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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 02:19:55 GMT, (Tom)
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Then I got into less than a foot of
water and that was a different story - managed to remove quite a bit
of paint from the lower unit and dug a new channel for future
navigation. I always thought the red buoys were supposed to be on your
right when returning to port - apparently this doesn't hold true for
orange buoys as someone placed them on the left side of the channel
(so much for my assumption that they were faded red)
Thanks for the report - I'm not sure I'd want to run full throttle in
a foot of water, but hey...
As to navigation, I got a kick out of that story. Back in the day
when I worked on the rigs in the Gulf, I used to fish around Venice,
LA in the canals and bayous that twisted and turned all over the
place. For about the first three or four trips, I'd always end up on
a sand bar when rounding a turn. It wasn't until I figured out that
you need to turn WIDE on a turn that I had a solid run out to a
fishing camp that the company owned. :)
Anyway, it looks like I'm selling my Ranger - got a good offer for it
and I've only lost $1,000 over the four years I've owned it. I'm not
going to put a jack plate on it now. :)
I think the new boat will have a jack plate though - different type of
boat though.
Enjoy that Sea Pro - sound like a great boat.
Later,
Tom
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