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Post by ppat324 on Jun 5, 2010 16:06:05 GMT -5
Well, we are pretty settled in now. I am "perched" in the upper salon with the new lap top, my bull horn and I am sitting next to the new back door. BOY, am I yelling at people!!! Why cant people slow down in a NO WAKE ZONE? I lost count of how many captains I have yelled at today alone. And it has been a pretty shitty day up until the sun came out about an hour ago. Bill got a picture of a '71 Hatteras and we will try to hook the camera to the lap top later tonight or tomorrow morning. I have been busy installing anti-virus, getting the cricket(new) to work and adjusting this and that. Just know that pictures will be coming soon! ppat
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Post by badhattitude on Jun 5, 2010 21:47:53 GMT -5
Forget the bullhorn and get a paint ball gun.
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Post by ppat324 on Jun 7, 2010 22:03:36 GMT -5
Hey, Scott...that sounds like a good idea until you factor in the fact that we are in Chicago. The cops here shoot first and ask questions after. Using a flare gun....better be sure you're on the water! Bull horn works....plus with a paint ball gun we would have to be closer to the idiots. The bull horn Bill got has a speaker and a siren. LOL!!! ;D ;D ppat
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jun 7, 2010 22:58:27 GMT -5
Forget the bullhorn and get a paint ball gun. TATER GUN!! ws
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jul 12, 2010 16:45:43 GMT -5
I think today is beginners day here on the river...LOL. this morning this FOOL in a small pleasure craft was coming out of the lock and a tug/barge combo was entering. Common sense tells you to get away from barge. This idiot just stayed where he was and expected the tug/barge to move. Willy and I were trying to get him to come over to our side of the river and out of harms way.The tug blew one long whistle and then tried 5 short ones. Idiot didnt have a clue. This afternoon same tug/barge is coming back out of the lock and idiot was coming out also. Again, get out of way. This idiot just kept staying his course, which was directly in front of tug/barge. Again, we had one long blow of the horn. Idiot finally floored it around the bend in the river to get out of the tugs way. Don't know what happened then but will be watching news to see if idiot got hit by tug! It would serve him right!! ppat
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jul 13, 2010 1:24:03 GMT -5
Thought this day was over. At about 10 pm a small craft flew past us on the river so fast and hard that he rocked every boat at the dock...including the Hatt Trick. I was almost thrown thru the door and Willy was knocked out of the shower by this nut. When I got outside with the bull horn I noticed these guys at the guest dock holding on for dear life. I hollered at the nut to slow it down and that he would need to pay for any damages to any of the boats here. The jerk turned around and did it again. By then Willy was outside also and was demanding an apology. Not sure where this reject was headed as when he rolled us the first time he was heading into the lock and then he turned around and went back down the river. We have been hit by wakes before...but never this hard. Not hard enough to make the Hatt Trick rock and roll for at least 2-3 minutes. Willy says that the Heart of Glass was bobbing like crazy. I think that EVERYONE should be forced to take a boater safety class that is going to be on the water. After this i will go alot easier on boaters as I now know how hard we can be rolled. If you are just moving alittle fast, I promise not to bitch at you. I am saving my breath for the REAL ASSHOLES on the water! One good thing about all this...the guys that were at the guest dock came over and did a tour of the Hatt Trick and we made 4 new friends tonight.....ppat
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jul 18, 2010 23:13:57 GMT -5
Fast forward one week....it just keeps getting more crazy around here. Last night was a poker run (motorcyles) that ended at the bar next door to us. Over 250 motorcycles and even more nuts. This was some kind of club from Chicago and Detroit, (black). My God, we had so many scumbags up and down the dock doing drug deals and pissing on the ground and on Willy's truck. When things are like that I can't sleep...I worry about getting hit again. Just know that we will have pictures tomorrow.
After the bar settles down and they disperse, Jabril decides to take the party by the boats and they partied and partied. At 5:30 this moning I finally went to bed. I figured that since it was getting light out the wouldn't get into to much trouble. Fast forward to tonight...Gator and his son Jake stop by and they are over on the Roamer when the lock opens up and here comes the speed demon from LA. This guy was flying!!! I get on the horn and tell him its a no wake zone. So, what does the idiot do? Why, he spooled 'em up even more. By now he is almost upon us and Willy gets into the action and starts yelling at said idiot. Said idiot then pulls into the next launching ramp. At this point Willy and Gator take off to catch up with the guys. By the time they get to the windjammer the guy is pulling his truck to the loading dock. Willy blocks the idiot with his truck and of course an argument breaks out. Said idiot says, "Whats the matter, ya aint never been waked before?: By then we have 10 of Chicago's finest on the scene. They say that since it happened on the river they had no jurisdiction. Hope they didnt let said idiot drive away in the condition he was in. They threatened Willy and told him to go to his corner to let things settle down. Gator went back to the ramp to get the idiots tags from his boat and tomorrow we call the water cops. Is it any wonder that I haven't been sleeping lately? ppat
ps...pictures of party tomorrow
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jul 20, 2010 9:59:19 GMT -5
Sorry, I didn't get to post pics yesterday. I will make up for it now. So as the black Brothers where having their party...the tag alongs were causing problems. This shows some of the bikers and group. This shows the girls who where running drugs for the guys. I think they were also hooking on the side.
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jul 20, 2010 10:01:54 GMT -5
this here is Jabril and Jackson partying by black beauty. They used willys truck as a pissing hole....ppa
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jul 20, 2010 10:26:11 GMT -5
As far as we know, this was a poker run for the "Buffalo Riders M.C." Chicago and Degroit chapters. Thats right, DEGROIT in ebonics karl! I sure hope they mandate that in yer kids' school and YOUR TAX DOLLARS get to pay for it. ;D ;D I must've heard HUH? and Whuut?? at least a million times that night... then old Johnson was walking around solo with a ear bud stuck in the side of his HADE ditty bopping and generally carryin' looking like he talkin' to his own bad self. Probably runt outa minutes but had to look impotent fo all da udda bruddas...yeh... dats what I'm talkin'bout. ws
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