The Official Explorer Registry

[RickK]

Seems we are massing up and need to show our strength  
Post your allegiance to the Explorer club and let's see how many members we have with them.  Be sure to post a pic and let us know a little about yourself and where you're from.
I'll start it off.
I'm Rick,

I live in Sarasota, FL and with the exception of 10 yrs in the military, have been here all my life.

Been here on the site a while now and started out with a 170 in '88

and that was just fine (and still is) until wife #2 said it was too "bumpy".  So off I went on a mission to satisfy her bump (did I say that   ) and ended up with a bigger truck and my 230 Explorer.  





We started customizing her out the way we wanted to use her and ended up with quite a nice camping platform.



She still has the original 250 Yammy horses on her and they purr like knew (knocking on wood). Hope it hangs in there for a long time.

The pup likes her too.

[Circle Hooked]

Hi all,my name is Scott and i have a 1997 225 Explorer,i am the original owner and i live in Sarasota Fl,been hear all my life,when you live in paradise why leave  


At our Gathering in May 2010

[DOCREED]

Hi all,my name is Scott and i have a 1997 225 Explorer,i am the original owner and i live in Sarasota Fl,been hear all my life,when you live in paradise why leave

Scott, when I first moved here and friends would say they were going on vacation, I could never imagine why they would leave here.

[225Explor]

Mikes R here, I live in upstate new york and fish the hudson river down to the sandy hook area, i own a 1995 225Explor, check out scotts pics as my boat is exactly the same, i dont know how to post pics yet    

[Circle Hooked]

Mike have you opened a Photo Bucket account yet ?

[wingtime]

So is this a Explorer party only or are all WAC invited?

[Circle Hooked]

Your boat looks like an Explorer to me

[Double Trouble]

OK I am John I am a retired union carpenter (37 yrs.) and had the honor of building the World Trade Center. I now live to go Striper fishing.




This is my 275 Explorer year 2000 with Twin 200HP Evinrudes.

[T Race]

     
         T race is my name...
         ...catching fish is my game





     Women want me...

     ...fish fear me.



      Live in   California & counting days till breakout to flyover country... taking my tax dollars elsewhere, re: Florida, where I was born'd and bred.

      Here are some glamor shots:







Ok, "Lets went - before we're dancing at the end of a rope without music..."   Cheers, T race

[Retimlap]

Count me in.  1996 225 with 200 hp Johnson

John in Raleigh, NC.  Boat lives in Morehead City, NC.




My neice and my son!

[Capt. Bob]

Robert here, currently living in Tallahassee, Fla. Originally from Perrine Fla (about halfway between Miami and Homestead) west/northwest of Soldier Key.
Flanking me is my wife Chris and son Karl.


Well,
Mine looks like an Explorer but officially it was (and still is) a "Walkaround"




I've had several other Aquas and I'm just getting to know this one. I'm more of a function guy rather than form but....
There's something to be said for looking good when Sea Tow shows up.


Built in 1991 at the Bradenton/Sarasota Fla. Wellcraft plant, she's a transition model (210) between the old Hialeah hull Express Fisherman and the newer Genmar era Explorer. It filled the niche for a "small" WAC probably till 93 (a guess) when it was discontinued. Later Aqua brought the 215 Explorer (96) on board which was at the time, the 210 Coastal built by Wellcraft and re-badged as an Aquasport.

 Like Rick's 230, they share the same basic layout forward but the 230 is 2' longer and the stern area cap is different. It has the original 1991 200hp Yamaha 2 stroker and Bimini top (just temporary relocated forward and up). Motor runs well though the hours of use are unknown and after spending the last 16 years on a CCP, steers just a little "differently".




It functioned perfectly on our recent Keys boondoggle and I'll post HIN and specs for the Registry.

HIN: AQAK0305L091
LOA: 21'-0"
Beam: 8'-6"
Dry Weight 3100#

[T Race]

Well,
Mine looks like an Explorer but "officially" it was (and still is) a "Walkaround"



It functioned perfectly on our recent Keys boondoggle and I'll post HIN and specs for the Registry later.

Bob,
        excited to here about your Keys boondogle adventure..... our boat was bought with the Keys in mind.  I like your boat, it is nice looking.

                  Cheers, T

[RickK]

I'll post HIN and specs for the Registry later

I knew I forgot something     Have to edit my post.

[Circle Hooked]

I thought about my hin # but my kicker bracket covers most of it.

[Double Trouble]

I guess were not so popular.