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Yup shes a 20 ft Caribbean ...170hp stern drive inboard ...
With fridge , toilet , sink and small stove ...
Not too bad in rough Ocean water , but we mainly stay in Pt Philip Bay here 200yds away ...
The bay is pretty dam huge , so we don't bother going far out into the open ocean ...
I am a chitty fisher man Pete ... I recon Kerri has more luck than me ..
We mainly use the boat for just cruising and relaxing ...a little fishing when I can be bothered... We don't get those sorts of fish that you went after here in the bay either mate ... lol
As you would know from yours , boats can be fun , but getting to use them often enough to justify them sitting around all year can be a drag ..
With fridge , toilet , sink and small stove ...
Not too bad in rough Ocean water , but we mainly stay in Pt Philip Bay here 200yds away ...
The bay is pretty dam huge , so we don't bother going far out into the open ocean ...
I am a chitty fisher man Pete ... I recon Kerri has more luck than me ..
We mainly use the boat for just cruising and relaxing ...a little fishing when I can be bothered... We don't get those sorts of fish that you went after here in the bay either mate ... lol
As you would know from yours , boats can be fun , but getting to use them often enough to justify them sitting around all year can be a drag ..
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Same as mine except I didn't have fridge , toilet , sink and small stove he he
Basic boat for the boys, although mommy went out a few times.
Costs became stupid, and too few fish within reach, so it lost it's appeal....using 100 litres of gas to catch bait really wasn't worth it. Rather do 1500 kays on the bike !
Basic boat for the boys, although mommy went out a few times.
Costs became stupid, and too few fish within reach, so it lost it's appeal....using 100 litres of gas to catch bait really wasn't worth it. Rather do 1500 kays on the bike !
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Yer , bloody feeding the engines with gas can be painful; , that's for sure ..
That is one of the reasons we tend to hang out in the bay here ....way less fuel required ...! We don't use it enough really , but gunna hang on to her anyway for the foreseeable future ..
Exactly 
... that is the way I see it too mate ....
That is one of the reasons we tend to hang out in the bay here ....way less fuel required ...! We don't use it enough really , but gunna hang on to her anyway for the foreseeable future ..
Rather do 1500 kays on the bike !
... that is the way I see it too mate ....
Nice boat, steve!
Man, I love boating and fishing. We have a few lakes around, but no bay. That's why any time I get near the ocean, the first thing I do is look for boats to rent... lol... We've got rivers, though, and I used to live on them. I'd canoe all the time in the summer.
Looks like some people have some cool rides.
Hawk, I've never heard of Vauxhall. Interesting. That would be the equivalent of our Cadillac Catera, eh? I always like to hear about the car and truck names overseas.
Shadow, if I lived in an area where I could get away with it.... I'd probably ride all the time, too.
However, I sometimes get in the mood for a good car drive or a nice muddy trail run in my jeep or truck.
Man, I love boating and fishing. We have a few lakes around, but no bay. That's why any time I get near the ocean, the first thing I do is look for boats to rent... lol... We've got rivers, though, and I used to live on them. I'd canoe all the time in the summer.
Looks like some people have some cool rides.
Hawk, I've never heard of Vauxhall. Interesting. That would be the equivalent of our Cadillac Catera, eh? I always like to hear about the car and truck names overseas.
Shadow, if I lived in an area where I could get away with it.... I'd probably ride all the time, too.
However, I sometimes get in the mood for a good car drive or a nice muddy trail run in my jeep or truck.
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Yer , bloody feeding the engines with gas can be painful; , that's for sure ..
That is one of the reasons we tend to hang out in the bay here ....way less fuel required ...! We don't use it enough really , but gunna hang on to her anyway for the foreseeable future ..
Exactly ... that is the way I see it too mate ....
That is one of the reasons we tend to hang out in the bay here ....way less fuel required ...! We don't use it enough really , but gunna hang on to her anyway for the foreseeable future ..
Exactly
... that is the way I see it too mate ....Ah you Boys need a Honda 4 Stroke outboard goes all day on a couple of
gallons of juice
Vauxhall is UK GM/OPEL if I remember right or something like that.
Few years back I ran a (Ford) Merkur Scorpio......German built Ford
interesting car to say the least .......tough machine tough put 130k
on that one
Sprock, you don't see a whole lot of Merkurs around. Hell, they were only run over here for a few years, right? I knew a guy who had a Merkur XR4ti. Don't recall ever seeing a scorpio, though...
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Scorpio was the sedan variant also known in UK ..Ford Granada back when they came
out,........liked the XR4Ti.......those Cosworth wannabees were zippy with their turbo
and radical looking to the rear........still see one or two up here.
I was part of the Merkur forum they had going back then.....very like the Hurricane
Forum........not as good though........Guys were all into it like us ! British American
Transfer BATINC.net is where we had to get most of our parts other than Fleebay
Here's a Carbon Copy of mine ........everywhere I went people went "cool car wtf is it ?"
UK Ford Granada Scorpio Cosworth 24 valve 2.9 edition
out,........liked the XR4Ti.......those Cosworth wannabees were zippy with their turbo
and radical looking to the rear........still see one or two up here.
I was part of the Merkur forum they had going back then.....very like the Hurricane
Forum........not as good though........Guys were all into it like us ! British American
Transfer BATINC.net is where we had to get most of our parts other than Fleebay
Here's a Carbon Copy of mine ........everywhere I went people went "cool car wtf is it ?"
UK Ford Granada Scorpio Cosworth 24 valve 2.9 edition
Last edited by Sprock; Sep 2, 2009 at 06:49 PM.
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Where ya at in PA. I'm out in Lancaster / Hershey alot.
Yep, I guess we've all made questionable decisions... 
We were just in Hershey a couple weeks ago, actually. I'm just under 2hrs from Hershey.
If you know where Chambersburg is, I'm just south of that.
We were just in Hershey a couple weeks ago, actually. I'm just under 2hrs from Hershey.
If you know where Chambersburg is, I'm just south of that.
