I agree with you 100%. I have a friend who has a house at Echo Lodge in Parker. He has a 30' Magic and when my wife and go out there to visit we ALWAYS leave our boat at home! It just does not look like fun for a little boat out there! And I dont know whats with these guys who buy 100K-150K boats just to drive it on Parker. Pretty weak if you ask me...maybe they cant afford the gas to tow it anywhere else!
Next time you feel like boating Parker just drive 10-15 min. south and launch at Big River. No choppy water at ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!

First time I have been to Parker in probably 15 years,maybe 20....I went out this weekend and stayed at River Lodge Resort,the place was great!,but the River sucked!    Between the Big Boat's (that it appears all these guy's have something to prove  )Hauling Ass down the River with NO REPECT for anybody else and in my opinion belong on the LAKE,the water was SO FUKKING choppy that if I had'nt been an experinced boater,I probably would have sunk my 18 1/2 foot Challenger jet boat. Anyway,I know this will probably piss alot of people off,but I needed to vent and just express my opinion on how i feel that some of these HUGE BOATS belong on a LAKE and not the River (it's just too narrow),but the worst part is,these guy's are doin' frikken 100 mph down the River with all the pleasure boater's/water ski'ers and the kids on the shore swimmin',that it's just not safe with some of the size of these boats! Anyway...I'll jump down off my pedestal now and just wait to see what kind of response I get from this thread and take it as it is...I just needed to vent,cus my boat almost got sunk just being anchored on shore from the wakes of some of these boats....  

I felt it all the way out here in Ojai, Ventura County.
Hope everyone is okay!

so that cp regatta, is that a race? or just hang out? sounds pretty sweet, but i gotta go with the majority of scjb'ers... sounds like im going to martinez lake!!  COUNT ME IN !! So what does eveyone think of martinez lake? ive never been!!! how far from HB is it?

never been to martinez either. would like to check it out someday but not that weekend.
Take lots of pics. Be safe! You know what they say when you get that close to the border!

  Sweet glad to here that HE still has it and is enjoying it!
Thanks guys! Good keeping an eye out!

Just caught word that my old Miller that I sold to HavaAl (here on the forums) is sitting on some boat lot in Lake Havasu City. Weather or not that is true. Does anybody have any info on the where abouts of this boat. And what shape its in?
Thanks in advance.

just sell me the turbo kit so i can race omar....

Not before I getta piece of him. Go ahead Omar...put thoughs turbos on..........What ride are you taking to the Avi by the way?

When are headed back out to the river 

-beerjet-

we want to do a lost lake/big river trip. you in?

Well guys...Yep its my boat! Motor checks out. Had a carb problem. Just had gas spilling into the secondaries alot! Problem fixed. I am wiring up a MSD 6AL box with the rev limiter (just incase).
Reason for selling? If I can sell it for what I want. We want to make a run at buying a house while the market is still low. Thats all, then we'll be back with a new boat in no time!
You know before it sells I sure would like to get a crack at ALL thoughs boats that used to beat up on my poor little OLDS!  By the way whats up with my old boat? Anything new?

Hey Brad can I get some more SoCalJetBoat Stickers from you?

we're staying in Laughlin. Launching at Big Bend (due to the current and lake lice) and boating down to the Sand Bar making stops along the way.....hate sitting on the beach!

we'll be at Naci this coming weekend-6/13
then we'll be at San Antonio 6/20

Look for the white Eliminator Bubbledeck!

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For those of you who know or don't know us. Our first boat was a 1973 Yellow Miller jet boat. It was pretty much stock with a 455 olds-tunnel ram and a jacuzzi wj pump. On a good day with a tail wind, going down river it would hit 65mph on the gps. It was a good boat, served it's purpose, and never left us stranded. We enjoyed going to all the boating events, and met some awsome people along the way. Being that it was our first boat I quickly realized that the Olds and jacuzzi set up was NOT the way to go! We sold the boat back in November due to my wife taking time off of work to study for the California State Bar Exam. With only one income and the in the middle of my slow season w/work. The slow season didn't last long and I was able to keep putting money away with the hope of getting a new boat for this coming season. In Febuary my wife took her exam then she had to wait and wait and wait untill May 16th. On Friday May 16th at approx. 6:15pm the results were in... with a 29% pass rate...She F***ing PASSED!!!! I knew that my dream of getting another jet boat (this time with a BBC and Berkley pump) was well on the way. We must of looked at a dozen boats for sale between fellow board members, ebay,craigslist, and the local trader mag.... but we kept coming back to one boat. SHIFTY'S 1976 ELIMINATOR BUBBLE DECK. Sexy ass boat, no loud colors, kind of a sleeper, BUT NOT! BBC motor with berkley pump. Twin turbo putting out 747hp! WE BOUGHT IT last Thursday night!
Took it out today for a couple of hours. WOW! This is no 65mph boat, this thing gets on real good! I just wish I was able to spend a little more time with her. We had to cut the day short due to packing / getting ready for our trip to Ireland to see my wife's cousin get married. We leave tomorrow, so I'll leave here with a few pics. Happy Memorial Weekend guys. See you soon!
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