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in that first picture, the big boat with the twin stacks is the Osprey http://ospreyboatcharters.com/ its owned by a good friend of mine, the web site hasn't been updated and it still list the late Lucas Smith as Captain. teh boat sitting in front of it is the Peaquad II, its owned by another friend of mine that lives near Long Beach, NC
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That's a cool site about Hwy 17 Pipe! I spent an hour plus scanning through it and saw a few places I recognized. Whenever I travel I prefer to take the backroads, never know what you're gonna find. Added it to my favorites list. Thanks!
Same here about taking backroads. We've done Hwy 17 south from here down to Jekyll Island and of course north up to Charleston and Mount Pleasant. Both directions are great trips. They recently finished improvements on the way to Charleston, making the always scenic trip much safer. I've been wanting to take it up through Georgetown and Myrtle Beach for a long time, and this website has made me want to do it soon!

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in that first picture, the big boat with the twin stacks is the Osprey http://ospreyboatcharters.com/ its owned by a good friend of mine, the web site hasn't been updated and it still list the late Lucas Smith as Captain. teh boat sitting in front of it is the Peaquad II, its owned by another friend of mine that lives near Long Beach, NC
Nice. I enjoyed reading about the boat's history and the "Flight of the Osprey." Very sad about her young Captain.

It sounds to me like this boat show could be a future meet up for V-20-ers.
http://scmaritimemuseum.org/ai1ec_ev...ow?instance_id
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Nice. I enjoyed reading about the boat's history and the "Flight of the Osprey." Very sad about her young Captain.
Agreed. Very sad, but it was something he caused himself. He killed both himself and his passenger. He was doing Ariel flips in an ultralight when the wing folded and they plummeted to the water. You can read the full story here:
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2...s-fatal-crash/
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I forgot to mention, the Osprey used to be called the Blue Heron II, I fished that boat when I was growing up out of Sneeds Ferry, NC. It was the head boat out of Swan Point Marina, my friend Donnie had owned the Osprey for about a year before I figured out it was the old "Heron. Its a small world.
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That is a cool site about US 17.

I have traveled different stretches of 17 for most of my life...when I was a kid living in Georgetown, it seemed like the trip to Charleston down 17 took 3 days.
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Thanks for this thread SP...the only boats I like better than old V-20's are old wooden boats.

When I was a teen there was a wooden head boat that ran out of Holden Beach that I used to go out on...can't come up with the name right now though
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Thanks for this thread SP...the only boats I like better than old V-20's are old wooden boats.
Same here.
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