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Reed's 1542 Alumacraft Swamp Sled.
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<blockquote data-quote="reedjj" data-source="post: 193013" data-attributes="member: 4585"><p>Oh yea.... I was running on plane at 1/2 throttle and came up on a newer RED Tracker Pro Team 175 with a 40hp 4 stroke Merc also running on plane with 1 dude, probably around 250 and his ole lady probably around 200, and a thier small kid probably about 7-8 years old. </p><p></p><p> I crossed his wake came up around him, when I was even with him he looked at me, and I looked at him, we both smiled and he cracked his throttle to what I assumed was not quite full. I went to 3/4 throttle and caught back up.....He just stayed right there! With my wife giving me hell and what looked like his wife giving him the same , I opened her up and off we went pulling away from him. I was gigglin like a schooboy and smilin from ear to ear. Wife still yellin at me for racing hahahaha. Later, up the creek we were in a no wake zone and they caught back up to us. I got questioned about my boat and motor and we talked for a bit. When he found out I just had a jon boat from Academy sports with a 1999 $750. 25hp outboard I could almost see his heartbreaking! IT WAS GREAT! </p><p></p><p>Thank you to all of you who posted on my build and gave me advice and encouragement. And thanks to all of you who have posted your own builds. I looked at a million of them before and during my build. I love this site!</p><p></p><p>We had a great 2 days on the water this weekend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reedjj, post: 193013, member: 4585"] Oh yea.... I was running on plane at 1/2 throttle and came up on a newer RED Tracker Pro Team 175 with a 40hp 4 stroke Merc also running on plane with 1 dude, probably around 250 and his ole lady probably around 200, and a thier small kid probably about 7-8 years old. I crossed his wake came up around him, when I was even with him he looked at me, and I looked at him, we both smiled and he cracked his throttle to what I assumed was not quite full. I went to 3/4 throttle and caught back up.....He just stayed right there! With my wife giving me hell and what looked like his wife giving him the same , I opened her up and off we went pulling away from him. I was gigglin like a schooboy and smilin from ear to ear. Wife still yellin at me for racing hahahaha. Later, up the creek we were in a no wake zone and they caught back up to us. I got questioned about my boat and motor and we talked for a bit. When he found out I just had a jon boat from Academy sports with a 1999 $750. 25hp outboard I could almost see his heartbreaking! IT WAS GREAT! Thank you to all of you who posted on my build and gave me advice and encouragement. And thanks to all of you who have posted your own builds. I looked at a million of them before and during my build. I love this site! We had a great 2 days on the water this weekend. [/QUOTE]
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