Got My New Ride

[minner]

Wheeeeewwww, what a trip. 2 days, 1night, 1300 miles, and 89 gallons of gas later I'm back home. By back is hurting, my buns are tender,but my mouth is sore from smiling. I traveled all the way to Supply North Carolina to pick up my new boat. It was a flying trip (at least going) but well worth it. Most of you bass guys might not find her features appealing but for us "alternate species" folk there is much to appreciate, eg: no carpet.I made the dash up there yesterday leaving at 5:00a.m. CST. I made it to the hotel at 4:00 ESTand checked in. Got a call from thesalesman to check on me and tell me boat was ready. I wasn't going to pick it up until the morning..but what the heck...5:00 arrive at dealer (no hotel near there). Shake hands, comb it over, give them some money, shoot the breeze,shake hands, hook up ....head for the water. 6:00. Make it to the closest launch 20 minutes later, which happens to be on the Intercoastal Waterway. I give her the shake down for the next20 minutesand load her back up. Head for Bass Pro Shops in the way back to the Hotel. Get a few odds and ends and hit the nearby seafood restaurant for a few cb's and some grub.. Get in bed by 11:00pm. Up at 7:00 a.m. and hit up the continental breakfast at the hotel, spend the next 10 minutes unjamming my rig that was fortified by cars during the night and head for home.</p>

I'm tired as heck but I'll give you the down and dirty then post a couple pics.</p>

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Nautic StarBay 2110</p>

Suzuki 4stroke 150</p>

Aluminum trailer</p>

80lb Minn Kota Riptide Terrova</p>

Raw water wash down</p>

Bimini top (for the wifey)</p>

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[beetlespin]

Nice boat

 

[fischnrod]

Great looking rig,those suzuki's are pretty motors.

 

[ditchdoc666]

emoThumbsup emoToast emoToast Great looking boat Allen,What a great road trip it must have been,how many times did you look in your rear view mirror and smile??? LOL Look forward to seeing you out on the water and breaking her in,Congrats

 

[CRAZYHORSE]

Boy that is sweet!!! It looks like it's even got a ladder at the back making it much easier to get back in if you fall out. Maybe Ericm needs to get one of them emoPoke

Chorse

 

[foodsaver]

man thats a freakin beautiful boat!!! I have a dumb grin on my face and its not even mine can't imagine how much bigger your grin is!

 

[captXtreme]

<font size="2">Very nice rig emoThumbsup emoWorthy if you need some one to break it in for ya let me know.</font>

 

[TAzGa]

Nice ride! ... bet it's smooth.

 

[Guest]

Mighty fine looking ride, don't wear it out the first week.emoThumbsup emoThumbsup emoThumbsup

 

[SpurHunter]

Wow, I am drooling!

 

[Fat Albert]

<font face="comic sans ms,sand" color="#ff0033" size="4">S W E E T..................Allen, you done good.......you will love fishing from that thang.....I really enjoyed fishing from Doc1's boat and it is something like yours....congrats....FA</font>

 

[Punisher]

yeah good looking boat there i might have a bass boat but i fish for every thing mostly crappie do a litttle cat fishing and bream fishing and ask old nickajack angler i'm always fishing below the dam in the winter yeah a 20 thousand dollar bass boat tied to the wall but good luck and get her slimed emoAngler emoAngler emoAngler emoAngler emoAngler

 

[minner]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I'm now rested and ready to go. Hopefully I'll be on the water this afternoon to start the break-in procedure.

 

[Buoy-Master]

Sweeet Minner. I've spent some time in thier factory. Very nice boats by a great bunch of people.

 

[j.bridges]

nice looking boat allen emoApplause ...as you were getting your new boat my new boat was heading to the shop.... emoBang emoAngry emoMad emoBawl

 

[ole blue]

Yes very nice

 

[minner]

j.bridges - 8/3/2008 10:36 AM nice looking boat allen emoApplause ...as you were getting your new boat my new boat was heading to the shop.... emoBang emoAngry emoMad emoBawl

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What's the deal Jason? Are you gonna make theBPS tx this Sat?</p>

 

[honkytonker26]

Nice ride bro!

 

[j.bridges]

minner - 8/3/2008 7:43 PM

j.bridges - 8/3/2008 10:36 AM nice looking boat allen emoApplause ...as you were getting your new boat my new boat was heading to the shop.... emoBang emoAngry emoMad emoBawl

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What's the deal Jason? Are you gonna make the BPS tx this Sat?</p>

I was over on lower wheeler and it was doing fine but we were not having much luck so we decided to go to wilson...We just drove across the road and put in below wheeler....I cranked it up and it didn't sound right...so I gave it the throttle and she would not hardly move...so I check the plugs pulling one off at a time and the motor was just running on one cylinder...so we got her out of the water and ended up driving all over florence,muscle shoals,and tuscumbia to find the 21$ a piece spark plugs that I needed...got back to the water cranked it up and the same thing happened...called the dealer and they said it could be several things...so I loaded back up and pulled her to guntersville...they said they would look at it monday and let me know...it all depends if they have to order parts but they did say they would reimburse me for one set of plugs...I went ahead and bought a spare set to have in the boat...you just never know when you might need them...

 

[minner]

I was over on lower wheeler and it was doing fine but we were not having much luck so we decided to go to wilson...We just drove across the road and put in below wheeler....I cranked it up and it didn't sound right...so I gave it the throttle and she would not hardly move...so I check the plugs pulling one off at a time and the motor was just running on one cylinder...so we got her out of the water and ended up driving all over florence,muscle shoals,and tuscumbia to find the 21$ a piece spark plugs that I needed...got back to the water cranked it up and the same thing happened...called the dealer and they said it could be several things...so I loaded back up and pulled her to guntersville...they said they would look at it monday and let me know...it all depends if they have to order parts but they did say they would reimburse me for one set of plugs...I went ahead and bought a spare set to have in the boat...you just never know when you might need them...

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Man, I hate to hear you having trouble with your new boat. Hopefully they'll get you up and running before the weekend.</p>