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[gran398]

Striper,

Late in welcoming you aboard, but glad you've joined the crew!  Know that you'll enjoy the board and lively discussion.

[fpj70147]

Hey Striper-
My '86 20" Osprey is in the Merrimack River in Newburyport. I've seen others there as well.
Enjoy the boat- It's a "keeper".
Jonesie

[Rhojo]

Hey folks!

I'm new to the forum, what a great place!  

I'm the new owner of a '79 AS 22-2 Family Fisherman. I'm so excited to have this boat and to have stumbled across the boards here. My hat is off to those responsible for creating and maintaining Classicaquasport.com! What a wealth of knowledge and insight to be found here!  

Here are a couple of pics:


A shot of where the boat was kept for the last three years in Bath, NC.


This was during the first week of May, 2010, when I had the mechanic check things out


The same day, my tow rig at the top of the ramp there.


Ahh, the Twins. Good compression on all cyclinders! No water intrusion!


At rest at the dock

I'm replacing water pumps/impellers, thermostats, fuel filters, and lower unit oil this weekend and that's about all that needs doing to get back out on the water for the holiday weekend. I hope it goes well for me, this will be my first time doing this. I'm a little nervous but I think that will pass once I get into it. I've got all my supplies and new parts, a manual, a canopy to work under during the rain on Saturday, and a few beers  

I'll be boating on Falls Lake, Jordan Lake here in NC along with a few trips to the coast a year. I'm really looking forward to going fishing with my uncle in a few weeks! It's been said before... I wasn't born a fisherman but I plan on dying one.

That's about it for now, I'd like to remind everyone to have a happy and safe holiday out there this weekend. There is sure to be a lot of people on the water so take it easy and lets look out for each other as much as we can!

Happy boating to you all!

Jon

[gran398]

Jo9n and Rhonda, Welcome Aboard!!

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard Jon and family.

Gotta love those twin seahorses.

[jdupree]

Welcome :!:   Another North Carolinian :!:   Good looking boat :!:

[flounderpounder225]

Welcome to the AS Forum, nice boat, and those 70's are probably one of the best motors ever produced, I had one that finally gave up the ghost after 22 years without ever pulling the powerhead.

[RickK]

Welcome aboard Jon  :!:  :!:
The boat looks to be in great shape  8)

[Aswaff400]

welcome!

[wingtime]

welcome aboard!  Nice looking boat you have there!  The twin 70's are neat!

[GoneFission]

Welcome Jon - good to have another NC member!  Your FF looks like it's in nice shape as well.  

Be careful on Jordan and Falls Lakes - lots of shallow water and stumps on those lakes!  I did not see a depthfinder/fishfinder on the dash, and if you are going to any fishing you will want one.  It will also help keep you informed when you are in "prop shark" waters, so you don't get surprised by things that go bump in the night (or day).  

See ya on the water!

[MarshMarlowe196]

Very Cool Boat  :pirat:

[Rusty244]

I recently came into the possesion of 275 Explorer twin Yamha 225. I am really just learning the boat, and have a friend who is hounding me to do some tubeing...... I would appreciate thoughts on rigging a bridal off of the p/s stern cleats for this purpose.

I have been reading through this forum for the past few hours, and all of you might just make this boat ownership thing pretty damn cool. I am very happy I found you all!

 

I guess Touchdown will have to do. Really do need to get that beer toast icon

Thanks again!

Nauti Dog
2001 Aquasport 275 Explorer
Long Island Sound

[Rhojo]

Welcome Jon - good to have another NC member!  Your FF looks like it's in nice shape as well.  

Be careful on Jordan and Falls Lakes - lots of shallow water and stumps on those lakes!  I did not see a depthfinder/fishfinder on the dash, and if you are going to any fishing you will want one.  It will also help keep you informed when you are in "prop shark" waters, so you don't get surprised by things that go bump in the night (or day).  

See ya on the water!

Thanks for the tip on Falls and Jordan GF. The fish/depth finder is there just hard to see. It's up on the helm just to the right of the wheel. We've been boating several times in Falls so far and while it does have shallow water to watch out for it's so close to the house that we can't resist it. The closest ramp (I think it's Hickory Hill) is only 10-15 minutes away and from there just a quick ride to the deeper water. So far so good, I haven't hit anything.

I got my maintenance done this weekend as planned but it did take me a little longer than I had hoped. I was just finishing up on the portside motor when the Admiral got home around lunchtime yesterday. She had to work on the holiday! So with everything completed and put back together all I had to do was start them up on the muffs and make sure all was well. When I started up the starboard motor I didn't get the tell tale. "OH NO" I thought. After a second attempt I still got no tell tale so I had to drop that lower case again and recheck all my work. Everything checked out good, no problems. I reinstalled the case and fired it up again, still no tell tale. So on a whim I decided to check the tell tale hose itself and sure enough, it had gotten clogged with debris from the thermostat change! I cleard the debris and started the motor back up and right away got the tell tale. That was at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. So we didn't get out on the water with it for the true test but on the muffs everything seems good.

It was a good expierence, it just took a long time. I was being really careful not to break anything and paying attention to how stuff came apart that wasn't describeb or pictured in the manual. I am kind of looking forward to doing it again.

Jon

[seabob4]

You mean this one?

Just drag and drop the smiley onto your desktop, then upload it into your photobucket account.  I have an album called "Smiley's", I keep it open in another window so I can use mine with a simple copy and paste, kinda like this one...,
meaning we need to see pics of the boat!  Is this the one you told me about on THT?

BTW, running a tow bridle through the stern eyes is no problem.  That's how we picked them up (motors included) to load them on trailers back at the plant...