[Milsurplus] More "not at a hamfest" items

[Keith Densmore]

There was a very humorous story I heard on a Short Wave broadcast some years 
ago-- the announcer, in his college days, assisted another 'family money' 
student in 'driving home' a PT boat he had purchased surplus.  The PT boat 
was located on the Ohio River.
After a shock at the cost of filling up the tanks with diesel the two lads 
had a relatively easy and slow  trip towards home until the new owner 
decided to 'open her up and see what she can do' .
The boat literally came up out of the water and the inexperienced pilot had 
no idea of how to control it.  He did manage to keep it on the river for 
about a minute before the boat rammed into a dock, destroying both it and a 
couple of moored boats. Later he was presented with a bill for the damage, 
including two small river craft that were capsized due to the wake of the PT 
boat during its 'moment of glory'.

73,
Keith, ve3ts


All the best,
Keith VE3TS




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: "Military Surplus Mail List" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] More "not at a hamfest" items


> About 25 years ago, I was on the GSA sale list and was sorely tempted to
> bid on a surplus Navy boat, "Nam era. It was an all-aluminum hydrofoil
> with 1 diesel and two aero engines, maybe 40' long and was supposed to be
> capable of near 60 Kts. It went for about $5000.
>
> Sadly, I had no place to berth it.
>
> -John
>
> ============
>
>
>
>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Some interesting surplus items for sale about 40 years ago...A group
>>> of us locals got together and brought one of 'em back home.
>>>
>>> http://www.navy-radio.com/ships/bb55/surplus.jpg
>>
>>
>> And you think I'm bad! I'd heard you had a nice collection of Navy
>> stuff, just never knew how uh...deep it went.
>>
>> Happy New Year -
>>
>> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4  (o:
>
>
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