Oh man...I would love to see a picture of you riding in the manlove position on the back of someone's bike!!
That Old Navy Fighter looks to have an inverted gull wing, that would make it unmistakably a Vought F-4U Corsair, my Favorite Fighter from WWII. The Brits accepted them for carrier use before we did, but they were Best known for USMC pilots flying them from Island bases in the Pacific Doug
Yep, f4u Corsair. How they could flip the wings up as they did made them super narrow was impressive. It's amazing at how much bigger the carriers are now
A lot of the land based Corsairs had the hydraulic components for folding the wings, and the retractable tail hooks for carrier landing removed to reduce weight, and improve performance, but they were still able to fold the wings manually, but rarely needed to do so The inverted gull wings were a clever way to reduce the length of the landing gear. The F4U was the first fighter to use 2800 Double Wasp engine, which was paired with a three bladed Hamilton Standard prop that was over 13 feet in diameter, and needed the clearance for the propeller. The Corsairs were the first Single engine aircraft to exceed 400 mph in level flight. The P-38 Lightning broke 400 mph shortly before that, but it is a twin engine fighter Needless to say, Robert Conrad is one of my Favorite actors Doug
We've put 24 hours on the boat now. Next weekend is the P1 powerboat races in Sheboygan. A buddy of ours with a new 24 ft Four Wins will be joining us. We might put in at Port Washington and drive the 30 miles to the race area in Sheboygan. If we can put in in the Sheboygan river, then we'll trailer up to there then put in. I have some calls to make to marinas/ boat clubs/ boat stores. P1 Offshore - International Powerboat Racing Series
Nice boat Horkn ! I have a soft spot in my heart for Larson’s . Our first boat was a 1999 Larson LXI 206 with a Volvo 5.0. Good thing it didn’t have an hour meter because we put tons of hours on it teaching kids how to ski, slaloming, tubing and cruising the lake. Eventually we traded it in for a a Monterey 214 FS. Horkn did you keep the nautique for water sports, it’s got to have a nice wake for sking!
Yes, still have the nautique. I don't think I'll ever sell it. I'm still working on it to get the hull restored and the running gear, prop, rudder and strut. I've got the new prop shaft already. Larsons were excellent boats.
With today's weather being so nice I took a half day and spent about 5.5 hours on the lake with my wife. The water is still nice and warm. Tomorrow will be another half day at work, and a half day at Elkhart lake, which is where Road America racetrack is. It's about 40 minutes north of my house. Closing in on 30 hours we have put on the Larson since getting it.
We went to Elkhart lake today. I didn't take any pics, but it was another lake that we've never been to, actually on the lake, not just swimming in or at the beach. The launch was nice, in most regards, but it dropped off very quickly on the ramp and that's not so fun with my bigass boat . I had to back the trailer back in to get the bow winched up all the way. You simply can't do that with the boat on the trailer fully. It weighs too much to do that. We are well over 30 hours on the boat now.
