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Finally! Some Nice Ice!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Hi Folks; BDA, What was the appraisal on that beautiful Klondike.I can't stand the suspense anymore.It's great to see these finds but for some reason or other I die trying to figure out the Peso factor. Please help put me out of my misery here.Thanks.That sure is a sweet find.Keep it up. PEACE:RonB :surrender: :super:
 
The last time I wanted to get a ring looked at they wanted $100 to do the appraisal. I said forget it, something is only worth what somebody will pay for it.
Try getting an appraisal from a jeweller that seems high, then ask them if they would like to buy the piece for the appraised amount, now watch them back pedal.;) Besides, I would have to be able to get the ring off of the Princess' finger to have it appraised and it has become permanently afixed to her finger somehow.:lol:
I will do some more research on the number of carats, gem quality, etc.
For reference, the ring is sitting on top of a Bermuda cedar bowl with a penny in the lid so you can get some idea of the size of the stones from the picture.
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Anybody want to Guess at the value?? :shrug:

Cheers, BDA:cool:
 
My wife and I were just talking about what to do about our boat Captured Hearts as we hate the idea of selling her. We got looking at the pics we have of her and our good times on her and we're rethinking our decision to sell.
Maybe just plow some more money into her and move her to a climate where we can cruise her on our vacations until we leave Bermuda.

They say that you don't find a wooden boat, It finds you. The wooden boat is the only type that is made from a material that was once alive and a spark of that seems to remain in the new form.
Like metal detecting, once you are hooked on wooden boats, You Are Hooked Big Time.

Thanks for complimenting Captured Hearts, we like her an awful lot too.

BDA:cool:
 
My grandfather had a mid-1960's Egg Harbour 37'. I remember it being new, when I was 7 to 10 years old and we used to go out on it all the time, in the Great South Bay of New York and a little out in the ocean. That was one hell of a nice boat and I spent many a night sleeping soundly in the forward bunks while it rocked gently at anchor or docked at my aunt's beach house on Sexton Island or the marina at Atlantique Beach. GOOD TIMES!

(I had to do some Googling once I thought about it!)

Atlantique Beach...
http://www.loving-long-island.com/atlantique.html

Sexton Island...
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Glad I was able to stir some fond memories for you Mike, even if it was done indirectly. Nice pic of some beautiful cruising grounds.
My wife and I are going to see if we can't find a way to keep our wonderful, wooden wonder; just a little bit longer.

Cheers,

BDA:cool:
 
I spent a great deal of time on some modern "boats" as well...spent almost 4 years on this one, including about a year in the Persian Gulf. Definitely NOT the same as the Egg Harbour. This one has four LM-2500 gas turbine engines that total 80,000 shaft horsepower. Enough to pull a couple of hundred water skiers! :)
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I traded her in on THIS:
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You can see a little more info on it here: Http://navysite.de/cvn/cvn71.html and if you look at the "List of Accidents", I was on there for the one on October 14th 1996. That was wild...

Then, I traded HER in on THIS :lol:
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:beers: Yeah, I have had a little experience with those boats. My 25 years on Guam as Code 930, at SRF, spent fixing them. Swapped out plenty LM 2500s. Course there were other boats as well that we fussed over. :beers:
 
Nice ticket !!! BLING BLING How bing are the diamonds any idea ??? Look like princess cut stones..those are more expensive..wtg !!!
 
Those gas turbine ships are impressive at full tilt. I was on 5 ships and the Kidd was hands down my favorite. I actually DO have some very fond memories of that ship. We actually got to blow some serious stuff up. :)
 
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