Took the Legend Xcalibur out to Grand lake today for some late summer boating.
Finally got on the water at noon and it was as smooth as silk. Easily the calmest water we've seen on this lake since I started talking the Princecraft Yukon out there years ago.
Was such a pleasure zooming along that I had to be careful to keep the revs down. I don't think they advise zipping along at 5000 RPM for too long.

Stopped just off shore from what we think is hockey player Sydney Crosby's house and had a light lunch of a banana and cool clear water.
Forgot the dogs 'GatorAid' water bottle so the wife had to let him drink from her cup after she was through.

This is the third trip out since I had the trim gauge installed and must admit that it was money well spent. The upper end of the lake can get shallow so I trim the motor up a bit to save bashing the prop on rocks and it's nice to know where it stands.
A couple of times I strayed into 4 foot water depth and trimmed up, only to trim down again to speed up in deeper water.
No such problem in the larger lower portion which has 150+ depths.
Saw a few fishermen out there but only talked to one old guy at the ramp who hadn't caught anything.
The HummingBird 170 indicated lots of fish in certain areas. Might have to get a license, file down the barb and try some catch & release next year.

Beautiful day, and tomorrow and Saturday should be the same but a bit cooler than todays 25C.

On 9/19/13 6:06 PM, True North wrote:
Took the Legend Xcalibur out to Grand lake today for some late summer boating.
Finally got on the water at noon and it was as smooth as silk. Easily the calmest water we've seen on this lake since I started talking the Princecraft Yukon out there years ago.
Was such a pleasure zooming along that I had to be careful to keep the revs down. I don't think they advise zipping along at 5000 RPM for too long.

Stopped just off shore from what we think is hockey player Sydney Crosby's house and had a light lunch of a banana and cool clear water.
Forgot the dogs 'GatorAid' water bottle so the wife had to let him drink from her cup after she was through.

This is the third trip out since I had the trim gauge installed and must admit that it was money well spent. The upper end of the lake can get shallow so I trim the motor up a bit to save bashing the prop on rocks and it's nice to know where it stands.
A couple of times I strayed into 4 foot water depth and trimmed up, only to trim down again to speed up in deeper water.
No such problem in the larger lower portion which has 150+ depths.
Saw a few fishermen out there but only talked to one old guy at the ramp who hadn't caught anything.
The HummingBird 170 indicated lots of fish in certain areas. Might have to get a license, file down the barb and try some catch & release next year.

Beautiful day, and tomorrow and Saturday should be the same but a bit cooler than todays 25C.



Wait a minute...you're boating and posting about it in rec.boats? Are
you insane?

I'm just trying to be "sociable". ;-)

On 9/19/2013 6:29 PM, True North wrote:
I'm just trying to be "sociable". ;-)


That's really nice. know that we've got your back and we're here to help
you become the best boater possible.

wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:29:07 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

I'm just trying to be "sociable". ;-)

No problem. Keep boating as long as you can and burn off that 60l gas
tank.
The less you try to store, the less that can go bad.

Enjoy your boat while you can.

Hook it up and come down here if you feel the need to declare a mutiny
on the snow and ice. There are deals on the beach right now and until
Christmas as a general rule. It doesn't really get busy here until
January..

When is best time to visit FL and the Keys? Avoiding extreme humidity and
hurricanes.

On 9/20/2013 3:56 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:29:07 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

I'm just trying to be "sociable". ;-)

No problem. Keep boating as long as you can and burn off that 60l gas
tank.
The less you try to store, the less that can go bad.

Enjoy your boat while you can.

Hook it up and come down here if you feel the need to declare a mutiny
on the snow and ice. There are deals on the beach right now and until
Christmas as a general rule. It doesn't really get busy here until
January..

When is best time to visit FL and the Keys? Avoiding extreme humidity and
hurricanes.


My bud lives down there, says April and May aren't so bad...

On 9/20/13 3:56 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:29:07 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

I'm just trying to be "sociable". ;-)

No problem. Keep boating as long as you can and burn off that 60l gas
tank.
The less you try to store, the less that can go bad.

Enjoy your boat while you can.

Hook it up and come down here if you feel the need to declare a mutiny
on the snow and ice. There are deals on the beach right now and until
Christmas as a general rule. It doesn't really get busy here until
January..

When is best time to visit FL and the Keys? Avoiding extreme humidity and
hurricanes.


The last time I was in the Keys, it was mid-February and very nice. Warm
but not overly hot days, ocean water warm enough to swim in...
I've been in South Florida in May and June and it was just too hot for
my taste.

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wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:29:07 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

I'm just trying to be "sociable". ;-)

No problem. Keep boating as long as you can and burn off that 60l gas
tank.
The less you try to store, the less that can go bad.

Enjoy your boat while you can.

Hook it up and come down here if you feel the need to declare a mutiny
on the snow and ice. There are deals on the beach right now and until
Christmas as a general rule. It doesn't really get busy here until
January..

When is best time to visit FL and the Keys? Avoiding extreme humidity and
hurricanes.

March.

On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:56:16 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

When is best time to visit FL and the Keys? Avoiding extreme humidity and
hurricanes.

===

November/December is good. Crowds are gone, hurricanes are gone,
water and weather are still warm. We've been to the Keys many times
in January - sometimes very nice, sometimes windy as stink. Early
spring is generally very good getting into March and April before the
summer heat and rain.

On 9/19/2013 6:06 PM, True North wrote:
Took the Legend Xcalibur out to Grand lake today for some late summer boating.
Finally got on the water at noon and it was as smooth as silk. Easily the calmest water we've seen on this lake since I started talking the Princecraft Yukon out there years ago.
Was such a pleasure zooming along that I had to be careful to keep the revs down. I don't think they advise zipping along at 5000 RPM for too long.

Stopped just off shore from what we think is hockey player Sydney Crosby's house and had a light lunch of a banana and cool clear water.
Forgot the dogs 'GatorAid' water bottle so the wife had to let him drink from her cup after she was through.

This is the third trip out since I had the trim gauge installed and must admit that it was money well spent. The upper end of the lake can get shallow so I trim the motor up a bit to save bashing the prop on rocks and it's nice to know where it stands.
A couple of times I strayed into 4 foot water depth and trimmed up, only to trim down again to speed up in deeper water.
No such problem in the larger lower portion which has 150+ depths.
Saw a few fishermen out there but only talked to one old guy at the ramp who hadn't caught anything.
The HummingBird 170 indicated lots of fish in certain areas. Might have to get a license, file down the barb and try some catch & release next year.

Beautiful day, and tomorrow and Saturday should be the same but a bit cooler than todays 25C.


Catch and release? Catch and eat is the humane way to fish.

By the way there is a trim limit switch on your setup. You can use that
switch to trim to the *safe* upper limit and any position between that
and full down trim.y it Be aware that the gauge is less than accurate
and you risk tearing your bellow if you rely on it.