wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:08:12 -0400, Alex wrote:

Airboats have thick polymer on the hulls to protect them from branches
and other debris. Some people run theirs on dry ground. When the
polymer is worn, it's replaced.
I am old and it has been a while but the guys in Everglades City were
running regular aluminum hulls in the 80s-90s with big V-8s and a
prop.
45 is still a fast boat tho. You don't really want to be going that
fast if you are actually in the swamp running around tho. This isn't
about speed, it is about getting anywhere you want to go. Some of the
hard core guys had nitrous systems to get off that hump they were
stuck on.


The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!

On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:21:54 -0400, Alex wrote:

The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!

In the park itself there are not many places you can use an airboat if
any. The intent is to eliminate it altogether. Air boat tour operators
who used have an exemption are losing them. Most of this is done on
private property.

On 4/27/17 12:31 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:21:54 -0400, Alex wrote:

The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!

In the park itself there are not many places you can use an airboat if
any. The intent is to eliminate it altogether. Air boat tour operators
who used have an exemption are losing them. Most of this is done on
private property.



Is that because airboats are considered a nuisance or destructive?

On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 06:34:59 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 4/27/17 12:31 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:21:54 -0400, Alex wrote:

The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!

In the park itself there are not many places you can use an airboat if
any. The intent is to eliminate it altogether. Air boat tour operators
who used have an exemption are losing them. Most of this is done on
private property.



Is that because airboats are considered a nuisance or destructive?

It is pretty much both but they cite destruction of habitat.
It is all part of limiting motorized vehicles in national parks. They
started in Everglades Park and then expanded that to Big Cypress and
the other smaller tracts most people never heard of. The last I heard
that also expanded to picayune strand a state preserve. In some cases
they just limit engine size but in the case of an air boat that is a
distinction without a difference. There are no 9.9 HP air boats ;-)

On 4/27/17 10:28 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 4/27/17 12:31 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:21:54 -0400, Alex wrote:

The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!

In the park itself there are not many places you can use an airboat if
any. The intent is to eliminate it altogether. Air boat tour operators
who used have an exemption are losing them. Most of this is done on
private property.



Is that because airboats are considered a nuisance or destructive?


What would be your boat of choice for navigating the Everglades?


Salt water kayak or flats boat.

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/27/17 10:28 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 4/27/17 12:31 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:21:54 -0400, Alex wrote:

The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!

In the park itself there are not many places you can use an airboat if
any. The intent is to eliminate it altogether. Air boat tour operators
who used have an exemption are losing them. Most of this is done on
private property.



Is that because airboats are considered a nuisance or destructive?


What would be your boat of choice for navigating the Everglades?


Salt water kayak or flats boat.


Flats boat with a propeller tearing up the grass and stirring up the
bottom.

On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:40:02 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:


Flats boat with a propeller tearing up the grass and stirring up the
bottom.

Most of the places they let you run these days is deep enough for my
boat without touching the bottom, at least in the summer. Right now,
as dry as it is a Jeep might be the best choice.

Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/27/17 10:28 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 4/27/17 12:31 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:21:54 -0400, Alex wrote:

The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!
In the park itself there are not many places you can use an airboat if
any. The intent is to eliminate it altogether. Air boat tour operators
who used have an exemption are losing them. Most of this is done on
private property.


Is that because airboats are considered a nuisance or destructive?

What would be your boat of choice for navigating the Everglades?

Salt water kayak or flats boat.

Flats boat with a propeller tearing up the grass and stirring up the
bottom.



The bass fishermen use bass boats - I have one. You are limited to the
canals that were dredged by the USACE but there are hundreds of miles
you can travel. You won't find too many flats boats unless you go to
Florida Bay.

On 4/27/17 11:25 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 4/27/17 10:28 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 4/27/17 12:31 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:21:54 -0400, Alex wrote:

The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!

In the park itself there are not many places you can use an airboat if
any. The intent is to eliminate it altogether. Air boat tour operators
who used have an exemption are losing them. Most of this is done on
private property.



Is that because airboats are considered a nuisance or destructive?


What would be your boat of choice for navigating the Everglades?


Salt water kayak or flats boat.


Go for it, dummy.

Lots of people do.

Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 4/27/17 11:25 AM, justan wrote:

On 4/27/17 10:28 AM, justan wrote:

On 4/27/17 12:31 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:21:54 -0400, Alex wrote:

The Everglades is full of wide open trails. If you travel off of them
you don't want to be going 20mph!

In the park itself there are not many places you can use an airboat if
any. The intent is to eliminate it altogether. Air boat tour operators
who used have an exemption are losing them. Most of this is done on
private property.



Is that because airboats are considered a nuisance or destructive?



What would be your boat of choice for navigating the Everglades?


Salt water kayak or flats boat.


Go for it, dummy.

Lots of people do.

How many return?