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Old 14-04-2005, 04:56 PM   #1
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US Customs in need of repair

This boat has been in a serious gun fight - and we thought the Needles could be hairy!
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Old 14-04-2005, 05:10 PM   #3
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Blue is obviously a preferred colour: http://www.piersystem.com/external/i...cumentID=56576

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Old 14-04-2005, 09:57 PM   #4
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I think it might be one of Reggie's new for 2005 graphics packages.

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Old 14-04-2005, 10:09 PM   #5
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Important Tip to Get you Home After This Sort Of Incident


Very Easy Fix You Just use 2 Penny washers & Nut & Bolt - Just bolt it up it's fine Works A treat !!!

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Old 14-04-2005, 10:33 PM   #6
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on the same subject

Very good Blu Fin guess you learnt that trick whilst sitting in the back with Howard?

Talking of drug running was reading some great stories about an old Class1 US racer. This guy was the biggest importer of Coke into Florida in the early 80's. Believe it or not, he had done a deal with the CIA. He shipped arms for them, and brought back the powder on the return journey.

His head was later sent in a box to his wife.

Before winning the Miami New York race in a giant Cougar Cat this little incident happened.

A Rolls Royce pulls up and out pops Maggie herself (George's wife)......... He motions her to join him on board, and before he could direct her otherwise, she hopped on one pickle fork of the Cougar and walked down the aluminium deck..... Wearing stiletto heels..... The noise was right out of Walter Mitty's daydreams...... "Ta pocketa, Tapocketa, tapocketa"..as each step produced a dimple in the endless newly painted surface..... They embraced lovingly...exchanged geographic coordinates or some other little secrets...and separated adoringly..... She (almost) retraced her steps leaving a double trail of ruin behind her..

A few minutes later George turned to a wincing crewman...and said without blinking...... "Feez dat chit" and pointed to the deck.

This was US Offshore racing in the 80's.............
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Old 14-04-2005, 10:43 PM   #7
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Picked that trick up when working out Luanda- Monrovia
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It had a Brit in its crew, can you guess who?
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there's a good pic in Searace of them having arrived in NY, with the Virgin Atlantic Challeger (1) in the background, with what looks like Pete Currington on board video-ing
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Funny that, I got my copy out tonight to show Chris Moss tomorrow Searace is crediting him for a photo he doesn’t think he took ..the one of Popeyes millions of miles in the air!
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Whilst in Miami in Feb, I picked up three more copies of searace, what a great book!
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