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[Double Trouble]

Welcome aboard.
Isnt it great to feel like a a kid on christmas morning!!!! good luck with her.

[RickK]

Welcome aboard fitz73222  :!:  :!:
We're waiting for pics  :bounce:

[fitz73222]

Thanks RickK,
I will get on the pictures as soon as possible, I`m getting ready for the big freeze this week. I`m up in Flagler county in northeast FL. I see you are in Sarasota. I was in Apollo Beach  for Christmas last week. Nice water! Too windy to fish tampa bay however. You seem to be right on top of things in this forum.

Thanks,
Fitz

[RickK]

We held 2 gatherings in Apollo Beach fairly recently - nice place and TONS of manatee in the channel in the cooler months

[fitz73222]

Yeah,
We took a ride over to that power plant outflow and saw dozens of them... They do  the same thing at the springs over here on the St. Johns river.

[arbalete69]

Hi everybody,
I'm Tom from Firenze - Italy and I'm a proudly new owner of this beautiful boat.
I was searching for it for a long time and finally I've found one in very good conditions.
Here is a picture of the old lady:



another one:



I'm very happy, now the boat is in a shipyard for manteinance, in a month I'll put it in the water and I'll take some other photos.
The motor is a 175hp Evinrude/bombardier ficht ram.
Greetings from Italy and excuse me for my english

Tommaso

[labboss2003]

Nice

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard Tommaso.

Another classic is found and........
The Italian Connection continues to grow.

[fitz73222]

Hello Tom,
She is beautiful, nice wood work on the console. When you are ready; we will get you fixed up with getting the original 22-2 badges for her and you remove those later model decals from her. There are some guy`s here that make the original replicas that are perfect. I just bought a pair for my 73`22-2. Good luck with her, we are here to help if you need us!!

Fitz73222

[gran398]

Welcome Tom, we are glad that you're here....Beautiful boat!

We are having a reunion in May.....gas her up and cruise on over.....

[arbalete69]

Thanks you all,
you are great and very friendly, I need yor help 'cause here in Italy there isn't info about these boats.
This site was very important for me to read and learn more about the 222 and realize how great it was.

@ captain Bob: yesss, the italian connection is coming  

@ Fitz73222: it's true!! the decals are so ugly, the right are the beautiful old logo, when I'll get the boat I ask you some help to find them, thanx

@ gran398: Ahhh, sure I will be at the reunion, the next week I'll leave Europe with my 222 like Columbus      

Thank you again, I write again to have some help with my boat
Tom

[RickK]

Welcome aboard Tom  :!:  :!:  I bet we have 4 or 5 Italian members now.  You guys have enough owners to hold your own "Aquasport Gathering" now  8)
Nice looking boat  

I was searching for it for a long time and finally I've found one in very good conditions.

Does that mean you looked at a lot other Aquasports?

[resyak]

Hi

Greetings from the other side of the Mediterranian.
Welcome.

I think you feel less lonely with Your Aquasport than i do here in Spain.

Regards / Saluti

[arbalete69]

Hi rickK, Hi Sephen.
Yes here in Italy there are a lot of Aquasport but newer model like 222 ccp, 246 cuddy, 200 osprey, ecc.
this is the story:
I'm a spearfishing fanatic :fish: and I always had an inflatable boat that I put in the water every time I went to fish after pick up it with the trailer, but I was tired to do this job every time.
I decided to purchase a boat to leave it in the water 10 months a year, simply arrive at port turn on the motor and go fishing, but I needed some features: a very strong hull, running fast with low gasoline consumptions (here in Italy gasoline costs like gold ), a big space deck with a lot of storage places, a washdown to wash my wetsuit, a good weight (not too high...) to do long distance in the mediterranean sea (this sea is tremendous, waves can change caratheristics in very few time).
I saw a lot of boats, Mako and Robalo are too heavy and need a lot of hp, I found a photo of this type of Aquasport and I thought that she was my favourite.
After a lot of research and thanks to this site I found a lot of info, photo, discussion and ideas about this hull.
I spent almost one year trying to find one in good condition and finally I did
I'm so happy
When I'll get it in the water I post other pictures.

Tom

[RickK]

Spread the word of our site over there please