Båtlivet i USA

[Lars Ström]

Dom här bilderna tagna för 10 år sedan idag gör mig varm i hjärtat.

Han var så fin och go våran Lucky.

[Lars Ström]

Ut på sjön för att fläkta oss. Sommarhettan är här Big Time..!!

[Lars Ström]

Nej..inte jag.😃
 

[Lars Ström]

We love our boating friends at Lake of the Ozarks.
Gary won the race for the largest flag today..👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️

[Lars Ström]

[Lars Ström]

Midnight Express 

[Lars Ström]

 

[Lars Ström]

Läcker bild..varken min eller Carina..då hade den varit ännu bättre..🤣

[Lars Ström]

 

 

 

[Lars Ström]

Ibland vinner rättvisan..

I torsdags ringer Carina från YMCA där hon tränar och dansar Zumba varje dag..Hon var upprörd för att något hade kört på hennes bil när det stog parkerad där.

YMCA har en kamera men dom kunde inte hitta någon som kört på bilen. Carina var inte hundra på när det hänt.

Killen kollade vidare och gick tillbaka en dag..då ser man klart hur en bil backar in i Carinas bil..går ut och tittar, ser skadan men kör iväg.

Nu visste YMCA vem som äger bilen och man ringde polisen som kom och tittade på videon.

Polisen ringde ägaren och bad ägaren att omgående komma till polisstation för smitning är allvarligt..

Vi mötte upp där och det var ägarens 16 åriga son som kört bilen.

Nu måste vi ha två kostnadsförslag och sen skall ägaren betala..

Vi får se..men fick ett kostnadsförslag på nästan 1300 dollar i Fredags..idag skall jag ta bilen till VW och se vad dom vill ha.

 

 

 

[Gelis]

Ordning på rättvisan där. Här hemma så skulle polisen skriva av ärendet fortare än det kom in.

[Lars Ström]

On Star är suveränt.

Vi skulle precis sticka iväg i kväll med min Tahoe när ett email kom från On Star.

Sa till Carina vi får ta Din bil för jag har punka..

Hur vet Du det sa hon direkt och visade henne detta.

Sitter in liten spik i däcket så jag tog min lilla 12 volts kompressor och fyllde upp däcket.

Med lite tur håller det tills i morgon..

blir det helt platt brukar det inte gå att få i luft i morgon bitti så jag kan ta mig till lokala däckfirman.

[Lars Ström]

Fin design och att man kan ha båtar som tak var ju något nytt för mig..🤣

 

[Lars Ström]

Performance Boat Center

SOLD!!!

Congratulations to the new owner!! Enjoy your 2020 Cigarette 41 Nighthawk in Tennessee!

[Lars Ström]

Blev visst lite mer tröjor..

Allt klart på Torsdag.

 

 

[Lars Ström]

Dr. Bob’s ”Razzmatazz” är uppe på land för service och polering.

Snart är hon som ny.

[Lars Ström]

Nu när det ljusnar på morgonen kommer det fram att det var en Fountain som tvärstannade

i mörkret i natt..😀
 

Fountain on the rocks..😃😃

 

[Lars Ström]

Officers investigating run-aground boat near Community Bridge

Officers are investigating an unoccupied boat that was found run aground near the Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge. The boat was traveling westbound on the main channel when it ran aground.

The Missouri Highway Patrol Water Patrol reported the boat was found Tuesday evening around 10:30 p.m. at the 15.9-mile marker. The boat had apparently been abandoned after running aground. The boat traveled about 15′ up the shoreline.
The boat is a 1998 Fountain with a curry cabin..🤣

More information will be given once it is received.

[Lars Ström]

Kolla noga och fundera på denna grunka..

[robban]

ser mest ut som en släpkärra full med skit

[Lars Ström]

Fina minnen med perfekt timing utan att det var menat så.

Idag ringde tjejorna från LOZ Screen Printing och sa att mina "nytillverkade gamla t-shirts" är klara.

Tänkte först inte på att det var just idag den 15:onde July 1973 allt startade borta i Lappeenranta, Finland.

För mig är detta lite viktigt då denna dag förändrade mitt liv för alltid. Många dörrar öppnades som hade varit stängda tidigare. En av många drömmar vart verklighet.

 

July 15 1973..!!

Great memories from beautiful Lake Saimaa and the small town Lappeenranta in Finland 46 years ago today. This is the day everything changed in my life. By far my best boat racing day ever..❤️❤️👍👍

Here is the full amazing story:

A Swedish success, “propped into racing” by a Norwegian 1973

After a few years in the Sport, a big possibility opened up in the winter 1972/73. Hans Holmen who worked for Evinrude Sweden called me and said that Huzells and Evinrude has picked me and one other Swede to get the new Evinrude 65 SS ( for free) that was designed to be a winner in the SE class.
One condition, I have to buy a new SE Cat from Italy. There was two choices, Abbate or Clerici and I picked Clerici without really a good reason.
We where late to order, but Clerici promise to have the boat ready in June that summer, but that was OK because OMC was late with the new 65 SS also.
I friend of mine lent me and older Schultze cat and I used my stock Evinrude 65 hp. At the Swedish Championship in Torsby, Varmland, I ended up around fifth.
Me and my dad Roland took the Coffee delivery truck and headed to Cremona, Italy with a big bag full of Lire (Italian Cash) to pick up the new very good looking cat.
Back to Sweden to install the brand new 65 SS Evinrude, that had just arrived.
There was one big problem, this engine was using left hand props, and there was not many around. I found one 2 blade prop used for the Mercury BP’s, but not very fast at testing.
The big race of the year was the European Championship in Lappeenranta Finland and OMC’s Racing boss Jim Wagner had a lay over in Stockholm, on his way to Finland with Roger Jenkins #56 Clerici/Evinrude boat (last picture). I got the opportunity to test factory driver Roger Jenkins propellers in Sweden and my boat was flying.
This was a 3 blade cleaver left hand rotation and Jim Wagner promised me that if I showed up in Finland he was going to let me use Roger Jenkins spare prop.
Me, Holmen and friend Curre took the ferry to Finland and when we arrived at the race there was 45 boats with Mercury, Carniti, Konigs, Evinrude and Johnson engines, but Roger Jenkins refused to let me borrow any of his/OMC’s propellers.
I was very disappointed and was walking around in the pit, when I ran in to Tor Smith Ingebrittsen from Norway. He had an older home built boat, and he showed me his prop that looked like the one Jenkins used. We made a deal and exchanged props with a handshake.
There was no time for testing and when they dropped the green flag I was flying through the field and after a few laps I lead the race and pulled away. I won the heat with half a lap, and everybody went crazy regarding my prop. Many drivers offered my new friend from Norway lots of money for his prop, that he lent me but he was cool and said it belongs to Lars. Next heat the Italian drivers was trying to run me over in the start, and later pushed me up on one of the turning buoys and I was disqualified and had some damage to the boat but we fixed that overnight.
I do not remember the third heat, but I had to win the last one, and I did.
I was now declared the winner and the new 1973 European Champion, and Jim Wagner was forced to come over to my boat and congratulate me. Lars and his friends had the biggest after race party they have ever seen in Lappeenranta. (Roger Jenkins left early for the airport)
This was the beginning of my professional boat racing carrier and my Outboard Business success.

Thanks to everybody helping me.

http://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/historien-om-hur-det-startade-i-stor-skalafor-mig/

 

 

[Lars Ström]

En bättre bild på nya t-shirts..🤣

[Lars Ström]

Självklart skulle frun ha sin egen färg på dom t-shirts hon skulle ha.

Hon valde bl.a denna färg.

[Lars Ström]

The winner in Karlskoga, Sweden 1975 is wearing a blue/white shirt. My friend Lorentz Naslund finishing third prefer the yellow/blue. I guess blue/white was faster..🤣

[Lars Ström]

This is a great picture..Billy Huzell in a red & white shirt. Billy was the owner of Huzells..the Swedish distributor for Evinrude. A great friend and he loved going to the boat races.

[Lars Ström]

My youngest brother  Leif Ström in a red/white shirt 1974

[Lars Ström]

😃😃

[Lars Ström]

En riktigt sunkig gammal SeaRay Sundancer. Tror det är en 65 fortare.

Ägarens polare bankade med stora släggor på propellrarna.

MarineMax ville inte ta jobbet annat än lyfta upp grunkan..

[Lars Ström]

Chad kör hem en BW till ägarens hus/brygga som varit här på service.

Chad är den enda säljare som gör sånt åt sina kunder.

[Speedy]

 

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