Two things come to mind...

One is, you have a halfway place to lay yer head down right here in Spartanburg...a little off the path to Sarasota, but free and I'll promise you some good grub and plenty of it!!...probly scare up a cold beer or three if you've a mind to...that offer's good goin' and comin"...

The other is, does it conflict w/the NJ Get-Together?...I'd hate to come all the way to The Garden State and miss it's most important resident!!...

Naaaa... no worries Reel... Willy, RW and I will be there. :beer:

thanks for the offer Ozzie. I may take you up on that. The boat is in no rush to get down there so I won't be missing the get together. If you need a place to stay when you are up here I have an extra room in my basement with a tv and a pull out couch.
Destroyer, I really hope you do show up. It will prove that you really do exist.

:haha:..LOL!!...We've CONFIRMED the existence of Willy and I left RWilson and his crew playin' on a remote beach in NC just the other day..but Pete, you got a point about Destroyer there...I guess it's up to him to show himself...no, not like that...put that thing up!!...yeah, you'll fit right in!!...

And thanks for the offer, Pete!!...these V20 parties are gaining a common thread...I stayed in a friend's basement in Charleston, too!!...:sun:

We know your home, how's that ETEC running?

I spoke with wlly thursday and hes picking it up tues this week coming....

should be a sweet ride:sun::clap::love::beer:

Actually, after conferring with my Consiglieri (Italian you know) Ozzie I decided it is going to be a trial by fire on the new Etec.
I am leaving for the two hour plus ride on Friday to pick up the boat at Barnacle Bills, bringing it up an hour to Barnegat Bay and putting it in the water there. My trusted adviser suggested it did not make sense to make the trip to south jersey twice within three days especially since I will have no time to run her anyhow.
So I am taking advantage of the time and have four new Maxus radials put on the trailer as we speak.
I spoke with Joe at Barnacle Bills, his boys had the boat water tested, went thru three props to find the right combo for the right rpm and performance, he says his son was very pleased with it, but they did bring it back and re-mount the motor one hole higher to get it right and re-tested it.
Says I got 5400 rpm with a full tank which it had when they got it and two guys on board, good bite on the water in turns, good prop/cav plate position and one h@ll of a hole shot. It is where it is supposed to be.
So, on Friday she is going to get run, can't wait.

Oh and I had them replace all my fuel lines with new E-10 compatible lines(they were original 97 vintage), had them replace my live well pump which had just bit the dust(also original).
So FishBones should be a happy lady for years to come!

that sounds like they really have it dialed in. I was going to ask you about how your boat was doing yesterday when you called. But I was pulling into a marina with a tow and really needed to concentrate on where we were going. I'm taking Friday off so we can hook up whenever your ready to go.

Good Pete, hey I lost the piece of paper I had while driving the other day on which I wrote the name of that marina you told me to call. Could you let me know again the name and town