"IBNFSHN" wrote in message
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Very well put Doug!!

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Bill
Chesapeake, Va

I live in Florida. In the Summer months, we do all of our boating early in
the day, and try to get off of the water before the afternoon thunderstorms
roll in around 2 pm. I'm in the process of breaking in a new motor. I have
19.4 hours on it since a week from last Friday. I worked Monday through
Thursday this past week...which means I've had 5 days to put those hours on
the engine. I didn't go last Saturday, but did go the other 4 days. I take
my young kids with me, which means I'm seldom out the door before 9am. So
in 4 days, I averaged about 5 hours of boating per day...from 9am until 2pm
each day.

The reason I don't talk about boating on the internet, is because when I'm
in the mood for boating, I go boating...rather than just talking about it.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"IBNFSHN" wrote in message
news:IzROc.924$Yf6.253@lakeread03...
Very well put Doug!!

--
Bill
Chesapeake, Va

I live in Florida. In the Summer months, we do all of our boating early
in
the day, and try to get off of the water before the afternoon
thunderstorms
roll in around 2 pm. I'm in the process of breaking in a new motor. I
have
19.4 hours on it since a week from last Friday. I worked Monday through
Thursday this past week...which means I've had 5 days to put those hours
on
the engine. I didn't go last Saturday, but did go the other 4 days. I
take
my young kids with me, which means I'm seldom out the door before 9am. So
in 4 days, I averaged about 5 hours of boating per day...from 9am until
2pm
each day.

The reason I don't talk about boating on the internet, is because when I'm
in the mood for boating, I go boating...rather than just talking about it.




I'd like to do the same, but almost-daily, unpredictable visits from the
lightning vendor have made boating a major pain in the ass around here this
summer.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"IBNFSHN" wrote in message
news:IzROc.924$Yf6.253@lakeread03...
Very well put Doug!!

--
Bill
Chesapeake, Va

I live in Florida. In the Summer months, we do all of our boating early
in
the day, and try to get off of the water before the afternoon
thunderstorms
roll in around 2 pm. I'm in the process of breaking in a new motor. I
have
19.4 hours on it since a week from last Friday. I worked Monday through
Thursday this past week...which means I've had 5 days to put those hours
on
the engine. I didn't go last Saturday, but did go the other 4 days. I
take
my young kids with me, which means I'm seldom out the door before 9am.
So
in 4 days, I averaged about 5 hours of boating per day...from 9am until
2pm
each day.

The reason I don't talk about boating on the internet, is because when
I'm
in the mood for boating, I go boating...rather than just talking about
it.




I'd like to do the same, but almost-daily, unpredictable visits from the
lightning vendor have made boating a major pain in the ass around here
this
summer.


This has been one of the worst summers that I can remember for electrical
storms. Usually, you can count on them to hit in early to mid-afternoon.
Lately, they're popping up at all hours of the day. I went out about 8:30am
today. Seas were 4-6, tightly spaced, and white-capping. I got out about 5
miles, fished for an hour, and by 11am, a storm had chased me in.

I would still like to see someone put the cable weather radar channel on a
broadcast station. That is the best way to keep an eye on these storms.
You could have weather doppler radar on your boat for the price of a cheap 12v
TV.
They could pay for it by running ad crawls.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"IBNFSHN" wrote in message
news:IzROc.924$Yf6.253@lakeread03...
Very well put Doug!!

--
Bill
Chesapeake, Va

I live in Florida. In the Summer months, we do all of our boating
early
in
the day, and try to get off of the water before the afternoon
thunderstorms
roll in around 2 pm. I'm in the process of breaking in a new motor.
I
have
19.4 hours on it since a week from last Friday. I worked Monday
through
Thursday this past week...which means I've had 5 days to put those
hours
on
the engine. I didn't go last Saturday, but did go the other 4 days. I
take
my young kids with me, which means I'm seldom out the door before 9am.
So
in 4 days, I averaged about 5 hours of boating per day...from 9am
until
2pm
each day.

The reason I don't talk about boating on the internet, is because when
I'm
in the mood for boating, I go boating...rather than just talking about
it.




I'd like to do the same, but almost-daily, unpredictable visits from the
lightning vendor have made boating a major pain in the ass around here
this
summer.


This has been one of the worst summers that I can remember for electrical
storms. Usually, you can count on them to hit in early to mid-afternoon.
Lately, they're popping up at all hours of the day. I went out about
8:30am
today. Seas were 4-6, tightly spaced, and white-capping. I got out about
5
miles, fished for an hour, and by 11am, a storm had chased me in.



In my case, "chased in" could be dicey. My 14' yacht will get me through
anything, but sometimes slowly. But, the worst part is what happens at the
launch ramp. It's a town ramp, staffed by the most ancient guys you've ever
seen. With a storm behind me last week, I lined up with a bunch of other
boats to pull out, and watched as some putz straightened out his boat,
rinsed his fishing buckets and put his canvas in place before pulling his
boat out. At the same instant, 3 of us started yelling at the guy, and
another boat began blowing its horn. Some old geezer hobbled out of the
ticket booth and said something to the asshole. He didn't budge. Finally,
the coolest little Coast Guard boat* cruised in from the inlet, pulled up
behind the guy, said something, and he was out of the water in about 8
seconds. Afterward, 3 of us were out in under 5 minutes, by helping each
other. It also helped to chase all the dumb sightseers off the dock,
especially two enormously fat ladies who thought it was helpful to make the
floating dock list at a 30 degree angle.

* CG has a couple of new boats here. They look like inflatables (round
around the outside, maybe 30' long, with small center cabins where a center
console would normally be. They seeem to fly through any kind of turbulence
without bouncing. Amazing.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"IBNFSHN" wrote in message
news:IzROc.924$Yf6.253@lakeread03...
Very well put Doug!!

--
Bill
Chesapeake, Va

I live in Florida. In the Summer months, we do all of our boating
early
in
the day, and try to get off of the water before the afternoon
thunderstorms
roll in around 2 pm. I'm in the process of breaking in a new motor.
I
have
19.4 hours on it since a week from last Friday. I worked Monday
through
Thursday this past week...which means I've had 5 days to put those
hours
on
the engine. I didn't go last Saturday, but did go the other 4 days.
I
take
my young kids with me, which means I'm seldom out the door before
9am.
So
in 4 days, I averaged about 5 hours of boating per day...from 9am
until
2pm
each day.

The reason I don't talk about boating on the internet, is because
when
I'm
in the mood for boating, I go boating...rather than just talking
about
it.




I'd like to do the same, but almost-daily, unpredictable visits from
the
lightning vendor have made boating a major pain in the ass around here
this
summer.


This has been one of the worst summers that I can remember for
electrical
storms. Usually, you can count on them to hit in early to
mid-afternoon.
Lately, they're popping up at all hours of the day. I went out about
8:30am
today. Seas were 4-6, tightly spaced, and white-capping. I got out
about
5
miles, fished for an hour, and by 11am, a storm had chased me in.



In my case, "chased in" could be dicey. My 14' yacht will get me through
anything, but sometimes slowly. But, the worst part is what happens at the
launch ramp.

A lady just got killed down on the East coast of Florida a week ago. The
boat ramp had a long back-up as a storm was bearing down on everybody. The
lady who was killed pulled up on a nearby island to wait for the ramp to
clear, and a tree she was sitting by got hit by lightning.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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In my case, "chased in" could be dicey. My 14' yacht will get me through
anything, but sometimes slowly. But, the worst part is what happens at
the
launch ramp.

A lady just got killed down on the East coast of Florida a week ago. The
boat ramp had a long back-up as a storm was bearing down on everybody.
The
lady who was killed pulled up on a nearby island to wait for the ramp to
clear, and a tree she was sitting by got hit by lightning.

Yuck.

On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:58:47 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:



In my case, "chased in" could be dicey. My 14' yacht will get me through
anything, but sometimes slowly. But, the worst part is what happens at the
launch ramp. It's a town ramp, staffed by the most ancient guys you've ever
seen. With a storm behind me last week, I lined up with a bunch of other
boats to pull out, and watched as some putz straightened out his boat,
rinsed his fishing buckets and put his canvas in place before pulling his
boat out. At the same instant, 3 of us started yelling at the guy, and
another boat began blowing its horn. Some old geezer hobbled out of the
ticket booth and said something to the asshole. He didn't budge. Finally,
the coolest little Coast Guard boat* cruised in from the inlet, pulled up
behind the guy, said something, and he was out of the water in about 8
seconds. Afterward, 3 of us were out in under 5 minutes, by helping each
other. It also helped to chase all the dumb sightseers off the dock,
especially two enormously fat ladies who thought it was helpful to make the
floating dock list at a 30 degree angle.


Argh! Don't you hate that? As much as our political leans may differ,
on the issue of launch ramp antics, we're in 100% agreement. My goal
is to be on and off the ramp in under 3 minutes. My wife and I work as
a team. She handles the boat, while I handle the tow vehicle. When I
line up the trailer and back it in the water, she's already heading
in. I reach the back of the truck to give her some directional hand
signals, and she glides it right on. I hook up the winch and snug it
down, and pull out.

There are a great many people who just don't get it. Some are
clueless, and others just seem to lack basic skills.

Dave

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:58:47 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:



In my case, "chased in" could be dicey. My 14' yacht will get me through
anything, but sometimes slowly. But, the worst part is what happens at
the
launch ramp. It's a town ramp, staffed by the most ancient guys you've
ever
seen. With a storm behind me last week, I lined up with a bunch of other
boats to pull out, and watched as some putz straightened out his boat,
rinsed his fishing buckets and put his canvas in place before pulling his
boat out. At the same instant, 3 of us started yelling at the guy, and
another boat began blowing its horn. Some old geezer hobbled out of the
ticket booth and said something to the asshole. He didn't budge. Finally,
the coolest little Coast Guard boat* cruised in from the inlet, pulled up
behind the guy, said something, and he was out of the water in about 8
seconds. Afterward, 3 of us were out in under 5 minutes, by helping each
other. It also helped to chase all the dumb sightseers off the dock,
especially two enormously fat ladies who thought it was helpful to make
the
floating dock list at a 30 degree angle.


Argh! Don't you hate that? As much as our political leans may differ,
on the issue of launch ramp antics, we're in 100% agreement. My goal
is to be on and off the ramp in under 3 minutes. My wife and I work as
a team. She handles the boat, while I handle the tow vehicle. When I
line up the trailer and back it in the water, she's already heading
in. I reach the back of the truck to give her some directional hand
signals, and she glides it right on. I hook up the winch and snug it
down, and pull out.

There are a great many people who just don't get it. Some are
clueless, and others just seem to lack basic skills.

Dave

I can do it in less than 5 minutes ALONE.

What I want to see on the dock is a sign: "If you see boats here and you
don't own a boat, get the **** off the dock".

I'd also like a 10 foot fence for 100' on either side of the launch to keep
people from visiting with the ducks. I love ducks, but all the duck snacks
also attract geese. You should see what this launch looks like at the end of
a busy Sunday. It's as if someone sprayed goose **** intentionally. A solid
mat of it. A block away are 4 places that sell ice cream, and the patrons
love to walk around the boat launch. Result: A carpet of goose **** combined
with melted glops of ice cream all over the place.

Fortunately, I close on my house within a week. There's a largely unknown
(and undeveloped) boat launch 4 blocks away, and it's got a great feature
that's been there for years: A really evil underwater dip on one side, which
grabs trailers and hangs onto them until the tow truck arrives. I think once
people experience this, they go to the other end of the same town park where
there's easier launching, along with all the goose **** and ice cream you
can eat. Luckily, I know where the evil dip is. :-)

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:15:43 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:58:47 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:



In my case, "chased in" could be dicey. My 14' yacht will get me through
anything, but sometimes slowly. But, the worst part is what happens at
the
launch ramp. It's a town ramp, staffed by the most ancient guys you've
ever
seen. With a storm behind me last week, I lined up with a bunch of other
boats to pull out, and watched as some putz straightened out his boat,
rinsed his fishing buckets and put his canvas in place before pulling his
boat out. At the same instant, 3 of us started yelling at the guy, and
another boat began blowing its horn. Some old geezer hobbled out of the
ticket booth and said something to the asshole. He didn't budge. Finally,
the coolest little Coast Guard boat* cruised in from the inlet, pulled up
behind the guy, said something, and he was out of the water in about 8
seconds. Afterward, 3 of us were out in under 5 minutes, by helping each
other. It also helped to chase all the dumb sightseers off the dock,
especially two enormously fat ladies who thought it was helpful to make
the
floating dock list at a 30 degree angle.


Argh! Don't you hate that? As much as our political leans may differ,
on the issue of launch ramp antics, we're in 100% agreement. My goal
is to be on and off the ramp in under 3 minutes. My wife and I work as
a team. She handles the boat, while I handle the tow vehicle. When I
line up the trailer and back it in the water, she's already heading
in. I reach the back of the truck to give her some directional hand
signals, and she glides it right on. I hook up the winch and snug it
down, and pull out.

There are a great many people who just don't get it. Some are
clueless, and others just seem to lack basic skills.

Dave

I can do it in less than 5 minutes ALONE.

What I want to see on the dock is a sign: "If you see boats here and you
don't own a boat, get the **** off the dock".

You just hit another nerve. At one of my frequent haunts, the locals
like to use the boat dock to fish from. Then they have the nerve to
get upset when they have to move their lines to accommodate an
incoming boat. It's not like there isn't hundreds of feet of shore
line to fish from. But I guess they prefer concrete.

I'd also like a 10 foot fence for 100' on either side of the launch to keep
people from visiting with the ducks. I love ducks, but all the duck snacks
also attract geese. You should see what this launch looks like at the end of
a busy Sunday.

I know, because I see it too. I don't know what's worse, the geese
congregating at the ramp, or the little rug-rats of the aforementioned
dock fishermen swimming off of the ramp (while you're trying to back
down).


It's as if someone sprayed goose **** intentionally. A solid
mat of it. A block away are 4 places that sell ice cream, and the patrons
love to walk around the boat launch. Result: A carpet of goose **** combined
with melted glops of ice cream all over the place.

I guess it's universal then.


Fortunately, I close on my house within a week. There's a largely unknown
(and undeveloped) boat launch 4 blocks away, and it's got a great feature
that's been there for years: A really evil underwater dip on one side, which
grabs trailers and hangs onto them until the tow truck arrives. I think once
people experience this, they go to the other end of the same town park where
there's easier launching, along with all the goose **** and ice cream you
can eat. Luckily, I know where the evil dip is. :-)

Hopefully, it never shifts......


Dave