September SeaCraft Scallop Soiree(*)

[Terry England]

Dougie and the Tom Paris family pointed toward the scallop grounds

[gofastsandman]

Well it sure was nice to have a regulator that wasn`t sucking water after my disappointing showing for mini season...

The GYC committee boat Old`s Cool brought back some fond memories.
The Bert 25 is a timeless design that we all can appreciate for obvious reasons.
A friend has one with original twin 165 IOs. Just tanks that laugh at a small chop and will
bring you home when things get sporty

The twin 115 E TECS pushed her along nicely with her chines on top.
The ability to get a hull up with light power even works on heavy
boats.

Much like the Moose`s sled, she is set up for killing and grilling.
Gun Rack?
Check.
Shroud/ bait prep/ filet station?
Check.
Tank racks?
Check.
Hundreds of hard won numbers?
Check.

She is a pretty boat, but she is also a working girl.
This brings me to another point.

Many sites feature beautiful work, but we love seeing works in progress
and basket cases waiting for imagineers, and the sharing of knowledge.
That makes CSC special.

Marshtackie`s converted 19 is all function and makes no apologies for her
utilitarian looks and finish.

There is a 20 sf here that was converted to a straight shaft 302.
Ugliest glass work I have seen in ages, but said they fill her
with mullet.

Great seeing all new and seasoned.
Fun playing in the water with all.
We need to do this more often.

I love that marsh with not one, but two docks.
How you got that tank out through that wet sponge of a canal with dead low full moon tide was most impressive indeed.

[DonV]

Originally Posted by Capt Terry

Tom-
Your photo of the SeaCrafts rafted with the Bertram during the lunch break looks like an advertisement for Evinrudes! Sorry to the Mercs, Yammies & Suzikis and whatever else was there that didn't make the pic. And it looks like Marsha is working again to be a great hostess as well as shipmate to Terry! They are great folks.

It was ugly Terry, I was the only Merc and Danny was the only Zuke, those eTecs were everywhere!! However please note, I had the oldest and most run down outboard of them all because I'm a poor bastard!!

Oh yeah, at the raft up for the gourmet lunch there were nine outboards, one Merc, one Zuke and seven eTecs!! Danny and I were way, way outnumbered!! And not a single Yamaha, weird.

[Terry England]

Donny (Don V), Deb and deck hand Jim (77ScepterOB) throttling up

[Terry England]

Ricky and Bro' "Big Shooter" Steve Green spool'in up the 150 E-Tec powered 18

[Terry England]

Danny (Snookerd) and Casey (RCKnight) putting the 300 Zuke powered Scepter to work.

[Terry England]

Mike (VezoII) heading for cocktail hour with Mel and Ken at the HB Fishing Shack

[Terry England]

Denny and Suzie, falling in behind to let you whippersnappers locate the rock piles by Braille!

[Terry England]

Ricky (Rickyg), Dougie (Cayo Mia) and Ronny (Bumpdraft) in the Marshtackie

[rcnight]

Just wanted to say how great it was finally meeting everyone and seeing all the great SeaCrafts. Special thanks to Danny for showing me around and to Terry and Marsha for their hospitality.