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Mikey

My Christmas wish is on 'The "Faithful" ' string.

Mikey

Mean Mike, I got your attitude right here swinging. Merry Christmas, Grinch and a Happy Chanukah! Love you, mean it. No way I could have successfully restored and continue to maintain Dreamsicle without all of you, even Mean Mike. My Christmas wish is that UV and the gang can really pull off a retur...

Mikey

Harry,
Thanks

Mikey

Dreamsicle is a "hardtop" express, the only one that seems to have survived, although I have heard rumors that others are around. Anyway the reason so few remain as hardtops is that the rear supports were flimsy and the top eventually racked from side to side and trashed the upper windshield frame. ...

Mikey

Confirmation on the redheads. I married one.
End of story.

Mikey

JP and all the Faithful

May this be the best Christmas yet and 2012 bring a more peaceful and tolerant world.

Mikey

Yea, Rawleigh. My old home town of Richmond. Glad I moved to the "Land of pleasant living."

Mikey

Football is not a contact sport.
It is a collision sport.
Dancing is a contact sport.

- Duffy Daugherty/Michigan State[/b]

Mikey

I bought an antique Studebaker once with frozen engine. Removed oil pan and raised the engine and car with a jack under one rising piston by putting it on the crank. Pulled the plugs and pour Marvel Mystery oil down all cylinders. Several day later the car was back on the floor and the engine free. ...

Mikey

Several years ago as I was planning the restoration of Dreamsicle I ran across a web-based magazine called Classic Yacht . I had several email conversations with the owner about a series of articles following the work. I have done two so far and because of the constraints of business and life in gen...

Mikey

A man came home and was greeted by his wife dressed in a very sexy nightie.
'Tie me up,' she purred, 'and do anything you want.'
So he tied her up and went fishing.

Mikey

Mark,
Your words are so profound. I know that your smile will return and the best part of that short life is all your heart will hold.
God bless.

Mikey

John,
The silver is for a mixed libation, the jar for straight.
Both perfectly acceptable in my hand.
Bring it on.

Mikey

John, Rawleigh did call me and discovered I was on the set of the Spielberg film for two weeks. Now there was an experience worth buying me a drink to hear about. He is the magic man, no doubt.

Mikey

Holy Crap!
I thought they were expensive in the sixties. I could retire on these puppies.
Frosty is the name of the game.

"Summertime and the livin' is easy."

Mikey

What Rawleigh said. Every other year I take the the screens out (4 screws), clean them on my wire wheel, and paint. This time I did the Tef Gel instead of paint. We'll see. Let you know in December.

Mikey

Ken, What Vic said. Fishing one of the first UVI's with Vic his alternator started squeaking. He raised the engine cover and gave it a shot of CX and we fished all day. Then every morning before leaving the dock the alternator would squeak, same routine. We'd run for hours and troll for hours and ne...

Mikey

Harry,
Sorry, out of town working. Here tis.

Mikey

When my brother and I were teens and later every Christmas and birthday we gave our father one sterling silver mint-julep cup. This is the only civilized way to drink them in the old south. When he passed we divided enough cups to serve a cotillion. The silver today is worth more than we paid for th...

Mikey

Thanks, Vic.
See you there, Rawleigh.

Mikey

Rawleigh,
You going to Cunningham's roast on Tuesday? Politics at its best.
Vic,
Suppose I could substitute shwimps for oysters? The Bride's request.

Mikey

Timing is everything. Just thinking about an oyster dish. Our Club had it's oyster roast two weeks ago and I'm in withdrawal already.

Mikey

Peter, I love it! I was out striper trolling on the Chesapeake several years ago. We had been droning along for about two hours without a bit as had every other boat around us. Not even any radio chatter to break up the monotony when this older charter captain comes on and says, "Last year I had jus...

Mikey

Age and treachery will always overcome youth and exuberance.

Mikey

Harry,
Electronics are great but we have grown to depend on them too much. When they crap out (note not 'if' but 'when') what then? Get the electronic but have the Constellation rebuilt. Looking at it today I realized that is exactly what I had on the blow boat. She was built in '59.

Mikey

Harry,
"ever deeper in your debt"

Mikey

Frank,
Mine was done in Norfolk as well. Sent I it to them a month before going South from Mobjack Bay. When I came through Norfolk they met me at the boat and helped me swing it as well, NO CHARGE. If they are still there they are the real deal!

Mikey

Had a fifty-year old compass on my blow boat which didn't do well.
Had it rebuilt(new jewel, new fluid and general cleaning of the exterior), best money spent. Worked like new and looked right on the boat.

Mikey

No matter your political affiliation this is funny: During his vacation at Martha's Vineyard, President Obama had been slicing off the tee on every hole. He asks his Scottish caddy if he has noticed any obvious reasons for his poor tee shots, to which the caddy replies: "Aye, there's a piece of shyt...

Mikey

Talk about a flashback rush! Zowie, as we said back then.

Mikey

Thanks, Vic, love your receipts*.

Receipts for you Yanks is Southern for recipes.

Mikey

Capy,
Love hear that 'long' story. Has to be a good'n.

Mikey

In and in!

Mikey

Communicated with Patrick by email and phone on Dreamsicle when I first bought her, then met and spent time with this amazing guy at a few UVI's. If you haven't had the privilege of conversation or collaboration with him you surely must surmise that we are in the presence of greatness when you see h...

Mikey

Mike! Welcome back. Have throughly enjoyed our email exchanges over the years and your articles in Southern Boating. Remember Black Sheep well and the email exchanges as we both struggled with restoration of our expresses. Dreamsicle is getting better by the year, except for the crappy paint from Aw...

Mikey

Amen!

Mikey

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Just been through the government sleight of hand trick with stuff floating on our creek. Called the Marine Police, Corp of Engineers, etc. because there are pieces of an old dock (newly replaced) floating down Carter Creek. I was concerned for the idiots on jet skis hitting that stuff at high speed....

Mikey

Steve,
Unless the ground in the yard is absolutely flat (in our dreams) you will have big trouble. Besides they will be heavy as crap.

Mikey

Thanks, Pat. That's the ticket.

Mikey

I don't see a stand chain in any of the pictures. I know most yards think that only blow boats need chaining. I wouldn't put mine on stands without chains that are tight enough to hold them together. Chains don't guarantee anything, but they are cheap insurance.

Mikey

Think I said posted this before, but my Granddaddy said, "Never approach anything faster than you want to hit it." Now if the visibility is limited . . . We had a friend who loved to come into his slip pretty fast and slam her into reverse and lay on the throttle to stop. Saw the last time when the ...

Mikey

Broke toes racing blow boats. Not fun!

Mikey

Like the man said, "get'er done!"
I feel your pain even after three years in the water.
Very Nice, now, Enjoy!

Mikey

HL I installed Pat's early side vents which require cutting holes in the side of your love. This was the first major job I tackled when redoing Dreamsicle. Lost my deodorant but they came out great! His new ones are easier to install. No fairing. Look at the regular site under projects. Other than m...

Mikey

Frank, How about a picture of the planche. Got to see this.
As much as I love the grill (prefer weber, have three different sizes for different things) I think for searing tuna I have better control with a skillet on a range. A great exhaust fan is a must, or earplugs for the verbal assault.

Mikey

Tie them to the trailer, tie them to the lift.
Love the grand old Victorian house. Beautiful!

Mikey

On the Rappahannock River in the last year where Rawleigh and I are we have had two boats hit markers at high speed in the dark which resulted in fatalities. Alcohol in both cases was involved. Surprise, Surprise!

Mikey

With the other Bertram molds. Gone, gone, gone, wo, wo, wo!
When I was redoing mine several asked about doing a mold then but no one came up with the $$$$. Would have been cool. My hardtop is really spectacular and keeps the sun at bay, which at my age is a good thing.

Mikey

Pete, If you get one don't support it like Bertram did. It had no lateral support and broke the windshield frame. Think there were more built than are around because of this. People took the hardtop off and replaced with a light-weight bimini. Mine is on pipe framing now partly because of the above ...

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