River Dave's Place
After a twenty year hiatus, DRAG RACING HAS RETURNED TO IRVINE LAKE!!
20 Years ago on April 22nd 1985 a Drag Boat driven by Jim Lange ran ashore and into the crowd ultimately killing a 9 year old girl Brandy Branchflower. There was a heated debate between the drivers and what was the...
Maybe it's just in my mind, but there's nothing cooler looking then polished aluminum. I also can't think of any single finish that is harder to keep maintained then polished aluminum as well. This is a quick "How To" guide of what I personally do to restore and keep my wheels looking...
Ten months ago Wayne Monasmith purchased Rons Custom Detail and things have been on a fast trek for the local Havasu based detail company ever since! Ron's Custom Detail already had a reputation for being one of the premier detail shops under the watchful eye of previous owner Ron Burnett...
In the fall of 1976, after leaving Long Beach, I was in Rocklin during the week (college) and coming, home to Grass Valley on the weekends. My best buddy was Jim. Jim worked at a gas station. He had an old 65 Power Wagon, he tuned every kids hot rod in town.
My 56 F-100 was pretty cherry...
It's interesting to sit back and watch the trends of boaters from the sidelines. Ten or eleven years ago if you had a deck boat people on the lake and the river would look at you sideways like you were driving a "pontoon" or something. That quickly changed as the Conquest got more popular...
We are going to start this years reviews off with Eliminator, because of the votes in the thread I posted earlier on RDP. This year Eliminator brought A 27 Speedster, 22 Daytona, 260 Eagle, and Bob Teague brought a 28 Speedster for display in Teague Custom Marine's booth.
This 27...
As summer approaches the usual Parker Crowd will gather in the usual Parker Spots. This summer you will see a cross at the Northern Sandbar in Parker with Josie "Chief" Garcia on it, and some of you will wonder who we was. Most of us new him by his nickname "Eddie."
I met Eddie a...
You'll remember back to my first article titled Welcome to the Front Page, that I said I was tired of trying to hammer our oblonged shape of RDP into an round or a square peg. That's going to lead me into this article titled "Less than Professional."
The other day I had a very long...
Nordic has finished the tooling on their new 26' Deck! It is styled after their extremely popular 29 Deckboat, and is it's "twin" little brother. With the market being so flooded with 28-29' deckboats, there is very little competition out there for a newly styled 26 which should make this an...
The idea of gel coat suppliers, and what impact that has on the industry is really pretty foreign to most average boaters. Most boaters couldn't tell you what brand of gel was used in the making of their boat, and truth be told most wouldn't care to know. If you are in the market for a...
My name is Brian Fetherolf. I began my career in the Marine Industry in
1974 working for family friend John Kaiser. I started B&D Marine in June
of 1990. B & D is a family run business with my son Dane, running the shop, with me overseeing both as well as hands on in the shop and office.
I was...
I hope each one of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Now that the boating season is starting
to wind down and we head towards the Christmas holiday I thought I?d touch on a few topics that will help your boat through the winter.
We all love our boats and all of us have to face that fact of...
I have had a few sleepless nights asking myself "What is RDP?" Is it strictly a community? Is it a media outlet or a news organization? I finally asked the membership the other day in a thread "What is RDP to you?" and was happy to hear the responses. It is to the membership, exactly...
My name is Bob Jeanblanc, I'm excited to be a part of RDP's new
"tech"articles format. Many of you will remember me as I have managed Rex Marine and Dana Marine Products for the last 18 years. I bring with me an in depth knowledge of high performance marine hardware, manufacturing, sales and...
To the Members at RDP:
I am the newest staff member of the RDP technical department. I will be providing periodic commentary and technical expertise on all things related to Mercury Marine.
As the owner of Quality Performance Marine in Corona, California, a Mercury Authorized Sales and Service...
