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Old 16 February 2006, 02:54   #1
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Hi Gang,
We just finished 1 month of scraping and painting getting ready for a season Heli Skiing.
The boat is 110ft long and is registrated at 208Tonnes.
I just found the idea that a wheeled machine could lift and move the Big Boat with such ease to be awesome.
hank
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Old 16 February 2006, 08:50   #2
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We just finished 1 month of scraping and painting getting ready for a season Heli Skiing.
And the guy that sold it to you said it was a helicopter?

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Old 16 February 2006, 16:36   #3
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Maybe we scrapped too much
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Old 16 February 2006, 16:46   #4
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Heli Skiing...........
you dont mean ....
Pictures please!
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Old 16 February 2006, 20:04   #5
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Sorry no skiing pictures but if you get a chance to see or rent the DVD
put out by Matchstick Production ( they used the big boat for a " base camp")
extreme skiing.
I don't get very far above sea level when running the boat . Some time a little below
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Old 17 February 2006, 10:10   #6
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Have you got the web address for the DVD - done a bit of heli skiing myself in Europe - love it!
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Old 17 February 2006, 17:00   #7
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The titles of the ski movies are
Hit List and Yearbook
http://www.mspfilms.com/msp/index.php?id=1

Matchstick has a great group of people-- athletes and photographers
It was great seeing the videos(helmet cams) that they would show everynight

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