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Old 03-07-2007, 05:53   #1
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Nautical oddities

A couple of nautical oddities



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Old 03-07-2007, 10:19   #2
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'nuther one

Anybody know what this is supposed to be?
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Old 03-07-2007, 10:48   #3
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Obviously it's a motorized paint punt..... "you hold the roller while I goose the throttle...."

Makes painting those big Navy ships easier...

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Old 03-07-2007, 11:37   #4
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Anybody know what this is supposed to be?
The first jet ski, before the jet.
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Old 03-07-2007, 12:45   #5
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I like the idea of this thread. I have a lot of old boat parts that maybe someone can identify. Maybe a "Whatzit?" thread.
The paint punt has the engine in the bow?
Strange one.
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Old 06-07-2007, 18:28   #6
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Surely it's the new fangled version of the Hydroplane? Lie flat facing the engine, put it into reverse and away you go?
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Old 07-07-2007, 04:12   #7
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Nope,but it must work cause he is doing something similar with the picnic table behind.Mudnut.
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I would guess it's a fishing platform of some kind, and probably named the m/v White Trash, or possibly m/v Bass Ackward.

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Here's a power boat that heads out in the Sound on occasion. It turns a lot of heads as it goes by.
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Old 07-07-2007, 14:20   #10
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Yeaaah and I bet the owner makes comments like, "wow honey, dosen't this thing turn heads, we must have a real looker of a boat"
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Isn't RAVEN a NZ brand of boat???
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Actually the first one is a half B ass boat and the second one just goes to prove that some people should not be allowed to play with tools around boats. LOL
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The paint punt has the engine in the bow?...
What - front wheel drive is not safer on boats too? Could this be a case of bow-thruster envy??

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Old 10-07-2007, 11:52   #15
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Thumbs down Hummer sales attempt.

They are trying to get other people than the ones out here that have more money than brains to buy Hummers. I considered an H3 out in the middle East where it was cheaper but after I tested it out all I could say was. What a piece of crap.
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