June 2003 Meeting Photos:
June 21st: Cool morning. Not a cloud in the sky. Record crowd for a regular meeting. I lost count of the total number of folks attending. If we didn't get to talk to everyone, it wasn't for lack of trying.
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| Just getting started. | Several groups of folks. | Spread out quite a bit. |
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| Several piles of boats as well. | Matt's pile. | Paul's Pile |
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| Close up of the guts of his Chris Craft. | Hull trials of the R.M.S. Titanic. It can be pushed. | Under its own steam. Need more ballast. |
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| Dean got the bugs out of the "Daughter Boat". | It squirts. | Two babes in a boat. |
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| Miniature water skiing. | Ken's mine sweeper is back in action. | Some Vac-U-Cam photos. |
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| Boats-eye-view of the crowd. | David's Chris in action. | And stopped to pose. |
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| Nice angle of Dean's craft. | Doug's boat to the rescue. | Water skiing on a new scale. |
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| Trial run of Frank's 50" mosquito boat. | We added six pounds of sand to the hull to represent the future superstructure. | Now that the drive system is running, Frank will get to work on the deck. |
June 7th: Started out raining and a children's fishing tournament was in progress. Both the tournament and the rain left around noon and the sun actually came out later. Had another Maiden Voyage! Ray has 99% of his Helen completed. Doug's daughter has a new Vac-U-Tug as well. Details below:
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| Ray launching his Helen for the first time. | He will call her the "Lady Frances". | That big prop had the boat moving briskly. |
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| A close-up of the cabin. | Ray wanted more light to brighten up the interior. | So he cut a skylight into the roof. Nice results! |
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| A close-up of the deck. | Another first timer. This is Tonya's Tug. I don't think she has named it yet. | The green trim really catches the light. You can't miss it in the water. |
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| Doug's Rescue boat. | Casey's similar scratch-built rescue boat. | And a previously-nitro air boat, converted to electric. |
