As Y’all have been enjoying yourselves at “Operation Grappa in our bellies”:D. Ive had pretty good Holiday on this side of the Pond, at a wood boat show and cruise. I was in a 1954 Chris Craft and went up a scenic river here in Florida. We saw some Wild Boar, Eagles, Huge Alligators and alot of wood boats:).
Here are a couple shots:
Figured you would like the one of the cockpit looks like an old aircraft. Sorry no wildlife shots, coming soon:o
Looks pretty Os
Are alligators protected now?
Clearly weren’t when that first dash-board (instrument panel) was build
Beautiful shots, thx
Interesting looking stuff, sounds like there is some interesting wildlife to be seen!
None of them have any cow horns on the front 
Amazing shots there, Osprey.
What class! Great wildlife and wood boat!
Nice pictures!
Having been out shooting in +4 degrees C I do envy the temps you seem to have there now. 
Thanks for the pics Os. I’d love to do something like that one day.
WB.
That is one gorgeous boat. Must have been quite nostalgic.
They are now Painter, unless they attack Humans. The dashboard shot is of a 1957 Chris Craft and I’m sure there were no regulations at that time.
Glad you enjoyed the shots fellas.
Now the only thing that remains are the animal pictures!
And…the dashboard is not good enough…:rolleyes:
Seriously, I am very angry of poachers killing animals for their skin and to earn money on it:mad:. Why kill them, when you don’t need to? Leave them alone…
Same for any animal.
Yea, your right a Animals life is so much more important than a Humans…:rolleyes:
But I take it that you don’t have many Sharks or Alligators that mame people in Norway. I think you might look at it differently if you decide to go running one morning and the next thing you get attacked by a Alligator, yes it happens and I think all too often…
Tell these familys that…
[i]Oscar Scherer State Park, Florida - August 16 1973, Sharon Holmes, 16, killed at dusk by an 11’3" male alligator that had been fed by park visitors.
Peace River Canal, Florida - September 29 1977, George Leonard, 52 was attacked and killed by a 7’ female alligator while swimming at about 8:30 pm.
Martin County, Florida - September 10 1978, 14 year old Phillip Rastrelli was attacked and killed by an 11 foot male alligator while swimming in Hidden River Canal at 12:00 pm.
St. Lucie County, Florida - August 6th 1984, 11 year old Robert Crespo was attacked and killed by 12’4" alligator while swimming at 4:30 pm.
Wakulla River, Florida - July 13th 1987 George Cummings III, 29 was killed by a an 11 foot male alligator while snorkeling at about 2:00 pm.
Charlotte County, Florida - On July 4th 1988, a 4 year old girl Erin Glover was killed by a 10’7" male alligator as she walked along the shore of Hidden Lake at 6:00 pm.
Martin County, Florida - June 19th 1993, Bradley Weidenhamer a 10 year old male was killed an 11’4" alligator while wading in the Loxahatchee River in Jonathan Dickinson State Park at 6:00 in the evening.
Sumter County, Florida - October 3 1993, 70 year old Grace Eberhart was killed at Lake Serenity. Circumstances of her death are unknown except that she died of a broken neck caused by an alligator bite to the head and neck.
Multiple alligators could have been involved in the attack.
Volusia County, Florida - March 21st 1997, 3 year old Adam Binford was killed when he strayed outside of a roped off swimming area at Lake Ashby. His body was recovered the next about 1 mile from the attack site. An 11 foot alligator suspected of the attack was later killed by a trapper.
Sarasota County, Florida - May 4th 2001, 70 year old Samuel Wetmore’s body discovered in pond near his home with 8’4" alligator was circling nearby. Mr. Wetmore died of blood loss and trauma.
Polk County, Florida - June 23 2001, 2 year old Alexandria Murphy wondered away from her fenced back yard and was killed by a 6’6" alligator 700 feet from her home on Lake Cannon.
Sanibel, Florida - September 11th 2001, 82 year old Robert Steele was attacked and killed while walking his dog on a trail between two wetland areas in the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. FWC officers later killed a 10’9" and 6’ alligator.
Lake County, Florida - June 18th 2003, 12 year old Brian Griffin was attacked while swimming near a boat ramp on the Dead River. The alligator was 10’4" long 339 pounds and was subsequently destroyed along with several other large gators.
Sanibel Island, Florida - June 2004, 54 year old Janie Melsek was attacked and killed by a 12 foot long, 457 pound alligator, while working on landscaping.
Lee County, Florida - 20 year old Michelle Reeves was killed by a 7’11" male alligator when she went swimming after midnight in a retention pond at Lee Memorial Health Park
Lakeland, Florida - March 15th 2005, fishermen discovered the body of 56 year old Don Owen about 12 miles from his home, he had been missing since March 9th. Trappers later caught an 8’9" 300 pound alligator that had Mr. Owens forearm in it’s stomach. It was later determined that the alligator had been fed by area residents which is illegal.
Port Charlotte, Florida - July 15 2005, Kevin Albert Murray, 41, was swimming in the Apollo Waterway when a 12-foot alligator attacked and killed him.
Sunrise Florida - May 10, 2006 Yovy Suarez Jimenez, 28, went out for an evening jog and was last seen dangling her feet over the water of a canal near her home. Her partially consumed body was found in the canal the following morning.[/i]
But I take it you dont have a problem with dangerous Reptiles in Norway…
Nope, us Europeans have already hunted em all to extinction. In ireland, we don’t even have snakes. Job done:D
This is our most dangerous predator now:
(Jan was eaten ¼ sec after taking this, but fortunately her camera tasted awful)
Oh god save us all!!! It pretty dangerous though, its a type of Super Giant Weasle that lives in caves that it digs with it’s dagger-like claws. No human remains have ever been found in their lairs, suggesting that they totally eat the bones and everything! We call it the BAD-ger. oh yeah! It’s one mean mutha!
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
This is one of the brave badger hunters we have trying to stop their evil consumption of people!
The watermelon is what super-hard badger hunters eat and in the bottom of the photo, you can see a human childs head. This will be used to lure them out of their caves by kicking it across a field!
honest…!
Crocodile tooth: Mohr Scale 8
Marine Plywood: Mohr Scale 2
Are you bonkers
Great writeup thanks Oz!
Ming
Sorry, did not mean to offend, especially not against the struck victims and its families.
I think it was a misunderstanding. I’m sorry if I provoked any negative emotions.
What I was trying to say was that I do not like the hunting of them for their skin. And only that. Self defence or killing them for human safety I have no problem against. I am very sorry and aware of the deaths by alligator attacks, so I understand if this animal (and my earlier post) are hatred.
About dangerous reptiles in Norway: Yes, indeed. I would probably have another opinion if I lived in your area.
These deaths are by incident, and not provoked by human hunting. They did not try to kill the alligator, so they have nothing to do with poaching or harming the animal, but I hope that my opinion is still respected
Please, Osprey, if it is anything, please do tell. I do not want any hostility between us.
I don’t like the hunting of animals for the sport of fat City types but if you know what goes on in slaughter-houses and you eat meat you have no reason to condemn others for killing animals. Especially crocodilians, funnel-web spiders, sharks and anything with fangs that looks sideways at you
I allow all insects a free passage to the open window bar biting insects who are asking for it. Any animal that penetrates my skin loses the right to free association
Ming
True, Ming.
But I would believe that most people would kill tigers, crocs, gators, sharks and other dangerous animals for valuables and skin, not for meat. (therefore not necessary for human survival)
I know this is very bush-man thinking, but there are many animals human kills not for survival. Animals kill most for food, humans is a sad exception
Ok, I will not continue to talk about this if I just turn this up into an argue. Its funny that this happens wherever I come with a conversation.
Animals do not object to their killer removing their skin after they are dead. Only the killing matters, human motives don’t count for anything.
Something kills something, the reason does not matter to the one killed. Chickens and baby lambs are not as complex or as interesting as crocodiles but the life of each is of the same importance. To that animal. Which being dead resets the counter, now we focus on the next living animal, another chicken dies.
One does not have to care deeply about everything in the world that is upsetting. Thousands of people die in a fire, ok. Animals get slaughtered by criminals, ok. The world is but semi-permanent and only Buddhism can save you now. Or Hinduism. The one with karma and the wheel, acceptance
No need to take the pain of the world on one’s shoulders alone, all of us share the pain. And the pleasure of course
This guy goes into a bushmeat restaurant and asks for “A crocodile sandwich please, and make it snappy!”
Ming
Over forty years ago my father had one of those. It was fantastic!
Look here several pictures of one Posillipo-Positano wood runaboat.
http://www.classicboat.it/photogallery/index.php?idTblCollezione=58
There was no offense taken, as I wrote in the the reply to Painter, Alligators and Sharks and any other deadly animal or Reptile are only killed if they attack Humans.
But on the negative side these restrictions have had a huge increase of deadly animals here in the U.S. Snakes that have been dropped off in the Everglades have reached mythic proportions because there is no natural Predators.
check this out:eek::
None at all.
Richy and Ming, what else is there to say:)
I fairly interesting story that happened locally:
I retired Navy Seal went swimming in a Lake nearby and a Gator attacked him and took his arm. When they killed the Gator the guy asked for its head so he could stuff it and keep it in his house :eek:
Beauty ILpesca, One of the best of the show was an Italian wood boat made by Rega. I would call it the Bently of boats.