Florida Airboat Association
Wednesday, 04 May 2011 07:33 | Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:48 | Written by Maryanne Sharp | PDF | | Print | | E-mail
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FAA AIRBOAT 2012
Broward County Airboat and Halftrack Conservation Club has "loaned"
FAA their slot in the complete airboat raffle cycle that has existed
between KRVSA, BCAHCC and the PBCAHCC
BCAHCC has specific conditions including that this complete airboat will be awarded at the BCAHCC Show next March 2013 AND they are not surrendering their rotation position..
FAA's Executive Board has decided to offer a 14' 6" X 8' factory built aluminum hull by Alumitech Airboats
**NEW** 14’ 6” x 8’ Alumitech AGS hull w/1/4” Polymer on bottom. | .125 (6061) ‘T’-6 Bottom, bulk head, transom and lip,
.090 sides, and .125 (5052) deck | 7- 2”x 2” x ¼” ‘T’ bars, polished stainless steel rigging,
3 passenger seating with rear operator, (4 place seating) 48” Aluminum welded rudder,
"Quiet Airboat" exhaust and properly fitted trailer
It will be powered by Marine Power their slogan says they are "The force behind the fun" so let the fun begin we have got a motor, gearbox, and prop donated for our new raffle airboat. Rotator gear box has donated the gearbox with the 2.68 gears and Marine Power has donated the motor 400 horsepower GM motor and Sensenich Propellers has donated the 3 blade composite Prop. Time is critical and we have a very short span to determine if there is sufficient industry support to make this effort financially feasible for FAA's time and talent investment requirement.
FAA Is going to our industry partners and supporters and is asking for help -- and for the "best deal possible" on the seating, covers and slips, batteries, batteries cables, wires gauges etc, fuel line, paint, cable steering, trailer and assembly.
FAA is responsible for this build, for displaying the completed boat at a wide variety of public events and for selling tickets.
We are asking you to let us know if - and to what degree - you can become involved. Specifically, what can we expect from you.
We are looking for sponsors to donate parts to Build FAA's / BCAHCC Raffle Airboat if you'd like to be a part of this please post your support thank you.
Time is critical and we have a very short span to determine if there is sufficient support to make this effort financially feasible.
Airboat Parts needed:
> Aluminum Radiator
> Over Flow Tank
> Bilge Pump
> Bilge Installiation Kit
> Red and Black Battery Cable
> Two Battery's
> Dual Battery Switch
> Two Battery Boxes
> Navigation Lights (red, green, & white) Water Seperator/ Fuel Filter
> Electric Fuel Tank Sending Unit 3/8' Fuel line (15') Throttle Fly By
> Wire/ Gas Pedal Rudders Steering Hand Grip Steering Cable Single Seat
> Cushion Double Seat Cushion Rain Covers Single Seat Shell Double Seat
> Shell Headers-Automotive Long Tube Quick Release Flag Holder
> Automotive Front Motor Mount Set Center Instrument Panel Complete
> w/Automotive Gauges 18' Wiring Harness
>
> Trailer parts needed:
> Two Torsion Axles
> Guide Mounted
> Submersible L.E.D. Lighting
> 24' Wiring Harness
> Swivel Mount Tounge Jack
> Heavy Duty Winch & Strap
> Safety Chains
> Carpeted Side Guides
> Aluminum Mag Wheels
>
> FAA's thanks our SPONSORS
> 14' 6" X 8' factory built aluminum hull ; by Alumitech Airboats
> Polished stainless steel rigging, 3 passenger seating with rear
> operator; by Alumitech Airboats Aluminum I-Beam Tandem Axle properly
> fitted trailer; by Alumitech Airboats 48” Aluminum welded rudder; by
> Alumitech Airboats
> 400 horsepower GM motor; Marine Power
> 3 blade composite Prop; by Sensenich Propellers Rotator gear box with
> 2.68 gears; by Panther Airboats Automotive Engine Stand; by
> Alumitech Airboats Gas tank; by Alumitech Airboats Paint and or
> Vinyl; by Painterchic Custom Paint and Vinyl
>
> With Deep Respect,
>
> Bishop Wright Jr.
> President
> Florida Airboat Association
Reflections
That's because we are in legislative session early this year and bills are being introduced. So we are checking the newly released proposed bills, tracking the ones we already know about and making sure everyone is up to speed on issues that affect you.
We are dedicated to sending our own information out to our community, instead of using internet chat sites which usually have more enemies than supporters viewing and taking part.
FAA has a well-oiled lobbying machine that has been working on sponsors for our issues and getting our bill language the way we need it. We've been working all summer and fall while everything was quiet. We've realized we need to think outside the box in order to keep this sport protected.
"You fly, or you die."
It's the message the mother eagle sends when she loves her eaglets so much she builds her nest at the edge of a cliff and when she feels they are ready to fly, zooms low and pushes the nest off the cliff with the little eaglets inside. "You were not meant to stay in this nest. This is not your comfort zone."
FAA's thinking out of out-of-the-box message is the same as the mother eagle's loving lesson of necessary self-sufficiency. Each person must trust their own strength and leave their comfort zone if it means advancing society.
"One thing you gotta understand is that if you're gonna be an eagle, you gotta stay high."
This summer we had an occasion to sit down with the leaders of the NRA and talk political strategies. We learned a lot which I believe will help us get through this tough legislative session with our major goals achieved and obstacles overcome.
FAA is always trying to make sure the sportsman's right to access is our first goal.
Access is everything and we want to maintain what we have and expand it because we know how to care for the land and the water and habitats are much better for us having been through them than having to look at them through a closed and locked gate.
We've been attending meetings with the state and federal officials on access issues and we know the process we are working through will set standards to be used to give us more access in the near future. I believe we are almost to the point of having a system for access determination that will work.
What we need now from the airboating community is to follow our lead and respect our work. We know how much we need each and every one of you to help us because if the day ever comes when we decide we don't need help then we will have lost. This is especially true in the flash-of-an-eye instant world we live in.
We are also trying to show folks that posting and discussing strategy on an open forum is the quickest way to see your issue taken away by the other side. It's especially true when you don't check with the folks who are in position to know what's what. You'll end up going back to untangle the web of misinformation that's the result of the "ready, aim, fire" method of action.
For sportsmen it's really looking positive and exciting because of all the hard work and individual effort of FAA affiliate members and helping to insure that recreation will be number one. FAA know that if you are going to get respect you must earn it and we feel we have paid our dues and deserve the respect that the overwhelming majority of airboaters give us. We also know there will always be a few out there who want it their way and never join this community's effort.
FAA has a president, vice president, and seven board members who would be happy to explain FAA's positions to you on any issues we are working on. You'll never see us post information on a chat site so our enemy can get the ammunition they need to defeat us. But you can email us and we will be happy to talk with you. You'll find me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Please join and be a part of FAA, this year our meetings will be combined with other functions going on throughout the state, so take the time and join in. You're guaranteed to learn what's really going on in the airboat world. FAA's next meeting will be at AAOF's 60th Annual Bar-B-Que, FAA's quarterly meeting will start at 9:00 am at the clubhouse and will be followed by the noon barbecue on Saturday, April 21.
Caroll and I are looking forward to seeing you at all this year's upcoming events and talking about all of the things going on in FAA's and your world of airboats and buggys.
Bishop Wright, Jr.
FAA President
Florida Airboat Association 5th annual Airboat Show held was on East Lake Fish Camp at Kissmmee, Florida. This is where FAA shows Proud Airboating Heritage to the General Public. Promoting our lifestyle to the good people of the State of Florida. This is one fundraiser that has proven itself time and time again. But this is also a chance to bring people that don't have airboats to go for a ride or just look and touch one, so they can learn all the good things we do. This show offered the people in Central Florida something South Florida has had for 20 years.
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Also visit Flickr to see:
Wayne Bradbury's (Huntingbigun) photos:
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Bob Herndon's (Nomad) photos:
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