I rememberd my camera this time!!!!!!

[scorpien boats]

well here it is... my first 100% succesfull day with this boat.

[scorpien boats]

I was a little choppy today, air temp 71 water temp 70.

[scorpien boats]

I love gas now!

[scorpien boats]

:D :D :D

I still have not gone past 3/4 Throttle

i want to get some turn fins and trim tabs first ;)

[ejp]

I hate you. The water here is about 33 digrees. Nice boat

[Doubledog]

835 posts & this is the first time I recall seeing pics of the gas boat in action.

Lets just say they look super ! :)

[scorpien boats]

hey I just got the boat about 2 months ago lol, and it need some adjustments

thanks

[rc10gtisthebest]

Actually DD, it's 836... LMAO :p

Looking Good, Scorp. I sent you a PM.

-Todd

[scorpien boats]

i sent you one back rc10.... thanks


just wondering, how much do you guys think my boat is worth?

[mjmsprt40]

I guess I'll have to wait a bit before sending any running pics "taken today". The reason being that today, I threw a rock accross the local pond. It skipped several times then slid over the ice before finally stopping. Not so much as an inch of open water anywhere :( .

[Ron Olson]

Scorp, you've gotten cocky since you moved to Florida! :D Your old stompin' grounds is right now getting deluged with snow as I'm typing this. Remember Winter Storm Warnings? Yeah, we're gonna frost our tails off this weekend. It's supposed to get down to 10 degrees and 7-10 inches of snow.

[Doubledog]

You,re scaring me.

[CFRACR]

Hey Scorp!! When are you going to bring that bad boy to Sarasota???? I'm heading to the lake in a hour or so. Yesterday was nice, after the fog cleared 72 degrees & sunny. :D Today there calling for 5mph wind 65 & sunny. BUT YIKES > 32 degrees Tuesday morning!! :eek: Sorry guys up in the great north, but thats cold for us in S. Florida. The only funny thing is that 32 degrees in the morning, but will be 65 by noon. ( big swing )
Its crazy- goes from " COLDER THAN A SNOW MANS BUTT " to beach weather.

[scorpien boats]

what exit on 75?

[CFRACR]

Fruitville, coming from the south it would be the 3rd exit in SARASOTA.
When you coming?

[scorpien boats]

what time are you going to be there and how long?

cause i don't want to go up there and have nobody there

[CFRACR]

Sent PM

[Doubledog]

you sorry jokers really know how to make a guy feel terrible don't you. :(

Hope ya'll have fun.

[CFRACR]

Sorry DD :o , didn't mean to rub it in. But a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do! :D

[Chris LaPanse]

My local pond is perfectly flat...













inch thick ice. I really hate you people in florida for being able to run year round. At least I get to go skiing tomorrow. ;)

[Doubledog]

So how'd it go?

Weather here is so-so. Cold but not frozen over as of yet. We've started the holdiday schedule for the next two weeks & might get the Bandit cat out & finish breaking in the engine if things hold up.

[scorpien boats]

well didn't go so well for me today...

after some interferance problems i tried to start my boat and had it on choke, it ripped the engine right out of the mounts... (not my craftmanship) it was from the guy befor me... so then it broke the epoxy that held in the tube for the flex cable...

my hot shot sprint ran good though...

anyway i took everything out of the 50" and filled all the holes in with epoxy (which is setting right now), so im gonna start over. maby with a nice zenoah for x-mas :) , that homelite is way to big and i discovered that it is starting to dig into the hull. Plus I cant think of a way to turn it off when its running exept for getting a 3 channel radio wich would cost almost as much as a new engine anyway

[Baja-Destroyer]

well u know what while u run ur boat me and corey freeze inside playing regular halo not even halo 2 and then u call on the phone and talk about having fun... but atleast we get a white x-mas

[scorpien boats]

yep but im going going golfing tomorow, then maby ill go swimming :) :)

[Hydro Junkie]

You all could be up in the Seattle area. We have open water to run boats on(though it is a little on the cool side), Snow in the Cascade Mountain Ski areas, Golf courses open to play on, and the Christmas Season in full swing. Oh yeah, and the Hydroplane Museum to visit and bumper to bumper traffic through Seattle. Guess I can't have it all, I still got traffic to deal with getting to the museum.

[jimjel]

Scorpien,

Come back to Sarasota and run with us again when the weather is a little better. Man, it couldn't have been much over 60 last Sunday when I was there. Should have broke out the parka I guess. Didn't get a chance to see your tunnel run.

Jim

[scorpien boats]

It was too ruff on the side of the lake where you guys were running at... my tunnel would have flipped in notime...

I took apart the challanger and I just put the first coat of primer on it... i have a very nice set up comming for it :D :D :D

starts with z ends with h

[jimjel]

231 or 260? If Sikk Toys ever releases the marine version of their 27cc motor it should be a heck of motor.

Jim

[rc10gtisthebest]

Nah, he's going with the Ballantine 64cc.. LOL.. That would be over kill.

-Todd

Scorp, sent you a PM.

[scorpien boats]

cant tell u lol ! You have to wait till its in the boat!!

[CFRACR]

I know, I know :D :D , Your dad showed me a catalog & asked me to point out everything that would be good & work for ya!!! Hmmm, I might have even picked something that you have no clue that you've got comming!!!!!
~~Merry Christmas~~

[jimjel]

And a Merry Xmas to you. Tis a beautiful morning. 6:40 am, 69 degrees, with a beautiful balmy tropical breeze streaming in from the south. Getting light, looks overcast. Some rain predicted for today. Bummer! Hope the weather gets better for the weekend.

Jim

[CFRACR]

Well looks like rain a bit this weekend here in Sarasota. Christmas 40% chance with a low of 48 & high 58. Sunday 30% with a low 47 & high 63.
I'll take it though......... :)

[jimjel]

I hate winter!

Jim

[scorpien boats]

Well looks like rain a bit this weekend here in Sarasota. Christmas 40% chance with a low of 48 & high 58. Sunday 30% with a low 47 & high 63.
I'll take it though......... :)
So will I, Just gotta remember what its like up north :eek:

[rc10gtisthebest]

Wa-Hoo! It's going to be 71 for a high on Christmas day and 58 for a low. And thats the coolest it will be for a week. :mad:

What's up with all these hot christmas' now a days?

[Hydro Junkie]

Guys, in the Puget Sound area on this 23rd day of December, it was a nice warm 28 degrees and sunny at 9:00 in the morning. With the frost on the ground, it looks like Christmas is coming

[rc10gtisthebest]

Yea, but when I was in that area (Seattle) May of 01, there was still snow on the mountains! The temp then was colder then it is now, and the water was something like 50*F. I was pretty fun when I slipped off a dock and went for a brisk swim. Especially with all the dang Anenomies on the footings (I can't remember what they're called).