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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
 > In a local shop's repair line:
 >
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man</a>'s%20Special.JPG


Looks like something Halliburton would sell us...for %5 million.

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 00:47:34 GMT, "bomar" <bomar76.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:

~ snippage ~

 >Bet he uses the hell out of it too.....

The whole thing is home made - the only manufactured bit is the large
scanoe which was glassed - everything else was made.

I would have included the picture of the electronics, but take my word
for it - there is some rather sohpisticated electronics on that thing.
:>)

According to the Service Manager, he does use the hell out of it.

Later,

Tom
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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:52:06 -0400, Harry Krause
<piedtypecase.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

 >Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
  >> In a local shop's repair line:
  >>
  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man</a>'s%20Special.JPG
 >
 >
 >Looks like something Halliburton would sell us...for %5 million.

Ok Harry - I mean like - dude - what's 5 million percent? :>)

Hey, what kind of engine to you have on "Yo Ho"?

Take care.

Tom

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  > >Bet he uses the hell out of it too.....
 >
 > The whole thing is home made - the only manufactured bit is the large
 > scanoe which was glassed - everything else was made.
 >
 > I would have included the picture of the electronics, but take my word
 > for it - there is some rather sohpisticated electronics on that thing.
 > :>)
 >
 > According to the Service Manager, he does use the hell out of it.
 >
 > Later,
 >
 > Tom


I would NEVER have guessed a watercraft as sleek as that would be the result
of a do it yerselfer!
If he was smart he would go into production on those....odds are he would
have that market segment all to himself.
PLEASE post a pic of the electronic suite...I'll bet it rivals the new
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
 > On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:52:06 -0400, Harry Krause
 > <piedtypecase DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
 >
  >>Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
   >>> In a local shop's repair line:
   >>>
   >>> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man</a>'s%20Special.JPG
  >>
  >>
  >>Looks like something Halliburton would sell us...for %5 million.
 >
 > Ok Harry - I mean like - dude - what's 5 million percent? :>)
 >
 > Hey, what kind of engine to you have on "Yo Ho"?
 >
 > Take care.
 >
 > Tom
 >
 > "The beatings will stop when morale improves."
 > E. Teach, 1717
 >

F225 Yamaha

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 01:41:28 GMT, "bomar" <bomar76 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

 >
 >
 >
   >> >Bet he uses the hell out of it too.....
  >>
  >> The whole thing is home made - the only manufactured bit is the large
  >> scanoe which was glassed - everything else was made.
  >>
  >> I would have included the picture of the electronics, but take my word
  >> for it - there is some rather sohpisticated electronics on that thing.
  >> :>)
  >>
  >> According to the Service Manager, he does use the hell out of it.
  >>
  >> Later,
  >>
  >> Tom
 >
 >
 >I would NEVER have guessed a watercraft as sleek as that would be the result
 >of a do it yerselfer!

This one case where the pictures do it a lot of good. :>)

But it floats - that's the important thing.

There is another guy who has a boat similar to this who uses it in
Long Island Sound - the outriggers are a bit wider and bigger than
this one. I have heard, second hand, that he's even been sited out at
the Race with the thing. I don't go there in my Ranger. :>)

 >If he was smart he would go into production on those....odds are he would
 >have that market segment all to himself.

Undoubtly all to himself.

 >PLEASE post a pic of the electronic suite...I'll bet it rivals the new
 >carrier Ronald Reagan!!!

Well, I wish I could, but there is a lot of stuff that identifies the
owner in/on/around the console and I don't want to do that. Let's
just say that behind that glass windshield is an all color suite,
mapping gps, fish finder, flasher, radio, vhf....really nifty looking.

All the best,

Tom
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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:54:31 -0400, Harry Krause
<piedtypecase.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

 >Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
  >> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:52:06 -0400, Harry Krause
  >> <piedtypecase.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
  >>
   >>>Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
   >>>> In a local shop's repair line:
   >>>>
   >>>> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man</a>'s%20Special.JPG
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>Looks like something Halliburton would sell us...for %5 million.
  >>
  >> Ok Harry - I mean like - dude - what's 5 million percent? :>)
  >>
  >> Hey, what kind of engine to you have on "Yo Ho"?
 >
 >F225 Yamaha

Is that a four stroke or HPDI? In either case, how do you like the
motor?

The reason I ask is that I stumbled into one hell of a deal on two
Yamaha 225 HPDI motors yesterday. I'm considering changing the FICHTS
on the Contender this winter (a friend who is in the commercial
fishing bizz wants them - his are flat worn out) and I was thinking
about new E-TECS or FICHTS, but these Yamaha's are just too good a
deal.

Any advice?

Later,

Tom
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
 > On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:54:31 -0400, Harry Krause
 > <piedtypecase RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
 >
  >>Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
   >>> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:52:06 -0400, Harry Krause
   >>> <piedtypecase RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
   >>>
   >>>>Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
   >>>>> In a local shop's repair line:
   >>>>>
   >>>>> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man</a>'s%20Special.JPG
   >>>>
   >>>>
   >>>>Looks like something Halliburton would sell us...for %5 million.
   >>>
   >>> Ok Harry - I mean like - dude - what's 5 million percent? :>)
   >>>
   >>> Hey, what kind of engine to you have on "Yo Ho"?
  >>
  >>F225 Yamaha
 >
 > Is that a four stroke or HPDI? In either case, how do you like the
 > motor?
 >
 > The reason I ask is that I stumbled into one hell of a deal on two
 > Yamaha 225 HPDI motors yesterday. I'm considering changing the FICHTS
 > on the Contender this winter (a friend who is in the commercial
 > fishing bizz wants them - his are flat worn out) and I was thinking
 > about new E-TECS or FICHTS, but these Yamaha's are just too good a
 > deal.
 >
 > Any advice?
 >
 > Later,
 >
 > Tom
 > -----------
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 > like the mathematics that it
 > can never be fully learnt..."
 >
 > Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653
 >
 >
 >
Mine is a four stroke, and the motor has been fine. No problems
whatsoever. At idle you can barely tell it is running. At cruise and
higher, it seems about as loud as any other outboard of similar hp.

I don't know much about the hpdis, other than I see a lot of them out on
the bay.

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son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of
them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:28:25 -0400, Harry Krause
<piedtypecase RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

 >Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
  >> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:54:31 -0400, Harry Krause
  >> <piedtypecase RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
  >>
   >>>Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
   >>>> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:52:06 -0400, Harry Krause
   >>>> <piedtypecase RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
   >>>>
   >>>>>Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
   >>>>>> In a local shop's repair line:
   >>>>>>
   >>>>>> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/Handy%20Man</a>'s%20Special.JPG
   >>>>>
   >>>>>
   >>>>>Looks like something Halliburton would sell us...for %5 million.
   >>>>
   >>>> Ok Harry - I mean like - dude - what's 5 million percent? :>)
   >>>>
   >>>> Hey, what kind of engine to you have on "Yo Ho"?
   >>>
   >>>F225 Yamaha
  >>
  >> Is that a four stroke or HPDI? In either case, how do you like the
  >> motor?
  >>
  >> The reason I ask is that I stumbled into one hell of a deal on two
  >> Yamaha 225 HPDI motors yesterday. I'm considering changing the FICHTS
  >> on the Contender this winter (a friend who is in the commercial
  >> fishing bizz wants them - his are flat worn out) and I was thinking
  >> about new E-TECS or FICHTS, but these Yamaha's are just too good a
  >> deal.
  >>
  >> Any advice?
 >
 >Mine is a four stroke, and the motor has been fine. No problems
 >whatsoever. At idle you can barely tell it is running. At cruise and
 >higher, it seems about as loud as any other outboard of similar hp.
 >
 >I don't know much about the hpdis, other than I see a lot of them out on
 >the bay.

Thanks - appreciate it.

Later,

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