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[seabob4]

Hey guys I'm 13 and I just joined a couple of days ago, I love fishing and glassing and most of all my 1978 200 ccp. She has been in my family for 27 years and now she's mine.

Do your parents know where you are?

[marcoislander23]

Hey guys I'm 13 and I just joined a couple of days ago, I love fishing and glassing and most of all my 1978 200 ccp. She has been in my family for 27 years and now she's mine.

Do your parents know where you are?

Ya haha Me and My Dad are working on it together i meant that i will be using her most of the time.

[RickK]

Hey guys I'm 13 and I just joined a couple of days ago, I love fishing and glassing and most of all my 1978 200 ccp. She has been in my family for 27 years and now she's mine.

So you really were 13 when you applied ....

[seabob4]

Hey guys I'm 13 and I just joined a couple of days ago, I love fishing and glassing and most of all my 1978 200 ccp. She has been in my family for 27 years and now she's mine.

So you really were 13 when you applied ....

Appears that way, Rick...

His Dad put him up to it!

[marcoislander23]

Hey guys I'm 13 and I just joined a couple of days ago, I love fishing and glassing and most of all my 1978 200 ccp. She has been in my family for 27 years and now she's mine.

So you really were 13 when you applied ....

Yes sir i am very independent at age 11 I built my first computer and i have built 3 more since. then i got into working on guns and shooting them, "real steel" not paint ball or fake. Now i am at my present and hopefully last stop at boat fabricating and repairing/painting. It is a pleasure to be on the website with you guys.

[solidone]

hi my name is scott i am new to the fourm i just purchased a 1984 aquasport 222 ccp on friday and looking for advice on transom repair and floor this is my first project i am a cabinet maker by trade for last 20 years. i am in the central florida area.
any help or advice would be great or info on original layout.
i bought from a guy who started some of the work but relized it was to hot and dirty so i got a great deal.
thanks i look forward to hearing from all of you out there.

[chris]

Hi all I just joined the forum - I have a 1989 osprey 175, my first boat. I'm an electrical engineer, just moved to the states (CT) from the UK last year and lovin it.

Interests - anything with an engine that need fixin. Beer. Etc.

Motorcycles have always been my thing but getting older and cant get a family of four on a bike - must be time for a boat.

[Georgie]

Welcome aboard AND to the U.S., Chris!    You're in an excellent location and now own an excellent boat for some phenomenal fishing in the famed Norwalk Isles.  If you don't have one already, try to get yourself a trolling motor for that 175 so you can slow troll sandworms for stripers!

[Capt. Bob]

Motorcycles have always been my thing but getting older and cant get a family of four on a bike - must be time for a boat.

Here's a tip from the Colonials.


That stated, Welcome aboard Chris.

Post up some pics of your craft.

[chris]

Thanks guys, Bob - Im sure they could squeeze a breastfeeding momma onto that bike still, or a couple of pigs..

Struggling getting pictures up - I've put a few in the member gallery. Will get if figured out in time no doubt.

[chris]

Welcome aboard AND to the U.S., Chris!    You're in an excellent location and now own an excellent boat for some phenomenal fishing in the famed Norwalk Isles.  If you don't have one already, try to get yourself a trolling motor for that 175 so you can slow troll sandworms for stripers!

Thanks and yep - Norwalk Isles are amazing. Glad my US wife is from here and not some landlocked and barren part of the US.

Caught my first striper last weekend. whoohoo! Spent the last 20 years fishing for large Carp in the UK. Saltwater is a new thing for me.

Have a few other issues to take care of before the trolling motor comes...e.g. the inevitable rats nest of wiring and general sketchiness of an older boat. Kind of can't wait for winter to get the thing ripped apart and made excellent!

[slvrlng]

Welcome aboard chris!   Nice looking rig, almost the same console setup as my 222.

First ones free!!!

[chris]

Thanks, wow magic pictures

[Bottom Line]

Hi everyone, I am captain Michael, I recently purchased a 1970 flatback that I am in the process of rebuilding. I have lived in the Tampa Bay area for the past 30 years. I enjoy most any kind of fishing, diving, and snorkeling and boating. In addition to the new rebuild I also own a 270 World Cat and a 14 Landau. I have also volunteered as a certified observer at various International Game Fish Association (IGFA) tournaments and also volunteered as judge at various Billfish Extreeme Release League (BXRL) Tournaments. I also serve as a registered state alligator control agent for the nuisance alligator program.

The Bottom Line: If you cant catch it on a bent hook catch it on a straight one!
Tight Lines Fair Winds and Following Seas

[Blue Agave]

Welcome aboard and good luck with the rebuild. Look forward to photos.

Now if we could only get a similar program for the nuisance manatees things would be much better for us Floridians.