| Boating |
 The only boats to rent are pontoons, or rowboats with motors! The Boat - Sea Ray 180 Sport - (sold)  17½ feet long, 135 horsepower, fits in our garage! Sea Ray Web Page for this boat (opens new window) PDF Spec Sheet/brochure (opens new window)   With "Combo" Seating for seven, Open Bow, bimini top   At Blue Springs Lake   Deanna catches up on some light reading. Mary is much more laid-back, now.   "WilDeaMar"pulls Deanna in the Sea*Doo 3-person towable Lake of The Ozarks At Wilsons Resort - Cabin #6   
  
  
    Possum the Cat, at Wilson's Resort    The Boat's "Parking Spot" at Wilson's   The New Tube and a Skier |
I added a Drive Shower to keep the outdrive gears, case, and lube oil cooler when running on plane for extended periods of time.
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I painted the tips that go through the anti-ventilation plate, and the tab on the top you bolt,
phantom black - which is Mercury's color for the outdrive. The tips have a hole facing forward.
Water is forced into these holes at high pressure and squirts out 3 holes above the top, and four to the sides,
of the outdrive, to keep it cooler.
I added a Delphi XM Radio cradle, modulator, and marine antenna.
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It sounds very good. I use the same XM tuner (SKYFi2) in my boat, my car, and at work.
At the end of February, the boat comes out of storage (the "caves")
I must get my love of the water, and of boating, from my mother's father.
First, he had "The Bobby S", named after my brother when he was born:
The above boat is a Steelcraft.
And then had a smaller wooden runabout:
I want to retire and cruise America and the Carribean in:
 Linssen 500 Variotop (steel) |