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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 30, 2013 08:49 PM

So yesterday we ate at Claudio's in Greenport. This is a great seafood restaurant here on Long Island. It's considered to be the oldest restaurant in continuous operation by the same family in the USA. They were a smuggler of illegal hooch during prohibition and the tunnel out to the waterfront is still there!

My son (eleven next month) and I were out looking at a cigarette boat tied up to the dock. He commented "It's British!" I asked "What makes you think so?" he said "The steering wheel is on the right!"

(All of our boats have them on the right...)

A few minutes later the guys got in and fired the thing up. It was so loud it startled everybody enjoying their meals.

They idled away from the dock: it sounded like an earthquake!

About ten seconds out they stalled!

-ever hear an entire restaurant cheer?

Makes me long for the days of sail! You may never have arrived, but at least it was quiet!

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Graham Ritchie
Film God

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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

posted July 30, 2013 11:18 PM

Brilliant story Steve [Big Grin]

Was it steam driven?

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted July 31, 2013 04:52 AM

Hi Graham,

These are usually powered by at least two V8 car engines with no mufflers in the exhaust systems!

I doubt a helicopter would have been much louder.

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