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Extricate me from black cloud please
Somebody please help me to shake this rash of bad luck. PLEASE
First and Foremost: Noone was injured, Thank the lord! Blessed be the man that can complain on a Monday morning. Healthy enough to go and do something, family there to share in my misery. OK OK Self-inflicted crap.. sucks too..So here it is... Stopped at the Treasure Camp Resturant on the Suwannee River this past weekend. Six of us went up river in the Wellcraft for swimming and lunch. I paid for lunch, wet shorts and a shirt with no front pocket caused me to simply carry my wallet in my hand. Upon departure I was distracted for a moment and left the wallet on the t-top of the boat. It flew off sometime after getting on plane to come home as evidenced by the photo insert that we did find floating down the Suwannee.. So all was not lost, in fact I got the only thing that wasn't replaceable, pictures of my wife, daughter when she was a baby and family. Roughly 12' water depth, no GPS coordinates and a 4MPH current. Did I mention there was a substantial sum of money in said wallet? Yes I have outdone myself again. $700.00 +/- then I stepped onto NV (another boat) to discover it has 2 bad batteries, a bad trolling motor (again), the Lowrance GPS/Depth finder won't even power up, the cig/chart lighter is broken and the throttle and shift cables are 80% froze up.. BOAThousand... then Threw another set of bearings out of a hub on the port rearmost axle on the Wellcraft trailer (had everything but a new axle nut to repair the axle, axle nut was nowhere to be found and West Marine (out), O'Riley, Auto Zone, Pep Boys and Home Depot don't carry a 1" axle nut. Took one off a buddy of mine's trailer to get mine back together and home) That 3.5 trip home turned into a 7.5 hour trip with a wild goose hunt in the middle. Finally got to work to find the computers were whacked by a power spike/outage. We lost a good bit of data.. but the surge protectors and battery backups did their jobs.. so all was not lost there. then Almost forgot, I caved in the speaker cover/housing on an 8" Pioneer this weekend. Was bent over trying to stowe the boarding ladder when I planted my knee into the speaker grill. It went "Crunch" The sun has it all dry-rotted and a weatherproof replacement for the 8" cutouts are few and far between. On a brighter note, the weather was nice and the freshwater fish were biting: caught 17 bream(mix of Stumpknocker, Red Belly and Bluegill) and 5 channel cats. Cricket fishing under a cork using my trout rod, a 2500 Shimano spinning reel (Old Stradic) and a light action 7' G-Loomis cheapy. LOL! Therapy to be sure, just not enough of it to balance off all the bad juju. 
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 1996 -19' NV Flats 115 Mercury 4-stroke 1983 -20' Wellcraft Center Console 250 XS 
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07-07-2014, 07:39 AM
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The way Salt Life has caught fire, maybe "BOAT LIFE" Will be next thing trending. So after capitalizing on the windfall from the sale of "Boat Life" gear, I will devise a jump seat arrangement for the pick-up truck. Every time we come to a stop I will have my man-servant jump out and give the trailer bearings a fresh shot of axle grease and take the temperature so we can see when a failure is coming.
 
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1996 -19' NV Flats 115 Mercury 4-stroke 1983 -20' Wellcraft Center Console 250 XS
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07-07-2014, 01:51 PM
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Man thats rough brotha!!!
Check Ebay for those speakers. I just got a set of new Alpines off there for less than $80.....
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- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt"
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07-07-2014, 05:15 PM
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Sucks Ridge, but you survived and it'll make ya tougher LOL. Everytime I catch a break I smile and thank God cause I know some BS will come along sooner than later and balance it out.
http://youtu.be/SJUhlRoBL8M 
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20
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07-07-2014, 10:02 PM
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i worked on the guys boat who owns the rights to "Salt Life", it was a 27 Contender with twin 250 Yamaha's, oh, btw, that was the tender, the big boat was an 80 lazzara
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07-08-2014, 07:31 AM
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LOL! "Remember the last laugh is on you" I haven't seen that movie since I was 13. Remember - "None shall pass"
"Better, Better bring a bucket"  Love them all. Speakers are found, fairly cheap too ($85/pair). The Pioneer 8" speakers sound awesome with a fairly low wattage Pioneer head unit.  Things are always brighter when the sting and shock of the initial screw-up starts to fade away.
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07-08-2014, 02:01 PM
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This thread is horrible, and boat curses are highly contagious, I shouldnt even be in this thread!
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Really, who ISNT better looking than Charlie? Last edited by Stinky_Hooker; 07-08-2014 at 07:29 PM.
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07-08-2014, 05:36 PM
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Remember.... "What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger". Words to live by.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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07-08-2014, 07:45 PM
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Quote:
"An African swallow or a European swallow?"....."RUN AWAY!!!!!" Here's something that to me actually makes tons of sense, guess they'll get me in the end. Just call me Dennis. http://youtu.be/dOOTKA0aGI0
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20
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