The company boat has been down in Sarasota for nearly 6 months. It is being stored in a doorless pole barn off of Clark about a mile and a half east of I-75. This boat is only 25 feet long, as opposed to the last company boat, which was 42 feet long. The last boat was a huge 42 foot Miami Vice offshore, and looked like it would top out at 90 mph...but in reality struggled to get up to 50. The current boat is only 25 feet long and at first glance seems as though it's top speed would be 50 mph, but it's large engine and light weight propel it to 75. The outdrive of a boat is the part that sticks out of the back end, and the propeller attaches to it. While sitting in my driveway in Michigan, a friend of Sue's daughter cut her entry a little close...and hit the propeller. She broke the lower outdrive unit. Thus finding a new lower unit was the first order of business after we towed the boat to Florida. The new lower unit is on and the boat is seaworthy again. To be cont....
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| This pic was taken in the pole barn where we store the boat. Note the fearless guard dog in the foreground. The little friend you see behind her lives at the farm and follows Sasha everywhere. |
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