Hammer, Id have bought it too. I believe BR was really tryin to help and it wasnt his fault. I also cant help but wonder what happened while it was "lost" during shipping. :-/

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STINK,
I dont like the way that frog looks at me on your post.
Its like he's giving me attitude !! ;D ;D ;D

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oh he will do that now!!! But then I just smack him in his beaaatch green head and he straightens out. 8)

Of course, I threatened to rotisserie Mrs. Piggy too so that keeps him in line. *:D

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MJ very sorry to hear about your wife, obviously you need to take care of that first and do what you can to ease her pain. My prayers are for you both.

Blue we all know better, don't worry about that. Sometimes life comes up and smites you good. MJ when you figure out the compression or whatever you are going to do I'm sure the guys here will be willing to help again, another auction or whatever. Either way you can count on me brother ;)

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MJ, I join the others in offering a prayer and hope for a speedy recovery for your wife. Remember, when one door closes, another opens.

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MJ,
Prayers sent and will continue for your wifes full and speedy recovery and a resolution to your motor woes as well. I can't give any advise on what to do other than what's been posted already. Best'o Luck Bro.

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MJ, my wife and I will keep you and the misses in our prayers, Hoped all is well soon!

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mj, you've taken it right on the chin the last couple of weeks, stay strong, I wish your wife a speedy recovery.....hang in there

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Well the whole saler is going to give me $800

So that leaves me screwed out of, shipping, stater, manual, conectors, and sweat = $800 for my trouble :'(

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Sorry MJ, wish I could take it back and make this nightmare all go away...

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MJ, SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR WIFE. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK TO SAY IS THAT AFTER ALL THE BAD LUCK, IT HAS TO GET BETTER SOON. ONE MORNING THE SUN IS GOING TO RISE AND EVERYTHING WILL BE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

STAY STRONG BROTHA ;)

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AND BLUE, DON'T WORRY, EVERYONE HERE KNOWS IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT.

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Well MJ's wife is still in Intensive Care Unit so I'll have to plan to go remove the Yamaha to prepare for the wholesaler to pick it up.

MJ, tell Margaret I said hi. :)

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we all need a friend like you CB. I dont think to many of my friends would be willing to go pull the motor off my boat when i am not around to help.

i am sure MJ is grateful to have you around ;)

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Yea he is a great helper as well as a lover!! :-*

Yes he will be getting the motor off for me!!

All is well with BR and I, I chose to speak to him thur PM's and we are fine!!

As for my wife, they don't know if they will be able to save the leg?? It was starved for blood along time.

Time will tell, I work at night and spend days at the hosiptal with the wife, I will be on mostly after 8pm as thats when they kick me out of the hosiptal.

K, Later

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He must be a HELLUVA LOVER if he can get a motor OFF!!
:o ;D ;D ...

If I's a little closer, I'd swing by and help ya hoist that Yammer offa that bracket CB... ;) :) :) . . . .

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Well I have a come along in a tree and I have a 20 year old son that is 6' 3" 280 pounds!! He will be helping.

I would not want to were out CB before I got home to thank him proper ! ;)

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MJ - I'm sorry to hear about your wife. Hang in there guys . . . I don't know what more to say. :'( Check your PM's . . . I might still have a little something up my sleeve after this weekend.

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W/ a youngun like that around, whaddaya need w/ a comealong in a tree ??? ;) :D ...

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my niece ashley, 5 yrs old, stayed over with us last night. after saying our bed time prayers she asked who you guys were. when i told her she said she thinks god should bless ya'll cause ya'll sound like realy nice people. and god blesses nice people.
she called a little while ago to ask you guys name cause she was saying her prayers and couldnt remember. sounds like ur in good hands brother! keep ur chin up. oh yeah, when i said ur name was macojoe she laughed. she said you got a funny name and that she would ask god to fix that too,lol.

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Racer, that's wonderful!!! I can't wait till my little one is able to pray.

MJ, I can't pretend to know what the Good Lord's purpose is in all of this. But one thing is for sure: your wife's situation is a reality check for all of us. Life and good health really are a gift and we should be thankful for each day we are given. Not only that, but we should redeem each day we are given.

I know we all love our boats, but there are certainly more important things in life and we do well to keep the important things high up on the priority list. Here's the preacher's priority list :) God, spouse, family, friends, hobbies. The nice thing about this V20 forum is that we can build up good relationships with our friends while at the same time enjoying our V20's. CB's a great example of this as are all of you who have encouraged MJ.

MJ, I'm also praying for you buddy. My prayer is that the Lord would shower you with His grace. That you would be given peace and comfort in the midst of these difficult times. And that the Lord would use all of us to help minister to your needs as we are able. If there's anything I can do to be a help, please let me know. I know a lot of guys have said that, and I think we all mean it. We're here for you.

Warm regards,

Steve

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:'(

Sorry to pop in only to find out about your troubles, MJ. Health and family are most important, so my first prayers go out to your wife and the rest of your family. Best of luck with the motor... I know how frustrating it can be to have a sick, probably terminally ill motor.

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Amen to that Grace! MJ, There so many prayers going out for you right now. The good Lord will intervene just to shut us up! Try to stay strong in your faith and for your wife and family, they are what is most important!! The motor will take care of itself. You are having a bad run right now but I'm sure things will improve!! You know who you really need to talk to right now... he is there waiting...You also have a lot of people here pulling for you and here to help support you through this time. Heck, I'm sure that there are quite a few besides me that didn't get a chance to help with the last fund raiser that would like to help now. $1500 is nothing between one or two hundred people. You are being pushed down hard right now... We just need to push back HARDER! God Bless you MJ! I'll stop blabbering now.

Ed B.

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I've been thinking really hard about it. The only thing I could come up with was this:

1st Annual Wellcraft V20 Fishing Tournament

Make this first one a "half and half" with the half of the cash raised going to MJ and the other half the winner of the tournament.

A couple of ground rules - pictures of the fish on a scale and beside a tape.

I was thinking around $15 or $20 entry fee would be cool. Problems I see with this whole thing is:

1) What fish to target?
2) Do we have at least 20 people fishing on this board? If so, they don't seem to be talking about it much.
3) Dishonest participants, possibly newbies come in and fake us out with old pictures. Hey, we could also require that a "Wellcraft V20 Tourny 2006" sign be shown in the pic to make it a little harder to fake it.

We could let this run until after labor day and have our "weigh in" in the fishing section. The only problem I see with it is if we make the target fish fluke, Capt. Bent is a sure winner - the man is on fire right now!

All this would be contingent on Bigshrimpin's approval, which I have yet to discuss with him.

What do ya'll think?

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BR, a tournament is a great idea!!...we don't HAVE to get together...and we don't HAVE to determine what fish... ;)...

How's this: everybody who wants to participate enters and fishes their own territory, their own target species, we have a start/ stop date after all entries are in...following the stop date we give POINTS for total pounds of fish AND POINTS for total numbers of fish...the idea is that those who catch bigger fish make less points on quantity and more points on poundage; conversely smaller fish accumulate points for quantity and less points on poundage...

Does that make any sense??

100 1lb bream get same points as 1 100lb tuna...
50 2lb specs get same points as 2 50lb macs...

Will that work??...

Honor System: only way to go here...everybody's gotta be honest about what and when they catch...pictures can be faked and if somebodys gonna tell the truth or not, they will or they won't...but here's what I think...I think we got a group of honest guys here who wanna help out...so I say we're OK to take everybody's word for what they've caught (maybe we better keep a little closer eye on Willy...looks a little ''shifty'' in some of his Gallery pics ;D :-* :-* )

Whadda ya'll think? ??? ;D

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Here's what I think -
I think you are right!! Just kiddin brother Willy!

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sounds like a great idea to me, i'm in. i think you got a great way to make it even there RAP.

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I'm in! Point system sounds fine. Also ,if we wanted to do largest fish, might be determined by percentage of record size for any given species caught.

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Maybe even just flat out just heaviest fish? *I'd say everyone should have access to some type of big fish no matter were they are, whether it be striper, catfish, carp, cod, tuna, sailfish, reds, black drum, sheepshead, bonito/albacore, king macks, sharks, bluefish, cobia etc. etc. *What else?

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If we go for heaviest fish . . . . I'll win this one for sure!!

BR - This site is as much yours as it is mine . . . I just fork over the whopping $6.95/month to keep it online.

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Hey BS, thats funny as heck, I was just getting ready to PM you about this - honestly!

So, now that we've got your royal blessing I would like to start a post to #1 see if there is enough interest and #2 bang around some ideas about how to do it. I will be glad to run the thing, but we need a good game plan. You are saying you will win heaviest fish for sure - so maybe that's not the best way to do it. I want to try to keep it as simple as possible. Some people have already suggested formulas for making this open to all species which I think is a great idea, but how do we do it? Would you have to take pics of 100 individual bream or the whole lot on a scale or what?

I can make this harder to cheat at by making a 1 page color flyer that has your entry # on it (along with some wellcraftv20 fishing tourny propaganda). I'll mail it out to each person when they pay and they will have to include it next to the fish in the picture. I know you fish hungry bastads are gonna be fishing over labor day ;D

BS, what's your opinion on it? Any ideas on how to do it - biggest fish, most fish, formula per species, only 1 species such as fluke (that cuts alotta people out).

???

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i think it would have to be a slot tourney. a lot easier to catch 1 hundred pound tuna than it is to catch 50 two pound trout. bag limits could also be a prob. when you enter tell us what species ur gonna target. i say two species limit.we post the slot limit for each species. for example, redfish slot could be 16-28 inches. dont worry bout wieght. not fair unless all fish wieghed on same scale. trout slot could be 14- 21 inches. closest to max inches wins. a 20 inch trout would beat a 25 inch red cause it is closer to max size. all slots would be agreed on before start of tourney. in the event of a tie, most fish caught (within species class) wins. or closest to bag limit in ur state. throw down a newspaper with fish so we can verify date. also, we gotta figure on weather. if its beautifull in NC and storming in AL, not fair. this is where regional groups can come in to play. i dunno, just an idea.

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Racer, great ideas. About bad weather, I think it would be cool to make the tourney last a couple or 3 weeks...maybe a month! Not everybody will be able to fish on the same day or even weekend. That should accomodate the weather thing too. Heck, I mean if it rains for 4 weeks where you live (not you racer) you might ought to move anyway ;)

I like that idea. I'm going to start a tourney post, but haven't decided whether to post in fishing section or general. I think it will get max exposure as a sticky under general section (I know RAP, we just got rid of the stickys there! ::)).

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id say schedule it for one weekend. if weather an issue, have a regional do over. you give me a month, or a week for that matter, i gonna max out every species in the water!

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Dayum Racer, you been holding out on us? Where's the pix bro? Is there something you haven't been telling us about your fishin abilities?

We got BS on one hand saying he can take biggest fish and now Racer claims if we give him more than one day he gonna get citations for multiple species!

Two things - can you guys take me fishing with you? And next question, when? ;D ;D 8)

I was thinking September 1st - October 1st with the quote unquote wiegh-in on October 1st. Gives us 3 weeks to make up rules and get entry fees in. I'm with the majority here though, I'm not gonna call all the shots. Just wouldn't be democratic ;)