Busted! - Page 2

Aidan · 19 January 2007, 21:39

[QUOTE=wavecrosschris;182785] At full power it used 900 litres of petrol an hour and had capacity to hold 15,000 litres of petrol.

it could carry a lot of drugs, a lot of contraband and still go so fast it could outrun any maritime craft.

“Davison, George and Rush knew those buying the boats wanted them for one reason, to transport drugs and contraband from north Africa to southern Spain. They also knew that the money used to pay for the boats was coming from the proceeds of crime,” he said.

Hi Guys, this means that it could have taken some 15 tonnes of fuel let alone 6 tonnes of contraband.

It could carry drugs, but yet none were found and as for the boat coming from the proceeds of crime,

None of the above can be proven, it is all allegations.

I have never heard such a load of concocted bullshit.

What happened to innocent till proven guilty..

I just think that the whole idea of out running Radar as Silly. The only reason that the Radar could not pick it up is the metallic element of the boat can be kept very low versus its bulk so it would not appear very well as an object if at all in some seas.
It is also a very conspicuous boat that will stand out in any port including Miami beach.
I just think they should go to jail for the amount of fuel that they would burn.
I think that they were illegally importing Yamaha Vx250 engines....

codprawn · 19 January 2007, 22:08

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I think that they were illegally importing Yamaha Vx250 engines....

Nice one - great idea - you would only need to run 2 of them - the rest would be like new!!!

wavecrosschris · 19 January 2007, 22:13

all sounds a bit Miami Vice to me... anyone seen that? what did you think? had a reasonable amount of 'boat' scenes

floater · 19 January 2007, 22:15

so whens the police sale of seized Assets then ?

8 new yams could be going cheap !!

Rogue Wave · 19 January 2007, 22:47

wasn't this the reaon Don Aranow was slain

Aidan · 19 January 2007, 23:05

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wasn't this the reaon Don Aranow was slain

What for selling hardly Used Yamahas?????

Lawrence · 19 January 2007, 23:07

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Originally Posted by wavecrosschris

all sounds a bit Miami Vice to me... anyone seen that? what did you think? had a reasonable amount of 'boat' scenes

Had some fantastic go-fast boats in it; I think my next boat will be a Donzi 38

paul tilley · 19 January 2007, 23:32

i think the 18 mtr with 8 outboards was cut up by the authorities

Aidan · 19 January 2007, 23:48

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i think the 18 mtr with 8 outboards was cut up by the authorities

it would be just like them.
It would be beyond their imagination to actually use them or donate them to clubs or coastguard.

Cmon guys, they cannot be that stupid.
I think the slipped off the back of a Rib Gov!...
Tenner each....

Bigmuz7 · 19 January 2007, 23:59

How stupid is this

Folks dont go smugling drugs in obvious craft, someone get a brain please.!

pathalla · 20 January 2007, 00:38

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wasn't this the reaon Don Aranow was slain

Supposedly he was in deep to the Kramers who owned Apache power boats and Fort Apache marine in North Miami beach. Interesting because in the 80s Aronow was supplying U.S. customs with the "Blue Thunder" power boats to catch the drug smugglers. Yet Aronow's company U.S.A. racing was supposedly owned by Super Chief South a sub corporation of the Kramers, who were... are you ready for this? Drug smugglers... It's hard to say who killed Aronow, he was a friend of George Bush sr. (sold him a boat) and was awarded the government contract to build the customs boats. If word had gotten out that as vice president G.W. had awarded a contract for building boats to catch drug smugglers to the drug smugglers he probably would not have been elected President. Aronow may have been silenced by certain political organizations or the Kramers, we probably will never know for certain.
Incidentally the Blue thunder was a pig, It never was anywhere near as fast as the Apache or Cigarette boats at the time.

pathalla · 20 January 2007, 02:00

A link relating to the post above, makes interesting reading http://www.tarpley.net/bush20.htm
A great read: "Blue thunder" by Thomas Burdick.
A must read for any boater, an excellent investigative look at the darkside of the South Florida offshore powerboat scene in the 80s. Politics, drugs, murder, intrigue!

prairie tuber · 20 January 2007, 04:59

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A few years ago they would have had a Queen's award for export. Isn't it strange how British companies can sell arms and even armoured cars to South American drug barons. As long as you have the right bits of paperwork anything goes!!!

No shite! You wouldn't believe the hoops I had to jump through to get documention of my .007 status.

prairie tuber · 20 January 2007, 05:06

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Originally Posted by wavecrosschris

all sounds a bit Miami Vice to me... anyone seen that? what did you think? had a reasonable amount of 'boat' scenes

IMO, it had a very dumb storyline which went nowhere, but the abundance of ultra cool boats & planes and hotties more than made up for it. Definitely worth watching.

prairie tuber · 20 January 2007, 06:25

This reminds me a bit of the De Lorean ordeal.

Peter J · 22 January 2007, 13:33

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No shite! You wouldn't believe the hoops I had to jump through to get documention of my .007 status.

Is that the size of your willy?

Stoo · 22 January 2007, 13:39

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Is that the size of your willy?

I think it's currently about -40C in Winterpeg... so good chance!

Millermob · 31 January 2007, 21:04

If anyones looking for a good project and has got the space looks like its the end for Crompton, great oppurtunity.

http://www.boatshed.com/ribs-category-11.html

Not very easy to trailer though.

paul tilley · 31 January 2007, 21:38

looks are very often decieving

prairie tuber · 01 February 2007, 04:26

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Is that the size of your willy?

foreskin thickness