Sounds like there is plenty of fish. Working on some frog legs and maybe a fruit salad or something. Seems like last time there was a lot of left-over deserts.

Ron, I just sent Eric your number......

It will all work out..

We have too much food.
I`ll make more.

Aka, we bring more food home than we eat whilst enjoying company.

Looking forward to seeing all of our pirates.

Yo Dave git some of these from bumpdraft. Your Jambalaya
will be a jumping hit !!! Spidercrab will be proud of you.

Is the room still available? If so, please give me a ring.

me bringin shop vac and spoons ta do all da cleanin got my favorite spoon an knife ret tago guts make good stew
sam

Have fun, everyone. Wish I could attend.

NoBones - please take lots of pictures of your friends 27.

Wish I was there! Take lots of pics of EVERYTHING!

Have a great time everyone! This is one of the few gatherings that I will be missing. Please discuss next year’s Bahamas run on July 13, 2019. My initial extended trip dates are July 1st– 9th. We could then plan on meeting everyone at grand Cay on the 10-14th.

I wish I could un-see them two WM Barbie's..

Lotta SC's here. 12 or so.

Did you bring one?

Wide OPen is here.

Text u a pic?

Videos of two 23' SeaCraft CCs running in the Gulf of Mexico at Homosassa Springs, FL - Links below

https://youtu.be/bdN50qnxzgU

https://youtu.be/CvPTmuyf2is

Our Fleet...video link below..

https://youtu.be/rFjOGzb4qBI

If I counted right we had 11 Seacrafts with, I think 6 different models. And you are not going to believe this, even the Slacker showed up with his 20'er!! Good time had by all!!

Made return trip back to east coast "non stop" two and halfhours
SR 44 was quick....

Total of 14 SeaCrafts !! (Doodlebug & Diana were staying next door)
Fed 45 plus people with another one of our stellar seafood festival potpourri's !

A very big thank-you to DonV who always goes over the top being the "Fry Master".
Thanks to Moose & Mel, Marshtackie & Dougie for sticking all the fresh fish...

Another wonderful gathering with FLexpat flying in from Utah just to be there..
Capt Terry & Anita, 77sceptreOB (Jim) all the way from SC...
Thank-you one and all that came to make this one a winner !

More pics to follow.....


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Tree frog that I believe made the trip over from Area 442
Was in the boat all day Saturday running around the Gulf of Mexico !

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We had a great time and Audi really enjoyed her first ride on a SeaCraft.

Thanks to Jim for the drone videos !! Hurry up and post more...:)

More and more...

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Just sent a few pics to PooBaaaaaaaah.
Enjoy you viewing pleasure.

D&D, I`m sorry, I didn't get any shots of your 23 Septre.

My apology.

Some folks in a Mako idled by the docks and screamed look at all of those sweet SC`s.
Wow, those are all SeaCrafts!!!

My favorite first part of the gathering was not killing anyone
with my errant buddy bearings on the highway.

I started out knowing so little and I think how far I have come.

Slacker ran great, except around the dock.



Hello Cape Cod???

You're very welcome! I had a great time as always.

All the videos links and best drone photos are now added to my above post #54 on page 6.
Jim

Glad the weather held till the late afternoon.
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Jimbo!!! Outstanding work on the drone pics and videos. It was fun working with you trying to get the speed of the boat to match the drone's, pretty cooooool day we had!!!!! You got better and better to the point of being Harvey Winestien's protege!!! :) :) Thanks again!!

Oh Yeah!!!! NoBones those are some bad ass blue flags on our boats!!! :)

Thanks.

Going to the market for fish!

Looks like everyone had a good time!

Whose 27 is that? Any more pictures of the transom bracket and the inside of the boat?

See below

That 27 was picked up by a good friend of my son & I four years ago !!
This was basically it's maiden voyage since re-doing it..

Getting the kinks worked out, with the 225's he was right at 50 mph WOT
Has 60K in it now..:eek:

Post from 2015

Wish I could have made it. Does the 27 have a raised cap similar to a Master Angler? Hard to tell by the pics. I’m thinking that thing is a beast, and the pics are doing little justice. Would have liked to have seen it. Evacuations starting here tomorrow at noon. Going to get my MA from builder and secure back in the boat house. Hope all are safe from Flo.

Vezo, Part II

Stay safe all of you to our North.

Ken’s “Long Deck” Scepter
 

This thing works great when the West Florida Shelf turns into a washboard!

Here are a few pictures from the Gathering that were actually appropriate enough to post. Great people, great food and a great time!
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My favorite part of every meeting is looking at the set ups.

Don is set up for casual trolling.

Bones has a half tower for Cobia.

Moose dives over or is it under 200?
+

I finally have a trailer that won`t kill people.

Thanks to Terry, Marsha, and Dougie for allowing me to follow you around
and avoid the bent prop award.

Ryan, nice seeing you as well.

Skipper T and 65Bowrider from the Keys.

Lots of familiar folks and many new.

Thanks.
GFS



Dave building a windshield outta Cherry he racked as a young man.

I find it amazing we can assemble this many people without ever
officially posting it !! Who needs Face Book...:rolleyes:

Just call me da community organizer.... :eek::cool:

Think we have found our home base for our west coast fall gathering !
The week after Labor Day on the west coast seemed to work..
Same goes with the spring east coast at River Palm in Jensen !

Having a younger crowd attending means our legacy will live on forever..
Got to get my #1 son to quit working to much to start coming as well..
His buddy Fred with the 27 and his family attending might just get him motivated..

In the next few months lets try to settle on a date in May for 2019..

Thanks again to all that attended and shared in the event being eventful..:)

Long live CSC

I ran an SST 1 prop which I had bought for a spare.

I held plane comfortably at 2500.

I think I have a new favorite prop.

Julie and I had a great time. It was nice to see old friends and make some new ones. Thanks to NoBones for recognizing I've been AWOL from the board and giving me a call. Let's do it again before Capt. Chuck is too old to attend.
Dave

Most CSC members are unaware that Spidercrab Sam actually comes from a prominent southern family. Although, his kin's branch of the "Family Tree" veered radically off to the left a couple of generations ago. It is said that Sam was kin to Jefferson Davis (Hogg).

Although Sam didn't formally appear at the Gathering, it is reported he previewed the Homosassa Scalloping grounds a week before the event with some members of his family. Specifically his 3rd cousins, twice removed Darcy and Megan. See the attached video for his adventure. He was off camera most of the time (as he is not good TV!), but appears faintly in the murky water scenes...enjoy!

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...tQAHjpNURstSzV

Thanks Jim....

You know what surprises me no one got a pic of Sam's scallop cleaning
girls that were set up every day around noon !!
The one I'm talking about the little 100 lb spinner with the tank top
and daisy dukes on ..:eek::eek: She could shuck a mussel in 3 seconds flat !

Amazing that they only charge 5 bucks a gallon...

Oh well maybe next year one of us will be sharp enough to get pics..:rolleyes:

Found this article on Sam's cousin Cletis Huggins

Darcizzle
 

Hey Jim
Stumbled onto some Darcizzle videos a year ago. Watch occasionally for light hearted entertainment. She frequently fishes out of Palm Beach and Boynton inlets where I fished years ago. Their Homosassa scallops sure looked bigger than ours, but Darci had no more fun than we did!