Introduction

navyeod · #1 06-14-2007, 11:14 PM

Navyeod would like to say hello to all you seacraft owners and lovers. I am 61 now living in Auburn, Al and have had a lot of boats. Have fished the Gulf of Mexico since I was 13. I have had two 23 seacrafts, and restored a bertram 31 in the past. I have Marlin fished a 23 as far as 70 miles offshore. Been in lots of trouble but always got back under the boats own power. Have always been a lover of deep v boats. And have found no Center Console that I liked as well as the seacraft. I checked in on this site and found a 20 sf that I hope will be my final boat :^). I look forward to listening in on all the info you guys supply, and hope to add some to the site. My hat is off to the many great and tasteful restorations that are illustrated on this site.

regards david

NoBones · #2 06-14-2007, 11:51 PM

navyeod, Welcome Home!! You will find for the most part this is the most fact filled site you can come to.
If you are like the rest of us regulars you will make many new friends, that are so like minded it is scary.
I'm assuming that by your name you have sunk a few artifical reefs and then some. when I was on the County of Volusia's Port Authority for 11 years the Navy EOD team would come do the honors of sinking the many artifical reefs we created off of Daytona Beach, FL.
Again welcome to CSC.
See ya, Ken

navyeod · #3 06-15-2007, 08:25 AM

I spent Five years in the Navy from 1965-70. Two tours in Vietnam as Navy Eod. (explosive ordnance disposal). Diving demolition and bomb disposal. Got to blow a lot of things up. No more effective way to fish. We had the old 17 boston whalers that we used over there in some operations with a 50 horse chrysler engine that was designed to be super quiet. the cowling also insulated the heat as well as the sound and they failed often. We had a 30cal. machine gun mounted to the forward bulkhead, made quite a gunboat.