ASH new to the board .38 special

[1ASH]

As per bottomless pit's request a new thread explaining my 38. I bought it last year the weekend before Easter. I got it in KY from Lake Cumberland. It was originally from LOTO before the KY lake. I am the third owner but you would think I bought it brand new by the condition of her. I picked it up with 219 hours. It has 502's and a generator,A/C fridge, mwave, burner, central vac, I think all the toys are on this one. I do not have the ice maker I am not sure when that became an option. The cockpit has 2 elec bolsters and a skating rink between the back seat and the bolsters. I put over 130 hours a year on my boat. I use it almost every night on the Missouri River where I live and do a LOTO trip at least twice a year. This year three trips are planned. I am a farmer and my beautiful wife is a dental hygienist. My previous boats were a 1983 19' Celebrity, 1991 320 Baja and now my 38. I am not sure what I would ever move "up" to that would make me happier than what I have. I would love to have pits graphic instead of mine but I am not in the market right now. Any more Q's just ask!!!!!!!!! ADAM

[GottaHaveIt]

Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you have a nice .38!
If there is anything you need to know about your boat you know where to look, or ask a question. Somebody here will have the answer!

Definitely get some pix on here so we can check her out! 8o

[ckmansell]

Cool Ash, you will have to give us advance notice when you make your LOTO trips. We all love Baja's and boating. My wife and I are both from small towns where farming in the norm. My beautiful wife is also a dental hygienist. Sounds like we might be able to have some fun sometime. I have been making the two and a half hour trip to LOTO every weekend in the summer time for over thirty years. Maybe I could show you some out of the way places that most never find.

[jal4sas]

Ash,
Welcome to the board. I am immediately envious.

As stated above, how 'bout some pictures!:eek

[eddie]

Check out the Weekend pics for ASH's 38 and other boats in our area.

Champion's Web page (http://members.cox.net/ekchampion/)

[bottomless pit]

Welcome again, Always remember ASH " we are surrounded by OUTLAWS".:rollin
I need to get into farming:lol Maybe I could drop 100 lbs.:o
When at LOTO come and find us, either at the dock "BTM" or PC.:D
Disclaimer::x
Not responsible for what goes on on the dock after dark.8o
BYOB Bring your own "Boobs" Booz that is..
...PIT...:o

[jal4sas]

Sunshine, swimsuits and adult beverages....It really looks like everyone was having a great time :D

[Baja Daze]

Welcome to the board. Sounds like a great 38 you have.
Have fun. 8)

[BDannecker]

Great boat and even greater pictures!:rollin

Welcome to the board Ash. I have 2 questions: what year is your 38 and what speed are you seeing with those 502's?

Bruce...

[Seize n Ticket]

Looks like you guys know how to have fun...but then you own a Baja so that goes without being said. Lets us know when your making a trip to LOTO and as Curt said maybe show you a few good places for wonderful beverages!!! We can probably get you set up with a place to stay. Take care.

[1ASH]

My 38 is a 93. I am seeing speeds around 60mph. As I mentioned before I do not "lay the meat to the throttles" often. I do have GPS on board and it maybe has registered faster than that but I am basically driving a cruiser that looks like a performance boat.

My next trip to LOTO is going to be for the shoot-out. We will be arriving very late on Thurs or first thing Fri morn. I am having a survey done on the boat when I get there for my insurance company (there is a story in itself). I will be sleeping on my boat at the state park for the weekend. I will leave my boat at the lake for that week as I come back home and work------(still looking for a place to park it, on trailer or off)--- then it is back to the lake for Labor Day. We have a condo at Summer Ridge that weekend MM 17. I too enjoy meeting new people and would have no problem tossing back a few Capt. Morgans with some strangers. They wouldnt be strangers for long.

Surely we can come up with more than 2 Q's. I have all the A's and if I dont I will make something up.

[ckmansell]

ASH, I am not going to be able to make it for the ShootOut. I will be on business in Cleveland, OH from 24th-29th. But I do plan to make up for it on Labor Day. I will definitely try to look you up then. As far as keeping your boat at LOTO, Big Thunder Marine has a second location on the water in the Grand Glaize Arm. When you say your staying at the State Park, I presume you are talking about Public Beach #2 on the 3mm of the GG arm over by Party Cove. If so, by water their slips are only a couple miles away. Or if you want to load it up on the trailer, you could drive over by land in about 10 minutes. I am sure they would let you store it either in or out of the water for a small fee. I'm sure this fee would be less than the extra fuel you would burn towing up and back two weekends in a row. If you want I can even give them the heads up you might call. It may help you out some. If you want more info you can e-mail me direct at ckmansell@yahoo.com

[eddie]

1) How fast were you going when you were trying to catch up to Aggie Bush's cat?

2) Who has the best looking brunette in Iowa?

3) Is an eight-pound robin fat?

4) How many bottles of Captain Morgan were emptied in the .38 so far this summer?

[1ASH]

GREAT more Q's from a perfect stranger.

Here are the A's


1) What Skittles colored boat are you talking about???? I was prolly going an honest 55 or so.


2) The hottest brunette in IA goes to a friend of mine in Carter Lake. She is always calling me for boat rides when her hubby leaves town. Now for the hottest blonde-- at 6' 00" it has to be the farmers wife. Put the two of them together and loooooooook out. Sorry about the rambling about hot chix.

3) depends on how tall he is and his bone structure.

4) one---------------at a time (exception being our vacation for the week of Jul 17-26 then it was 7 at a time) Oh ya I did take some home. Remember the Mrs was tapping into it as well. Get off my case J A. What do you want from me.

[1ASH]

OK now for the honest answers!!!!!!!!!!!

1) False

2) True

3) True

4) All of the above

[ckmansell]

Ed & Ash, Make sure when you come to LOTO you bring and keep a bottle of Capt Morgan on your boat. Last weekend, the Capt Morgan 39 Challenger was handing out prizes if you showed them a bottle. I hope to have some pics of the boat posted soon.

[1ASH]

Thanks for the heads up Curt. Been there done that. I held up four of the 7 1.75's I had left as well as the towels I had on board. They rifled a couple T-shirts our way in P-cove. They even had a dude dressed as the capt in long pants and all. What a gig that must be, count me out.

[bajacraig]

Ash
I know, Boats, beads, boobs, booze....... no way, not a job I want:rolleyes





OK I'll take it:b

[eddie]

Baja Craig, was that you dressed up???? WOW that's quite a gig, is that hair real, do you have a stash????? 0]

We also got a T shirt from the boat. I saw him coming and started looking for my bottle, I guess I drank it all. I couldn't find it and had to borrow a bottle from the boat next to me. They didn't know what was going on and his wife got the shirt they threw over.

[1ASH]

eddie what do you mean you think you drank it all. I have never seen that poison cross your lips. I am thinking either a crack in the bottle allowed it to escape or Mrs eddie mistook it for the Jack Daniels after she had a few J D's. Good thing for RO hookin' you up.

[bottomless pit]

Ed and Ash:
Nancy and I are having a Big Big Get together At Big Thunder , on Saturday after the Shootout On my dock. I want you guys to Come. It is not to far from the shootout and I know we will see you their. We are serving Hamburgers and hotdogs Chips and Who knows what else. Drinking encouraged.:D
It is a Birthday Bash for Me, I turn 50.
Bring anyone you want the More the better time we will have.
BYO Captain Morgan . We will party all night.
all reading this, every one is invited.
Remember this is the Baja Family. and Summer is running out.
Not reasonable for anything that happens after dark.
Spread the word.
...PIT...

[ckmansell]

Capt Morgan boat photo in the gallery!

[bottomless pit]

Beware, Its Not a Baja???:evil
well, some day.:hat

[1ASH]

I will pencil you in Pit. Thanks for the invite.

[bottomless pit]

We .38 will be out ##red by Outlaws, But we have the Guns.
...PIT...
PS: Be sure to tell Your partner in crime, EDDIE.

[eddie]

Pit, I'm not going to be down for the shoot out. Have a great time and I'll see you August 28th for Labor Day weekend. Thanks for the invite!

Eddie

[bottomless pit]

Hay Eddie If you can get loose let us know.
We will keep an eye on Captin ASH for you.
...PIT...

[AZ Boater]

ASH,
Welcome to the board. I recognize your name/boat/pictures from fastboats.info

Welcome to the board and thanks for posting info about your boat. It's a great ride!

My wife and I live in Arizona now, but in about 18 months are moving to Ft. Leavenworth, KS which is on the Missouri River south of you. If you don't mind, we'll probably contact you or some other local boaters for some info about boating the river and the local area as we've never lived there and have no idea of the boating culture around the area.

Regards,

Greg

98 Baja 252
454 MAG MPI

[ckmansell]

Darn, I was wanting to tow my rig to AZ and let you show me the ropes out there. Anyway, as far as boating goes. You are in luck. Right in your backyard (Leavenworth, KS) is Lake Perry. It is about 40 miles away, a smaller lake, but good boating. Also, a lot of folks in Leavenworth make the trip every weekend to LOTO. It is about a 3 hr drive (approx. 180 mi). I have been doing 2 to 2 1/2 hrs every weekend for as long as I can remember. However, if your not much on travelling, you could at least do the LOTO thing a couple times a year. Believe me, it is worth it. (right ash?) I know 18 mo. is a way off yet, but when it is time, look up us LOTO guys, we will show you a good time!!!

[1ASH]

Hey AZ, what can I say about moving to the midwest. You will either love it or hate it. The boating where you are moving is not the same as where I live. NO ONE in their right mind would ever put a boat on the river near KC when you have Lake of the Ozarks 2 1/2 hours away. We are meeting some new people this weekend on Lake Perry ( 30 mins north of Leavenworth ) I have never been to the lake but it sounds like a fairly good lake to boat. I have to boat in the river because it is all we have. Our stretch of the river is channeled better and offers a little more than the KC area. I am sure if you are an avid boater you will have all this figured out in about 2 days after you arrive. I am thinking you will be making the trip to Lake of the Ozarks every weekend like everyone else in KC and St Louis does. If you have never been hold on to your hat. You will absolutely not beleive what you see down there. Hope you like SNOW!!!!!!!!!!

[1ASH]

I need to take a typing class, while I was typing Curt said everything I did and hit the send button faster I guess.

[AZ Boater]

Curt/ASH,

Thanks for the great responses! Yeah, 18 months is pretty far away, but when I know where I'm heading next I start looking for a new lake. My wife and I are in the Army and move around alot. It's a PITA sometimes but we get to check out new places/faces every few years.

ASH, as far as the river goes, you confirmed what I thought about it...the last trip I took to Leavenworth, the river in KC or even by the post did NOT look too inviting and I don't think I would drop my Baja in it. From your pictures, your stretch of the river looks MUCH better than where I will be. If Lake Perry is only 40 miles away, that sounds great to me b/c I now drive 3.5 hours on the weekend just to get to the Phoenix lakes.
I'm not too adverse th the snow/bad weather. My last assignment was in South Korea, and the winters can get pretty nasty there. Arizona's really been nice b/c I can boat virtually all year.

Curt, thanks for the LOTO information. Great to see that it is only 180 miles from where I'll be. We don't mind driving long distances. Havasu is 6 hours from us and we head up several times a year.

Thanks for all the advice. I know our move is sometime in the future, but we look forward to meeting up with you guys.

later,
Greg

[mkilroy]

Ash ROCK!!! I always look at his posts on fastboats.com!!!

[1ASH]

mkilroy ---- thank you I guess. I am not sure what is so amusing about a dumb farmer in IA. Maybe it is my wife that makes my posts worth looking at. I have not seen you on fastboats what is your ride. Later ASH

[bottomless pit]

It might have been the Photo of the barried tractor. 8o
See you Saturday.
Have you found a place to stay.
...PIT...

[bottomless pit]

ASH:
I wonder if he ran on to the photo of the "Barried Tractor"
How did you ever get that out?
Did you find a place to stay?
See you on Saturday.
...PIT...

[1ASH]

Pit did you see the tractor on fastboats????????? I am sure I havent posted any pics here ( havent found out how ). That actually wasnt our tractor, and a friend of mine used printshop to put me on the wheel of the darn thing. Although we have had our share of things stuck in the mud. Just monday we had a center pivot get stuck and it did not shut off like it was supposed to. So after it got stuck it stayed in the same place and watered overnight. That was a treat.

I am staying at the state park (near Lazy Days) for this weekend and the next is either MM 12 or MM 17 or state park again.

Later dude.

[mkilroy]

Hey Ash! Yes she is very Beautiful and your lucky to have such a cool wife. Really though you always seem to be the center of attention in your group just like I am in my group. I currently have a 272 now but I'm moving to 29' Outlaw poss. in the spring. I have my boat sold now but our season is so short makes it hard to justify the extra $$$.

[ckmansell]

Email me. I have found some arial photos of your boat at the Baja Run back in July. Thought you might be interesed.

ckmansell@yahoo.com

[1ASH]

Curt

Check your email------- Thanks.

I have been busier than a two peckered billy goat this month. We have started harvesting some of our corn that burned up late in the summer. Finally some rain this Sunday AM.

[rick252]

Hey Ash, welcome to the board. I was wondering when you were going to make the trip from the other site. I know your boat well, a friend of mine wanted it so bad he could taste it. His wife put a stop to that. Anyway enjoy and be safe

[1ASH]

rick252 are you from KY???? How did you know about my boat??????????????

[ckmansell]

Ash, you should have my email, I just sent it.

[eddie]

Curt, glad we jumped into the middle of that poker run! Those pics are great, too bad they are so expensive!! I liked 477 :rocker

[ckmansell]

Eddie, call DMI & ask for Ron Layton. Tell him I turned you onto his website and those pics. You can order ASH's when you order yours or vice versa. He will probably fix you guys up with the me as a reference and by doing a mult-print order. Good luck.