On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 20:54:47 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 3/20/16 8:44 PM, wrote:

Been beautiful here. I was supposed to rain this weekend but it turned
out fine. We got out on the boat all 3 days. It was cloudy but warm.
Little spit of rain for a few minutes on Saturday.
We are in the pool now too. It is over 80 and that is good for me.



I spent a couple of off days finishing out and sanding old drywall mud,
taping a seam, and painting the inside of the garage. Rented a small
platform scaffold, because the damned walls are 12' high, along with, of
course, the ceiling. Grrr.

Sometime this week, I'm going to put epoxy "paint" on the garage floor.
Kelly green.

Exciting, eh?

Yikes. I do a lot of stuff but finishing drywall, I get a guy.
Go with god my son. ;-)

I am hot and heavy on my BowFlex project. Henc showed up with some
really good looking emitter disks from his CnC machine and I have the
parts assembled for the pickup. I used a Microsoft USB ball mouse for
the donor parts. After dissecting a bunch of them, this was the best
candidate.
My grand daughter is going to be here for spring break and she is
dabbling with writing video games (a school thing). I hope I get this
going by then.

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 22:54:11 -0400,
wrote:

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 18:32:57 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

John H.
- show quoted text -
"Yeah, my bad. That extra half foot could make a big difference in 3'ers!

Which 18'er are you talking about, or do they only make one?"



Bayliner 180 BR with outboard. Or the 185 BR with stern drive. Would probably go with larger engine (4.3 liter) rather than the standard 3.0 that comes with the 175 BR.
They are only 6 inches longer but 8 inches wider and a higher freeboard. Weigh about 25 percent more. Same deadrise on all at 19 degrees.
Would the 18 be worth the extra 7 or 8 grand??

===

In my opinion, probably not unless you want to carry more people or
more gear. In order to be reasonably dry and reasonably comfortable
in rough seas you really need something like a 25 or 26 Grady White
that has a lot of deadrise. Even my old Bertram 33 which was a superb
rough water boat had its limits.

Speaking of rough water boats, I was driving out of our neighborhood
today behind a guy who was trailering a very large center console,
probably over 35 ft long. It was powered by triple 400 hp Mercs. I
didn't even know they made a 400.

I have heard about the 400 but never saw one.
There is some kid in here with a rich momma who fancies himself to be
a boat broker. He has a nice looking 36' with Twin F350s. He says it
runs out about 65. That trip 400 boat must be well over 80.
This kid wheels and deals boats all the time.
He always has something inappropriate up here ;-)

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 20:54:47 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 3/20/16 8:44 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:49:29 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:08:12 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:42:28 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:08:54 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 07:27:34 -0400, John H.
wrote:

This morning, when I awoke at 3 am and couldn't get back to sleep, one of the many
thoughts that drifted through was about what trips you may take this summer. I know
you've hit the Bahamas pretty hard, and I was wondering if you'd ever cruised over to
New Orleans, staying fairly close to the shore and putting in at any interesting
places along the way. Seems like it would be worth it just to get some good Louisiana
red beans and rice.

===

That cruise is definitely on my bucket list. People who have done
that run say the Florida panhandle area is some of the best cruising
anywhere. One of the challenges is what is known as the "Big Bend"
area of Florida, which because of shallow water, forces you to run
offshore from Clearwater up towards Panama City. Nothing we haven't
done before but you need to wait for the right weather window and then
run all night. Once you get to Panama City you can run inside on the
the Gulf Coast ICW all the way to New Orleans if you choose.

Right now however I'm salivating at the very real possibility of
cruising to Cuba. The regulatory and insurance issues are rapidly
improving and it looks like there is a very real chance of being able
to go sometime in the near future.

We don't have anything like that in the works, but right now we're going to Pohick
Bay camping for the weekend. Time to 'de-winterize'.

===

The weather has been great here for the last week or two. Yesterday I
turned the pool heater back on for the season.

Friday was great, yesterday the temp went down and the wind came up, and today we
even had a bit of snow. Crazy.

Camping trip went well, however, and nothing broke.

Been beautiful here. I was supposed to rain this weekend but it turned
out fine. We got out on the boat all 3 days. It was cloudy but warm.
Little spit of rain for a few minutes on Saturday.
We are in the pool now too. It is over 80 and that is good for me.



I spent a couple of off days finishing out and sanding old drywall mud,
taping a seam, and painting the inside of the garage. Rented a small
platform scaffold, because the damned walls are 12' high, along with, of
course, the ceiling. Grrr.

Sometime this week, I'm going to put epoxy "paint" on the garage floor.
Kelly green.

Exciting, eh?

Try carpetting your garage floor. Indoor/outdoor stuff is cheap. Nuts and bolts are
easy to find. Dust is held to a minimum.
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, audiophools, and narcissists...not guns!

On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 18:32:57 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

John H.
- show quoted text -
"Yeah, my bad. That extra half foot could make a big difference in 3'ers!

Which 18'er are you talking about, or do they only make one?"



Bayliner 180 BR with outboard. Or the 185 BR with stern drive. Would probably go with larger engine (4.3 liter) rather than the standard 3.0 that comes with the 175 BR. They are only 6 inches longer but 8 inches wider and a higher freeboard. Weigh about 25 percent more. Same deadrise on all at 19 degrees. Would the 18 be worth the extra 7 or 8 grand??

Having had both a stern drive and an outboard, if I were buying right now, I'd
definitely go with the outboard. I can't tell you if it's worth the extra money for
the 18'er, but if you've a chance to go outboard, I'd take it in a heartbeat.
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, audiophools, and narcissists...not guns!

Trouble with the outboard model is that you can't add the optional extended swim platform. That could come in handy re-boarding us or the dog.

Trouble with the outboard model is that you can't add the optional extended swim platform. That could come in handy re-boarding us or the dog.

True North wrote:
John H.
- show quoted text -
"I'll bet none of those folks were in a 17' Bayliner!"


Make that a 17 and a half foot Bayliner....and if you include it's extended swim platform it would be 19 and a half feet.
On the other hand I haven't totally written of negotiating for the 18 footer before they deliver my boat in May.
I'll either go to the Moncton Boat, RV and Sportsman show next month or travel to the dealership over on Princess Edward Island to agonize over the pros and cons of both boats.


"written of"? Care to try again, expert?

Keyser Söze wrote:
On 3/20/16 8:44 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:49:29 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:08:12 -0400,
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:42:28 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:08:54 -0400,
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 07:27:34 -0400, John H.
wrote:

This morning, when I awoke at 3 am and couldn't get back to
sleep, one of the many
thoughts that drifted through was about what trips you may take
this summer. I know
you've hit the Bahamas pretty hard, and I was wondering if you'd
ever cruised over to
New Orleans, staying fairly close to the shore and putting in at
any interesting
places along the way. Seems like it would be worth it just to
get some good Louisiana
red beans and rice.

===

That cruise is definitely on my bucket list. People who have done
that run say the Florida panhandle area is some of the best cruising
anywhere. One of the challenges is what is known as the "Big Bend"
area of Florida, which because of shallow water, forces you to run
offshore from Clearwater up towards Panama City. Nothing we haven't
done before but you need to wait for the right weather window and
then
run all night. Once you get to Panama City you can run inside on
the
the Gulf Coast ICW all the way to New Orleans if you choose.

Right now however I'm salivating at the very real possibility of
cruising to Cuba. The regulatory and insurance issues are rapidly
improving and it looks like there is a very real chance of being
able
to go sometime in the near future.

We don't have anything like that in the works, but right now we're
going to Pohick
Bay camping for the weekend. Time to 'de-winterize'.

===

The weather has been great here for the last week or two. Yesterday I
turned the pool heater back on for the season.

Friday was great, yesterday the temp went down and the wind came up,
and today we
even had a bit of snow. Crazy.

Camping trip went well, however, and nothing broke.

Been beautiful here. I was supposed to rain this weekend but it turned
out fine. We got out on the boat all 3 days. It was cloudy but warm.
Little spit of rain for a few minutes on Saturday.
We are in the pool now too. It is over 80 and that is good for me.



I spent a couple of off days finishing out and sanding old drywall
mud, taping a seam, and painting the inside of the garage. Rented a
small platform scaffold, because the damned walls are 12' high, along
with, of course, the ceiling. Grrr.

Sometime this week, I'm going to put epoxy "paint" on the garage
floor. Kelly green.

Exciting, eh?


You have nothing but "off days". At least your landlord has you doing
chores to earn your keep.

John H. wrote:
On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:18:06 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

John H.
- show quoted text -
"I'll bet none of those folks were in a 17' Bayliner!"


Make that a 17 and a half foot Bayliner....and if you include it's extended swim platform it would be 19 and a half feet.
On the other hand I haven't totally written of negotiating for the 18 footer before they deliver my boat in May.
I'll either go to the Moncton Boat, RV and Sportsman show next month or travel to the dealership over on Princess Edward Island to agonize over the pros and cons of both boats.
Yeah, my bad. That extra half foot could make a big difference in 3'ers!

Which 18'er are you talking about, or do they only make one?
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, audiophools, and narcissists...not guns!


And swim platforms offer a HUGE performance gain!

Mar
On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:16:14 -0700 (PDT), True North
- show quoted text -
Hitch a ride with Wayne.
---

There's a great idea if Wayne's ok with it..