A Few Pics From Dana Point Today......

[BajaMike]

It's not Site Six....most of the boaters have a bit of a clue.....
Nice Pro-Line center console....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31755&stc=1&d=1180325301
Kind of interesting.....trailer holds 5 lake lice.....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31756&stc=1&d=1180325373
Load the two top ones first.....and lift them up.....mom had to rev the engine to get the lift to work....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31757&stc=1&d=1180325485
Put the big one up in front.....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31758&stc=1&d=1180325614
Load the back/bottom two.....SeaDoos
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31760&stc=1&d=1180325689
Lots of work.....it took about an hour for him to load them out....dad was freezing his nuts off....so were mom and the kids......

[RaceFace]

Nice pics! I was heading down there today with the kids in the convertible and we hit PCH at Crown Valley and were freezing....it was cloudy at 12:30. We made a U-turn and went out to Cooks Corner for some food, beers and to check out the bikes....and stay in the sun. Did it ever clear up down there?

[BajaMike]

I don't get it......instead of 5 lake lice why not one decent boat the whole family can enjoy together......It took over an hour to load those five machines....:confused:
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31761&stc=1&d=1180325978
This guy.....was there for the same hour as the lake lice....launched the boat....couldn't get his little jeep in low range and it couldn't pull out the little trailer....had to get a tow to get the jeep and trailer out of the ramp....then the boat wouldn't start.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31762&stc=1&d=1180326127
My buddy's little tug, he's a bartender at Hennessey's....he and his girlfriend take this thing to Catalina and the Channel Islands all the time.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31763&stc=1&d=1180326246
:idea:

[BajaMike]

Nice pics! I was heading down there today with the kids in the convertible and we hit PCH at Crown Valley and were freezing....it was cloudy at 12:30. We made a U-turn and went out to Cooks Corner for some food, beers and to check out the bikes....and stay in the sun. Did it ever clear up down there?
It never cleared up at the beach.....the water looked cold....sure isn't Havasu....but it's only a five minute walk vs. a five hour drive.....:D

[RaceFace]

It never cleared up at the beach.....the water looked cold....sure isn't Havasu....but it's only a five minute walk vs. a five hour drive.....:D
I hear ya....and we dont have to deal with idiots on the road, ramp, or lake. Boy I'm glad I make the U-turn and headed east. It was beautiful in the canyon!

[BajaMike]

I hear ya....and we dont have to deal with idiots on the road, ramp, or lake. Boy I'm glad I make the U-turn and headed east. It was beautiful in the canyon!
The usual "June Gloom" in May......you go a couple miles inland, and it's sunny and warm.
But I didn't want to drive that far (or at all)....just walked to the harbor with my camera, not a lot of action on the ramp do to the "gloom", and took some pics. Had a few drinks at Turks, then a few at Wind and Sea....then back to Hennessey's.
I can probably get some "hot" pics tonight at Hennessey's when the girls start taking off the tops and dancing on the bar.....stay tuned.....:D

[Trailer Park Casanova]

The PWC trailer is pretty clever. Nice design.
The Good Ship Lollipop has been around a spell. I remember them at the boatshow. Forget the brand name, good price & teriffic little boat for it's heyday in the 70's.
"You can tow it with a Toyota" was their sales pitch in the era of expensive 50 cents a gallon gas if I re-call right, and the sales price included a trailer which was a novelty idea back when.
Boat builders were a generous lot.
Note the classic 4 cycle Bearcat outboard. It was 40 years ahead of it's time with 4 stroke, and rumored to be one hell-of-a-good motor, dates back to the early 60's, and don't hold me to it, but I think may still be in production in some little cottage industry shop someplace.
Your friends looks fresh so maybe it's so.
I think it's 55 hp and featured colossal fuel economy, and was the first outboard to consider & address saltwater service corrosion,, not sure.
Rumor was Honda copied it's unique engine design, damfino.
Bearcat may have made big 4 stroke chainsaws too,,, something rings a bell in my empty head.
It featured a dry ride was another strong selling point, as was it's relative good ride for a small boat.
Which Hennessys does he work at? I got questions.
Great pix.

[cc322]

Nice pics too bad the sun never came out on the coast, good day to stay inside at Turks and drink some bloody Mary's.:D

[BajaMike]

The PWC trailer is pretty clever. Nice design.
The Good Ship Lollipop is been around a spell. I remember them at the boatshow. Forget the brand name, good price & teriffic little boat for it's heyday in the 70's.
"You can tow it with a Toyota" was their sales pitch in the era of expensive 50 cents a gallon gas if I re-call right, and the sales price included a trailer which was a novelty idea back when.
Boat builders were a generous lot.
Note the classic 4 cycle Bearcat outboard. It was 40 years ahead of it's time with 4 stroke, and rumored to be one hell-of-a-good motor, dates back to 1962, and don't hold me to it, but I think may still be in production in some little cottage industry shop someplace.
Your friends looks fresh so maybe it's so.
I think it's 55 hp and featured colossal fuel economy, and was the first outboard to consider & address saltwater service corrosion,, not sure.
Rumor was Honda copied it's unique engine design, damfino.
Bearcat may have made big 4 stroke chainsaws too,,, something rings a bell in my empty head.
It featured a dry ride was another strong selling point, as was it's relative good ride for a small boat.
Which Hennessys does he work at? I got questions.
Great pix.
Yea, the "Good Ship Lollipop" was an interesting little boat....funny you mentioned the trailer, it was a tiny little thing, two small wheels and no fenders, I couldn't believe he couldn't pull it up the ramp with his jeep, but I think the jeep was stuck in 2nd gear or something. I had walked down or I would have offered to pull him out with my Chevy HD.
The little boat reminds me of my dads first power boat (I grew up in sail boats)....It was a 17 1/2 foot Glatron cabin cruiser with a 100 horse Merc outboard......my brother and I used to sleep on it at the docks at Black Meadows while my dad and his buddies stayed at the hotel. We loved it, we could stay up all night, go to the dance Black Meadows used to have for kids in the rec center, and we could smoke cigs and bring girls back to the little boat.
My buddy Shawn (the owner of the tug) works at the Hennesseys in Dana Point.
:idea:

[BajaMike]

Nice pics too bad the sun never came out on the coast, good day to stay inside at Turks and drink some bloody Mary's.:D
Yea, Turks has the best Bloody Mary's.....a glass full of ice and vodka and a shot of Bloody Mary mix......they make the strongest drinks on the coast!

[STLRFAN]

Nice pics! I was heading down there today with the kids in the convertible and we hit PCH at Crown Valley and were freezing....it was cloudy at 12:30. We made a U-turn and went out to Cooks Corner for some food, beers and to check out the bikes....and stay in the sun. Did it ever clear up down there?
You have to love Cooks Corner, great place to enjoy a Sunday afternoon.

[hotlavey]

Yea, Turks has the best Bloody Mary's.....a glass full of ice and vodka and a shot of Bloody Mary mix......they make the strongest drinks on the coast!
Would this be the same Turks that used to be on PCH near either Seal or Sunset beach years ago?

[BajaMike]

Would this be the same Turks that used to be on PCH near either Seal or Sunset beach years ago?
I'm not sure but I think it's a different owner.......Turk was an old time movie extra/stunt man/muscle man.....the bar has pictures all over it from his old movies and with old time actors.....Like he as one of the chariott drivers in Ben Hur. He died a couple years ago and his daughter runs it now.

[BajaMike]

You have to love Cooks Corner, great place to enjoy a Sunday afternoon.
Yea, Cooks Corner is a blast....especially on a holiday weekend.

[BajaMike]

The PWC trailer is pretty clever. Nice design.
The Good Ship Lollipop is been around a spell. I remember them at the boatshow. Forget the brand name, good price & teriffic little boat for it's heyday in the 70's.
"You can tow it with a Toyota" was their sales pitch in the era of expensive 50 cents a gallon gas if I re-call right, and the sales price included a trailer which was a novelty idea back when.
Boat builders were a generous lot.
Note the classic 4 cycle Bearcat outboard. It was 40 years ahead of it's time with 4 stroke, and rumored to be one hell-of-a-good motor, dates back to 1962, and don't hold me to it, but I think may still be in production in some little cottage industry shop someplace.
Your friends looks fresh so maybe it's so.
I think it's 55 hp and featured colossal fuel economy, and was the first outboard to consider & address saltwater service corrosion,, not sure.
Rumor was Honda copied it's unique engine design, damfino.
Bearcat may have made big 4 stroke chainsaws too,,, something rings a bell in my empty head.
It featured a dry ride was another strong selling point, as was it's relative good ride for a small boat.
Which Hennessys does he work at? I got questions.
Great pix.
TPC......I didn't notice at the time it was a four stroke......when it finally started....not a bit of smoke......
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31762&stc=1&d=1180326127

[hotlavey]

Mike,
Thanks for the quick reply. I do remember some bad looking guy with a bald head or mustache or something being there. I guess that was him as he was always there when I was.

[BajaMike]

Mike,
Thanks for the quick reply. I do remember some bad looking guy with a bald head or mustache or something being there. I guess that was him as he was always there when I was.
Must be the same Turk.....big, shaved head muscle man, even in his seventies he was a big, strong guy.

[al cole'holic]

...what's the weather in Dana now...?...I was gonna hit the road and head down :)

[BajaMike]

The sun just came out about a half hour ago.....sunny at the beach!......:D

[BajaMike]

...what's the weather in Dana now...?...I was gonna hit the road and head down :)
From my deck, today at 12:25.....looking twards San Clemente....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31776&stc=1&d=1180380363

[BajaMike]

Nice day today......here's a few from mom's place in San Clemente....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31783&stc=1&d=1180396959
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31784&stc=1&d=1180397103
Seal Rock.......
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31785&stc=1&d=1180397219
Lifeguard boat.....good work if you can get it....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31786&stc=1&d=1180397312

[Wet Dream]

Thats a cool system, even if it is for lice.

[BajaMike]

The place that used to be Nixon's Western White House....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31788&stc=1&d=1180397565

[Bow Tie Omega]

Ah, home sweet home...grew up down there, actually in Mission Viejo, but grew up spending afternoons out in the back of the harbor on Dad's boat jumping off of the back over by the jedi and the old pier where the Marine Society is now. Every time we come back we make a trip down there. I love that place, one of SoCals best kept secrets...That is cool, you can see Nixons old place and San Onofre from your deck..

[BajaMike]

A friend of mine works for the guy that owns this boat...."Fighting Irish".....they are just coming back from Cabo after being there for a month.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31789&stc=1&d=1180397823
The owner flew back in his Gulfstream G-4........
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31790&stc=1&d=1180397876

[BajaMike]

Beautifully restored old Chris Craft wood cruiser.....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31791&stc=1&d=1180398113
Nice SeaRay Sundancer.....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31792&stc=1&d=1180398227
Real nice, big, Advantage deck boat....
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31793&stc=1&d=1180398329
:D

[BajaMike]

Two guys on a SeaDoo = GAY.....
What does three guys on a SeaDoo = ?
Middle guy gets to pitch and catch??
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31795&stc=1&d=1180398812:confused:

[Mardonzi]

looks like a typical day at San Diego bay when I used to stay there...
Thanks for the pics

[al cole'holic]

Two guys on a SeaDoo = GAY.....
What does three guys on a SeaDoo = ?
Middle guy gets to pitch and catch??
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31795&stc=1&d=1180398812:confused:
..that's funny, I think I saw that boat go by while I was eating at the Beach House...didn't see the threedoo though :D
Was definitely nice there today!

[BajaMike]

looks like a typical day at San Diego bay when I used to stay there...
Thanks for the pics
Yea....nice day here today....good to see some sun!

[OCMerrill]

Two guys on a SeaDoo = GAY.....
What does three guys on a SeaDoo = ?
Middle guy gets to pitch and catch??
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31795&stc=1&d=1180398812:confused:
Drop my Camera over there....over there...need to take picture...

[OCMerrill]

This is an interesting picture...what is diving into the water just off the transom / swim step?
Pelican? You snapped it just as it was breaking the surface.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31790&stc=1&d=1180397876

[MikeF]

Seagull flying by.:)