Trip to the East Coast (dates changing)

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Les Lampman

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Hi all,

Due to a change in the completion date of the Rosborough RF-246 I'm picking up in Halifax the dates for my trip have changed.

I didn't want any of y'all wondering where I had disappeared to, or heavens forbid...to worry.

I'll be leaving on April 15th and will arrive in CT on the 19th. I'll deliver the M215 on the 20th, spend the night, then head to Halifax on the 21st and arrive on the 22nd. I'll pick the RF-246 on Monday the 23rd of April then head west to arrive back home on or about the 28th. So roughly, I'll be on the road about 2 weeks.

So...if anyone from about I-70 north would like to see the Marinaut 215 in person I'd be glad to stop and show it. I'm not ignoring the folks south of I-70 but on this trip it would add time and expense for a casual detour. But if you're south of I-70 and really are serious about seeing a Marinaut I'll see if we can make it happen.

Les
 
Wow, you are packing in some serious miles/day. :shock:

Stay safe and watch out for a certain festival en-route that specializes in cooking (and eating) certain parts of a bull's anatomy. I think it was called "Technical Festival" or something like that :-)

Merv & Kathy
 
Grumpy":2kquvuw4 said:
Wow, you are packing in some serious miles/day. :shock:

Stay safe and watch out for a certain festival en-route that specializes in cooking (and eating) certain parts of a bull's anatomy. I think it was called "Technical Festival" or something like that :-)

Merv & Kathy
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OK, News To Me (@ 69 years and 9 months of age:

"Technical Festival"

I've heard of the entree, but not the "Celebration" thereof. :shock:

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
Hey Les,
Sure would like to see pictures of the M215 (when you have time hahaha..)

Stefan
 
Joe,

Just shows how the memory fades :lol: (I am a whole year younger than you.)

Can't remember the name of the town but the Admirable and I were most amused to see the signs for the event posted along the highway. Being curious we stopped for lunch but probably ate vegetarian for once.

Anyway, at the speed Les is going he would be there before breakfast as it was in Montana.

M
 
Grumpy":7zjjngs1 said:
Wow, you are packing in some serious miles/day. :shock:

Stay safe and watch out for a certain festival en-route that specializes in cooking (and eating) certain parts of a bull's anatomy. I think it was called "Technical Festival" or something like that :-)

Merv & Kathy
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Hi Merv,

I tend to do about 1,000/day when I'm "on the road" and not doing a pleasure trip. I don't really push it, if I get tired I just stop and take a nap and then stop for awhile at night. But if you're on the road by yourself you might as well drive, I'd rather do that then spend the evening in an overpriced beat up motel room. :)

Les
 
BrentB":2mrjpue9 said:
If you are driving through Indy, send me a pm for phone # and we do breakfast, lunch or dinner
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Hi Brent,

I'll do that if it works out. I haven't set my final route yet but dropping down to Indy adds 100 miles but would get me off the northern toll roads and away from Chicago (never a bad thing). If I was on schedule it looks like I'd be in the Indy area on Wed (Apr 18th) around mid-day.

Les
 
Grumpy":2c9yrued said:
Wow, you are packing in some serious miles/day. :shock:

Stay safe and watch out for a certain festival en-route that specializes in cooking (and eating) certain parts of a bull's anatomy. I think it was called "Technical Festival" or something like that :-)

Merv & Kathy
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Oh, and I'll be sure to be careful when I get a bit east of Missoula!

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
 
Les, Grumpy, and all:

Sorry to HiJack the thread, but it seems like a slow day around here, and a good way to liven up the topic, and, besides, Grumpy started it! :lol:

Have a great trip, Les, that's one beautiful and innovative boat ya' got there! :wink

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
A Fishin C":2fmrkgjg said:
Hey Les,
Sure would like to see pictures of the M215 (when you have time hahaha..)

Stefan
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Hi Stefan,

Any M215 or a specific one? All the photos I have I've either posted on our website (in my sig) or on our Facebook page. I can take more if there's something in particular you'd like.

Les
 
Hello Stefan,

The boat Les will be delivering is mine. Please check my album "C-Nile" for pictures of the Marinaut, too. My wife and I spent 20 straight days on the boat last year, and we really loved it. We tried to convey how we used the boat in those pictures. Please be sure to open the folders, too.

Rich
 
Hi Les and Rich,
Rich, I have seen all the pics of Betty Ann. Nice boat.

My mistake I assumed Les was delivering the beige one out east.

I followed the construction photos on Facebook of M1 and was hoping for pics of M2.

Les I know you are probably to busy to keep posting construction pics. and I am fine with that.

Anyway I will keep following the site, the M245 is exciting also.

All the best.

Stefan
 
Les,

Wishing you a really safe and profitable trip. Those thousand milers are long days. Remember, if you get sleepy on the freeway, the safest place to stop is on the on-ramp side of an exit. Take the off ramp, up and over and start down the on ramp side, and pull over there. Safe from getting tail ended, safer from being seen, and quieter than the truck stop.

See you when we do,

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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A Fishin C":3spi0pu3 said:
Hi Les and Rich,
Rich, I have seen all the pics of Betty Ann. Nice boat.

My mistake I assumed Les was delivering the beige one out east.

I followed the construction photos on Facebook of M1 and was hoping for pics of M2.

Les I know you are probably to busy to keep posting construction pics. and I am fine with that.

Anyway I will keep following the site, the M245 is exciting also.

All the best.

Stefan
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Hi Stefan,

Ah! I got it now, thanks for the explanation. Nothing has been happening on the tan boat for the last few weeks so I haven't had more photos to post yet. I've been waiting because there's a chance that it's a sold hull and I want the buyer to be able to make choices before the boat is too far along.

Thanks for asking!

Les
 
If you don't have a compelling reason to take I-70, don't. I-70 from Glenwood Springs to Denver is beautiful but can be a tough drive in a car, let alone a truck towing a boat. It's curvy and hilly and filled with bad drivers who tailgate, drive way over the speed limit, weave through the traffic, etc. I drive I-70 regularly to get to the ski mountains, and I've grown to really hate it.

I-80 through Wyoming is much better, in my opinion. Relatively little traffic, straight roads, and way fewer steep grades. If it's snowy, both I-70 and I-80 will be bad, but this winter has been exceptionally mild and spring seems to have arrived (75 in Colorado Springs today, 80's this weekend!).

Good luck with the drive, hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Here's a picture I snapped of my C-Dory next to a Marinaut earlier this winter which might be interesting to some folks.

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Retriever,

Thanks for the great picture. The Marinaut is more like a modified-V for the first half of the boat, but it gets its efficiency in the water from the reverse curve and raised strake on the stern, bottom, planning surface, which gives the hull quite a lift. Yet, when the water is rough, it is easy to keep that sharp bow down to cut through the waves. While the Marinaut may be a cousin of the C-Dory's, and is similar in its interior layout, its hull is of a much more radical design. We are very happy with the results.

Rich
 
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