What The??!! Another Boat??!!

Hahahahaha... Yes, Chen has acquired another boat. He is the proud owner of a Brooker V14 aluminium boat and this is confirmed to be more looking like a fishing boat. Actually his mate is the major shareholder of this boat but he's gonna sell away the Swift Craft and split the cost evenly with Team StMikes and his mate. Well, where is my contribution then? I've installed a towbar on my Civic and it now looks so UGLY! Hahaha...

1985 Honda Civic 3 Door Hatch with a freaking towbar behind, COOL?

I got these stuffs setup in Gladesville at this place call "shop1auto". I had to wait 2.5 hours for the installation. Went to a local mall, bought a fishing magazine and had a cappucino to chill out. Man, I haven't been doing this "chill out" thing for quite some time. Shit, that's more for retirees eh?

So after the installation had finished, I collected the car and called Chen to liase about picking up the boat. We went off to Northbridge and met the owner's brother. Chen joked about him resembling Russell Crowe which in fact he does look a bit like the actor, even his voice too! We hang around his joint for awhile to get the papers sorted and also he was kind to give us some crash course on launching and retrieving the boat. Then came the moment to "devirginise" the towbar. I reversed my car and we began another crash course on mounting. Once all done, we bid farewell and the moment of truth will suffice when we head back to homebase.

Long story short, we made it back in ONE piece! There were some moments when Civic struggled a little when the slope was steep but since there's choke control in my car, it helps give that extra boost. So now there's 2 boats sitting in Father's garage, I wonder how he'll respond!

Looks more like a fishing boat doesn't it? See how low my car is compared to the boat! My back view is totally blocked!

In fact this boat comes with 2 motors. Pictured is the working Mariner 25hp but there is no connections from the front control. The 2nd motor is a spoilt Evinrude 25hp with the electrics on it. We reckon we'll fix up the spoilt one which has a blown head gasket and sell off this Mariner. The electrics are great and we can't wait to flush our 1st motor experience! Damn, if only Singapore has these shits for me to do... Sad...

Ronald