1981 Aquasport 170 rebuild in Sweden

[larsli68]

Thanks Rick,

Yes it does. Having the ugly cover over the center console helps a lot. I will be gone 3-4 days a week for the next month and a half.
Feels good to have her under roof. I covered her this morning with a light weight tarp. Opened all the port holes to allow everything to dry.

Are you working on your boat this weekend?

//Lars

[RickK]

It is just starting to rain here so it doesn't look good for working on the boat right now.  We have a front sagging through the area and will probably be here all day.  I live inside the red circle so as you can see below, it's getting close.  Can you say "couch day" 

[larsli68]

 Sometimes it is nice to have a couch day. It cleared up here today for the most part, but we got a short shower this afternoon.
I cleaned my Weber grill today. Felt good to get it nice and clean after all the BBQ ing this summer. 
It is a big Weber, and it takes a couple of hours to clean the thing.

I'm excited about the prop. Will pick it up in Gothenburg when I'm down there on a business trip Monday a week from now.

I'm relaxing with a beer right now. Feels good after getting quite a lot of chores done today.

Have a great day on the couch! College football maybe? We subscribe to ESPN player, and can watch live and on demand games here in Sweden.
My couch is taken... if not I would be on it right now... 

[BOBBY74AQUA]

Lars,
Who are your favorite teams?
Bobby

[larsli68]

In football, it's NC State from North Carolina. In Basketball, it's Kentucky, and if they are no longer in the tournament, it would be Louisville.

//Lars

[BOBBY74AQUA]

All I care about is as long as it's a Carolina Team.......Go DUKE

[RickK]

Here is front #2 on it's way down the state

[larsli68]

Bobby,
My wife is from Louisville, and she went to UK. If we are  talking basketball, I have no other choice than to pull for Kentucky.

I'm with you. After 5.5 years in NC, I enjoy seeing any of the teams from there win.

Rick, you did get a couch day... That front looks like trouble if you want to be outside...
Our weather here looks nice this morning. I hope to have an outdoors day today.

 
//Lars

[larsli68]

Went with my nephew to our cottage today. No Aquasport today, since Carolina Girl is in winter storage, but we got a nice ride in my brother's Boston Whaler Montauk 17. Posting some pictures from today. The weather was super nice, and I wish I had Carolina Girl in the water, but the new job takes a lot out of me. I'm glad my brother keeps the Whaler in the water.

[RickK]

Nice scenery Lars - thanks for posting

[Capt. Bob]

Nice scenery Lars

19 pages in this thread and I'm still looking for the "blonde bombshell" you guys are famous for.

[larsli68]

Thanks Rick and Capt. Bob.

I will look in my photos for a Blond Bomb shell picture... ;)

I will keep posting nice pictures in this thread.

//Lars

[larsli68]

The prop got a bit shinier today, but I got pretty dirty...
I bought a used Vengeance 18" and cancelled the order for the new one. I got this for less than half of a new one.

I wish everyone a nice Saturday!

Beer time here in Sweden. 

//Lars

[RickK]

Looks good Lars - glad you were able to cancel the one ordered - was it going to take forever to get the new one?  Is the weather starting to turn cold now?

[larsli68]

Hello Rick,

We are having a nice weekend, with temps at 68 degrees on Friday, 65 yesterday, and the same predicted for today.
I found this one on our Craigslist just a day after I ordered the other one. They didn't have it in stock in Holland, and it was OK to cancel the order.
If they had shipped it, I would have owned it... Since I travel Sweden a lot, I picked this one up in Gothenburg last week.

Props are almost double the price over here compared to the US. I got this one cheaper than I could buy a new one in the States. And they are quite heavy, plus the risk of someone stealing
it from my suitcase.
I don't think a prop is a great carry on item...