Spring has Sprung! (share your Spring Launch Videos)

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Sounds great - I'll email you when we get close to the date ...
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sOUNDS GREAT, PERHAPS WE CAN MEET FOR LUNCH OR DINNER. Do you like mexican?
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Love Mexican - but would love to try Harry's at the Bridge of Lions.

Have friends in JAX and Anastasia Island ...need to get together with them as well as we pass through ...
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Lanapolera Restaurant on Kingsley Ave. in Orange park- the original and still the best (in the (now)chain). Must tries- Guacamole, Flan Fajita texanas, cheese dip.
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Foofer - I'm getting hungry just reading your email!

Rain passing - off to the boat ...
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Fished Sunday - nada. The water is still just 56 degrees. Coldest winter in 25 years here in Charleston, SC.

Who has some Spring launch videos? Anxious to see some Trojans running!
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Well after working over 50 hours this week and it was still just 1:30 pm on Friday and 70 some degrees outside, I decided to take Paula Sea out for her first spin in a while. Here's a link to the video I took. The inlet behind me is Little Creek in Norfolk. The body of water I was on was the Chesapeake Bay, or should I say Chesapeake Lake by the lack of chop, days like that are few and far between on the bay. Boat ran great and can't complain. She was humming along at a hair over 3000 rpm and doing 19 mph coming out of the inlet. Not bad, must have been going with the current. In the video, I was going along around 16.5 mph.

http://s853.photobucket.com/albums/ab96 ... 9-1511.flv
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Ken , I hope the bay is like that today . I am going to head up to yorktown
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Mobjack was smoooooooth yesterday ! first outing sense Nov. and loved it ! at home this weekend having kids and new grand baby over for bar b que today. Next weekend starts boating season.
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Nice Video Ken - gets the heart pumping!

Paul - don't forget your camera today! We want to see "U Never Know" strutting her stuff!

Too busy (and sprained my big toe) to go out this weekend.
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Nice video, guess I'm going to head down to the boat and get some work done...
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Left the dock at just after 9 yesterday (sat) got back around 7 great day on the bay . :D heading out at 8 this moring for another day :)
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Paul - wheres the video? I want to here those 300's humming!

Ran the engines last night prepping for a ride today - lost the impeller on the port engine (or scupper is clogged). Haven;t replaced in 3 years, so it was probably time ...

Going to rain here later today - 75deg and sunny yesterday and this am though!
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Not back in the water yet, but here's a couple of videos I have from the the end of last season.

http://s531.photobucket.com/albums/dd35 ... -13-45.flv

http://s531.photobucket.com/albums/dd35 ... -49-22.flv
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Sunday went to Smithfield station for brunch then the reserve fleet
two great days on the water

sorry no videos
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