On 10/30/10 5:53 PM, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:42:38 -0400, Secular Humouresque
wrote:

On 10/30/10 5:37 PM, Gene wrote:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:53:35 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

I know the season is ending.

What do you do with your boat(s) over the winter if you are not in the
southern climes?

I store my old classic in a shed. My newer boat spends the winter on the
hard in a nearby boatyard, in a cradle the previous owner had built for
her. The cradle has an A-frame that can be erected to support a couple
of tarps.

The old boat has a simple inboard marine engine that's easy enough to
service. The newer boat has a pair of diesels that i have an outside
contractor service. I take the batteries home.

Looks like it is a little better than it was at the end of the
year.... what I find striking is how few posts and posters.... and
the absence of most of those that were here a few years ago.



We have a goodly number of posters here who either have no interest in
boating or very little interest in boating, and are here *only* to stir
up crap against posters they don't like. Whatever excuses they offer up
for their behavior, the fact remains that they and they alone are
responsible for how they behave.

That's the reality of rec.boats, Gene.

Well, it certainly seems that I haven't missed a lot in the last 11
months..... though it *is* a little better than it was the last time I
checked in.... July 4th weekend.

I still hate the web groups, but they *are* moderated.... and I do
get useful information and advice...

How've you been? What's this I read about a new boat? You didn't keep
Yo-Ho long!


I think I was permanently spoiled by the much, much, much better salt
water fishing along the Atlantic Coast and in the ICW of Florida and
Georgia. On its best days, compared to Florida, Chesapeake Bay
fishing...sucks. To do the sort of fishing I wanted to do, you'd have to
be living around Virginia Beach.

We were doing a lot of other things on the boats we've had up here and
not doing a lot of fishing. Took me less than a week to sell my 21'
Parker as the arrival of the new boat got closer. The buyer found me
through, believe it or not, Craig's List.

I've booked three days of ocean fishing next month in Florida...that
should get me through the winter.