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[jahoward1]

Welcome aboard. This is a great site.

[blindluck]

Well ikinda figuered how to post pictures....Im exausted this aint my forte....Heres a few picks.......they are in da gallery







Ah, SB.
Clean up on compartment 3

[jahoward1]

Wow, she sho iz purty.

[blindluck]

Thanks....I have fished her hard for 27 yrs,and the hull is by far one tough sob.Movin the console forward was the key to havin a big practical cockpit.

[Blue Agave]

Nice Classic CCP!  

Did you say that was a '71?  

I didn't realize they made the 246 in '71.

[seabob4]

Beautiful boat right there!  Where the Raytheon head unit?  And don't you just love those old Raytheon radar cables... :x  :x
And I'm betting it's an RL-72 Radar...

[blindluck]

Thanks.....!   Sorry i didnt get back to u guys sooner been away fishin.The raytheon unit is gone.Those photos are older and u are correct those cables are a pain in the .....In one photo u can see my old loran antenna from the good old sitex ez97 which got me home many times.....She was upgraded few yrs ago w plotter/radar ect..One piece of equipment still oringinal is a uniden color ff from 1986!!!and she works great........Im tough on things and i cant kill it......

[DELTA DOOLER]

I've been a lurker for a while, but I just bought a Aquasport and figured I'd join.

A little about me 1st, I'm 35, I grew up in Pensacola Fl and moved to Pascagoula ms in 2000, I've had boats my whole life, some good, some bad. Below is what I've owned and what I currently have.

1st boat.  1950 14' Boston whaler (sold it) great little boat, TOUGH AS NAILS !

2nd.  1988 18' hydra sport cc (sold it)Hull de-laminated on me 20 miles offshore, about sank. Never step foot in another!

3rd. 1993 21' well craft cc (sunk it) got caught in rough seas, lost power and it swamped , boat completely sank in 90' of water.

4th  1995 21' Cape Horn cc (sold it) great boat ! loved it, installed over $5000 worth of cobia tower w/controls and leaning post and lost it in divorce 3 months later....

5th 2002 mako 191 cc (sold it) biggest piece of junk i ever owned, boat literally had stree cracks EVERYWHERE, console almost to the point of breaking loose from deck, wet, rough riding and was the funniest hanling boat Ive ever run. felt bad selling it to someone else !

I currently have a 1980 McKee craft 14' with a 2002 40 merc. I completely rebuilt boat, split liner from hull and dug out old waterlogged foam, replaced liner and filled with new foam, made a tiller boat out of it.

I just bought a 1995 aquasport 225 explorer with a 1998 200 Yamaha.

I've done a lot of research on boats and fished a lot of different boats before I purchased the aquasport, I believe I finally have a boat that I'll keep for a while.

I'll be posting some pics tommorow, looking forward to learning as much as I can about my new boat and maybe pass some things I know also. Glad to be be here!

[gran398]

Welcome aboard Double D!

Looking forward to your pics

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard DD.

Nice intro.

Yet another EX owner.

Post them pics!

[seabob4]

Welcome DD!  As CB said, another Explorer owner!  James (jahoward) just bought his 225, many others with either a 225 or a 245, so you have a lot of company!  

[DELTA DOOLER]

Not the best pics in the world but the best I have for now.
Boat is pretty well equipped, it has a Furuno Color depth sounder, Lowrance Color chartplotter/Gps, Furuno GPS, LED spreader lights, LED deck and cabin lighting, LED underwater lighting, remote spotlight on Radar arch, Full curtain enclosure. She is sitting in the water now, I plan on putting her on the trailer and bringing her home next week and start going over everything.


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[seabob4]

Nice!  And the 4 rung dive ladder!  

[jahoward1]

Not only is she a beautiful boat, she looks exactly like a boat that was being sold locally. I live I south jersey and if that's the boat, I looked at her a lot and might have been my next visit. Either way, this is my second boat, kinda like my dream boat so I'm sure we'll both enjoy. Incidentally, is it me or does this boat photograph exceptionally well?  Welcome, I love this site and The Aquasport Boat Club, which I've been told is actually the site for us with these newer Aquasports. C ya

James

[DELTA DOOLER]

ooks exactly like a boat that was being sold locally.  is it me or does this boat photograph exceptionally well?  

Thanks James, this is a Gulf coast boat.  The boat is in GREAT shape, after 1st owners death, boat was "mothballed" and in dry strage for almost 5 years. 2nd owner didnt put it to alot of use so it was in great shape when I got it.