alright guys, i'll start with an apology for not posting any explanation since my big dilemma with boat manufacturing. This has been a big burden on my mind for a while now and i'm sorry for not explaining the problem that aucoin's fabrication has encountered with the coast guard a long time ago. Many of you on MMT are great friends and customers of mine, and i thank and appreciate all of you.

Kurtis an I decided to make a serious buisness decision to stop manfacturing boats due to the rules, regulations and liability of coast guard in what i rather not get into right now. For those of you who know us guys at aucoins fab, you know the buisness we run, and we are basically the "little man". Both kurtis and i have families and homes to keep up just like all of you, and we dont want some federal official with a name to take that from us, i guess you can say we are playing the safe side, but aucoins fab is not soley dependent on boats. We also do alot of oilfeild fabrication and without that we have nothing at all. So getting fined for some boat regulations that we didn't abide by, can seriously hurt our buisness.

Thank you Tony Broussard and MMT for getting aucoins where it is today!!!



besides all of that AUCOIN, or like brooks would say ''OKWAN'' is here to stay at MMT!!!!!!!!!



CARRY ON!!

you can always go into the boat trailer repair business

Hey your good people and we wouldnt want anything bad to happen to Okwans either

thanks

Sucks I didnt get my order in on time, but I understand. FWIW if the rumor I heard is true, that BS, otherwise, business is business, and cant let a fine or what not take your big money away because of a little side work

Well said! All the best to you and your Family Rick , Your work speaks for its self Myboy, no matter what your building! Your not going anywhere!


PS, do you still build gas tanks fer boats? lol

Good to hear from you Rick



You gettin any sleep with the new arrival in the house

not much lowry, thats why i'm still up.........waitin on that next feeding time

Hey Rick, here's how we handle that, let's get an envelope together, a nice thick one and give it to "the man" and get back to building boats

That sucks man. Like my MMT compadre above said you guys are some good people.

Disclaimer: If there are any United States Coast Guard personnel reading this, please be advised that it was just a joke. Myself, nor any member of the Aucion family was not going to attempt to bribe the Coast Guard. That is all.

well hell tony b, lets just load up on that hellicopter of yours and deliver it ourselves............btw....whats your interest rate at now

Will you build me a BBQ pit? Aluminum, sayyyy ummmmm 1/8 thinck. Extra bracing along the bottom, bout 18' long, maybe about 4' wide or there abouts? All I need is a reciept for the aluminum. Ill even buy it and deliver, all I need you to do is weld me an ummm.........BBQ pit!!

ha.........you must be cookin pooldoo

Glad to see you back Rick! Hope you and your family are doing well. You better still be coming to Caddo.

Welcome back....Ricky Oakwin
R Cope.

Glad to see you around, and hope to see you at caddo!

so whats a used Okwan boat worth now, Im guessing alot more then what you paid for it

Guess the family is home and well if you on the MMT, and we all want to see that little bundle of joy riden at caddo with us in a few. She picking and grennin with you on the front porch blocks yet.

Good to see you still kicking......

That is something you had to decide on and we can all respect a man doing what is best for his family.

here's a Brown Watah salute to you Ricky

See you soon~

You did the right thing. You cant fight them bastards.

Lookin forward to jammin with you and the brown wata at Caddo, Ricky.
Keep it real.