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Re: Hello all, new guy checking in!
Reply #15 - Dec 9^th, 2011 at 9:20pm

if I had money for a new boat yours would be on my list. I have always loved the older sea rays! the one of first two boats I started to redo for my grandfather was a 1968 sea ray 180 with sand hull and factory black interior. he passed away before I finished it and my uncles gave them to another family friend that just sold them right after he got them I was pissed. the other one was a 1971 starcraft. Angry

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My Happy place is on a boat at the lake with my kids!!

current boats:
1983 chaparral 235 XLC (restoration)
1977 playcraft p24 pontoon (parents own now I am the mechanic)
1975 skeeter hawk (on hold)

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Jay Gadsby

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Reply #16 - Dec 10^th, 2011 at 12:53am

Thanks Nathan. Its brokered through a guy down in Austin right now, so if you any of you know someone, wink wink. I cant get a new truck till the boat sells lol.

I love getting my hands dirty, I love working on stuff, but with the Army, I do not have enough time to get all of that stuff done. It took me 3 months to get a SBC built in my garage. (The one in the Pachanga). Someday I will get a project. Maybe when I have kids, I can find a small boat with an outboard to redo for my child

Gotta keep the boating dream alive! But, when I am home, if any of you need some help, let me know. I am down for fun.

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Reply #17 - Dec 10^th, 2011 at 6:33am

Welcome!! You have a fantastic looking Nordic. Toured the Lake Havasu City Nordic factory a few times when I lived in Arizona. Those guys make a great product over there.
Nice shots of Belton. I was stationed at Hood a bunch of years ago(4ID).
Both my my wife and I are active Army as well (I'm at Lackland AFB and she is in Washington DC).
Look forward to meeting you on the lake this Summer.

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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #18 - Dec 10^th, 2011 at 6:40am You as well man! Now, how does an active Army guy get to Lackland?
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Reply #19 - Dec 13^th, 2011 at 7:12pm

Jay Gadsby wrote on Dec 10^th, 2011 at 6:40am:

You as well man! Now, how does an active Army guy get to Lackland?

There are two Active Army Battalions at Lackland. One is an MI Battalion and the other is a IET Battalion. I have the IET Battalion. We have "pre-basic training" Soldiers at the Defense Language Institute-English Language Center (the "other" DLI...the one everyone knows about is the Army run organization in California). We teach English to Soldiers whose first language is not English. They get about 6 months to learn English then ship to Basic. Most make it, those who don't are separated and shipped home

I was at Fort Sam till I landed this gig a few months ago. Good so far.

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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #20 - Dec 13^th, 2011 at 9:16pm Ah, ok, good to know. I am actually in the process of putting together a 35L Packet as we speak. Who knows, Lackland may be in the future cards for me
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livesound Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 366 austin tx Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #21 - Dec 14^th, 2011 at 4:42pm Both are very nice boats. welcome to the site and thanks for your service!
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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #22 - Dec 15^th, 2011 at 5:35am Thanks a lot and no problem! Looking forward to the next boating season!
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #23 - Dec 15^th, 2011 at 9:00am The wait is already killing me!
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Jay Gadsby Lake Captain Offline Naturally Obsessed Posts: 613 Killeen TX Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #24 - Dec 15^th, 2011 at 12:11pm My season wont start till around july sucks...
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Wake man Lake Captain Offline Austin Boater Posts: 687 Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #25 - Dec 15^th, 2011 at 12:22pm Ouch thats brutal. U may have no water by then! We usually get out feb or march.
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livesound Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 366 austin tx Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #26 - Dec 15^th, 2011 at 1:41pm i snuck out laster thursday with my hoodie and gloves on, muhahahaha
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Reply #27 - Dec 15^th, 2011 at 8:58pm

Jay Gadsby wrote on Dec 13^th, 2011 at 9:16pm:

Ah, ok, good to know. I am actually in the process of putting together a 35L Packet as we speak. Who knows, Lackland may be in the future cards for me

Sounds good. For a 35L, maybe not so much Lackland, but Fort Sam is a possibility. PM me and send me your AKO and I can give you more insight. But most importantly, hurry up and get back to CONUS so you can splash that Nordic! I want to see that West Coast boat on the lake to remind me of my days running around Havasu!

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Reply #28 - Dec 16^th, 2011 at 9:38am

livesound wrote on Dec 15^th, 2011 at 1:41pm:

i snuck out laster thursday with my hoodie and gloves on, muhahahaha Cheesy

That's a real man there.

I'd like a nice blast around the lake in January after the holidays are over. Sucks being dependent on truck owners though. Especially when most of them are scared of a little cold.

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livesound Veteran Austin Boater Offline Austin Boater Posts: 366 austin tx Gender:	Re: Hello all, new guy checking in! Reply #29 - Dec 16^th, 2011 at 3:58pm whats worse is one of the new partners wants to go for a ride on saturday I'm gonna go buy some long johns and really go out as long as there is no rain. i am putting in a new stereo finally just be able to hook my iPod up, cd's are so so yesterday
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