Around 7/25/2005 8:40 PM, Genius? Not! wrote:

I've got an 18 foot boat. And I'm new to boating. So I've got a million
questions. And probably more to follow those!

"Bring 'em on!"


I think my day-trip limit, for now, is 2 hours to reach an uncrowded
warm-water lake.

The first thing to come to mind is how far do you like to trailer your boat
for vacations and long weekends?

My usual ramp is 8.6 miles away. If I'm in a big hurry, there's a crappy
ramp 0.4 miles from me.

If I want to go out on a lake and don't want the hassle of going through
the Ballard locks, it's about 23 miles to the nearest ramp on Lake
Washington.


How far is too far and what's makes your destination too far?

I prefer cruising to trailering, so if I can't get to it via the waters
of Puget Sound or Lake Washington, it's too far.


What makes your destination worth the distance?

See my signature.


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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows