Spring Break Turnout???

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Submarine

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I was looking at some photos on azcentral and felt myself longing for the days when camping on Sandy Beach was 6 rows deep of trucks and tents. The Reef looked empty and I see they have hired dancers now...never used to have to do that!

I know that the whole 'gang' thing seems to be the style now, but I couldn't help noticing in the pictures that it seemed like everyone was doing it. I wish we had archives from the 'old forum' where probably many of the same people here used to decry Spring Breakers but now covet them. Going over my old Spring Break pictures it was all pretty much Whisky Tango, not Gang Banger. I wonder if this doesn't contribute to the negative image?
Bring back the Wife beater, the Mullet, and Neon Oakleys!
 
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Jamie75

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I agree...I was looking at those pictures too and it looked like a bunch of thugs! I seriously would be nervous to be out and surrounded by most of the people they showed in the pictures. What happened to the kids man?
 
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Submarine

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Thats what a lot of the young people look like in Laughlin too! Maybe we're just getting older Jamie....next thing you know we'll be all crotchety like most of the codgers on here!
 
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PitiquitoRosy

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Hey all, I have had very little time this week and haven't gone over to check out the photos. I'm stealing a minute just to see what's happening here in the forum. But let me add that I've been running around Penasco, stopping by the hangouts late at night sometimes if needed, been to the RV parks too, and I'm impressed with how nice the kids all are. Well-mannered, respectful and very, very nice. Could it be that reporters are cherry-picking what photos to take just to give a certain impression? Nah...couldn't happen...forgive my cynicism...
 
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Submarine

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Spring Break Lies from metromix

I'm not saying everyone down here is a liar. I'm just saying that sometimes, truth can be as elastic as the ties on a sting bikini.

Here's a look at a few of the most common:

1. "I can stand. I can stand. I can stand," young man crawling on the sidewalk after nearly capsizing his three friends who were struggling to hold him up.

2. "I do business in Phoenix, but I thought, rather than hang out there for the weekend, I'd come down here. I didn't know it was spring break," self-described married Mormon man who took off his wedding ring and was sipping a shot of Johnnie Walker.

3. "Let's just cuddle. Come with me and we can just cuddle," spike-haired blond man with his arms around a mini dress-wearing woman whom he was imploring as they walked down the main drag in the Mirador.

4. "I can drink all night and not get drunk. Like, all night. Like right now, this is, like, my fifth beer, and I'm fine," drunk woman.

5. "It's going to get crazy in here. C'mon ladies, wet T-shirt contest is going to start in just a few minutes. It's going to get crazy in here," emcee at the Ice House nightclub, where the crowd was sparse and at no point did it look like it was going to get much of anything, let alone crazy.

6. "Hey you guys, the Sand Sluts just got here. Things are getting crazy," same emcee describing a short bus painted "Sand Sluts Party Crew" out of which came no sand, four crewmembers and three women who were not dressed provocatively and appeared to be crew girlfriends.
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And the one comment was supposedly from the DJ who said: ummm.. how would u know what did and did not happen at the ice house... only the photographer was here... !!!!! i would know... i was the DJ !!!!...
 
InkaRoads

InkaRoads

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I can not say really much about this weekend, since I have spend the past couple of days returning U of A students back home, well, there home, anyway, I spent from Friday to Tuesday in PP and what I personally saw were hundreds of college people hanging mainly between Baja Cantina and Manny's Beach Club, some at Pink Cadillac, but they all left in a matter of a second somewhere else, since Mirador is my "hood" I did not have to drive anywhere.
As I was able to see the sunset cruise ships were doing pretty good, 2 or 3 at a time on the water.
Most defenitly the numbers of people is not the same as 4 or 5 years ago, were all the bars were practicaly packed, it will take time for that to happen again, however most of the guys and gals I have spoken to they all say they will be back and not necesarely for Spring Break, specially now that they have lived it themselves.
However two different groups complain about the Taxistas overcharging, $20 buck from Sandy Beach to the Old Port/Malecon.
By the way while I was checking the bars last weekend I did not notice a single photografer anywhere, but then again I can not be at all places at once and neither can he!!
 
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Submarine

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Yes they do but the two Hobie's in the background really had me missing mine!

Someone certainly got out the "no Thug pics" message, definitely a lot more appealing crowd.
 
rockyptjoe

rockyptjoe

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Submarine said:
Yes they do but the two Hobie's in the background really had me missing mine!

Someone certainly got out the "no Thug pics" message, definitely a lot more appealing crowd.
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Yeah...about the only ones that come close were from the Ice House!!!

Now, if I could unload my "behemoths", I'd probably also be looking for a Hobie....
 
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bahiatrader

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I had a 14' Hobie, and then an 18' Hobie copy that I built. I absolutely loved 'em. I had both over 30 mi. offshore in the Pacific. To my way of thinking, they are a thing of beauty. Speeding across the water at high velocity with nothing but the sound of water against the hull is an indescribable rush to me. A motor was the last thing I wanted on my Hobies.
 
rockyptjoe

rockyptjoe

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bahiatrader said:
I had a 14' Hobie, and then an 18' Hobie copy that I built. I absolutely loved 'em. I had both over 30 mi. offshore in the Pacific. To my way of thinking, they are a thing of beauty. Speeding across the water at high velocity with nothing but the sound of water against the hull is an indescribable rush to me. A motor was the last thing I wanted on my Hobies.
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When I Had my Hobie 16, I was living back east...and had to launch somewhat inland, and sail several miles down some channels to get to open ocean.....actually considered rigging up a small kicker outboard to get to the open water. Wound up driving about an hour further to launch in the bay (Great South Bay....Long Island, NY).

If you were able to rig a 7.5 or 9 hp Merc on a Hobie 16, that thing would scream!!!! Once you get the hulls up a bit out of the water, there is almost no wetted surface.... Just under sail power, I used to wiz by the power boats in the channels....since I had no speed restrictions under sail. That close to the water, zipping along at 12-14 knots on one hull is unbelievable!
 
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ernesto

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I picked up a used Prindle 16 last summer for $700.Most of the used cats have bad tramps though. I had a Hobie 16 for years. Jury is still out for me on the Hobie vs. Prindle argument. I think both boats have good and bad. Took mine down ,plunked it on the playa and gave the trailer away with the old Hobie. There is almost no resale value to these things.
 
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rockyptjoe

rockyptjoe

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ernesto said:
I picked up a used Prindle 16 last summer for $700.Most of the used cats have bad tramps though. I had a Hobie 16 for years. Jury is still out for me on the Hobie vs. Prindle argument. I think both boats have good and bad. Took mine down ,plunked it on the playa and gave the trailer away with the old Hobie. There is almost no resale value to these things.
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If the Prindle had asymetric hulls...then I'd say they were pretty equal....but if not, you'd need a centerboard/daggerboard on the Prindle, which would give you additional drag, therefore slower.

The problem with resale, particularly in the hotter states was the hulls getting soft spots and the tramps deteriorate....
 
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