Our (central Ohio) ski club went skiing at dawn on January 1st, 1980 to win
a friendly bet against a fellow club, on who was going to be in the water
first that year.



There was about a 1/4-1/2 of ice on the reservoir, which we broke up first
before skiing (ski boats are actually good ice breakers). We had a bathroom
tub, which we filled with hot water to soak our wetsuits in before venturing
out. I (like most) did a dock start and finish to stay out of the water, but
some weren't so lucky...out of the 12 of us who skied, 3 or 4 took the
"plunge".



We won the bet...the other club had no clue what we were up to, until it was
too late.



Anybody else ever broke ice with their boat?


--
-Netsock



"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
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"Netsock" wrote in message
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Anybody else ever broke ice with their boat?

Many years ago, while moose hunting, we had to break the ice in the morning.
The ice had formed overnight to about 12mm thickness. It went from 10
degrees, when we went to sleep in the evening, to minus 15 in the morning.
We were using an aluminum boat with a 15 HP. It was hard going!

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Jim Carter wrote:
Many years ago, while moose hunting, we had to break the ice in the
morning.
The ice had formed overnight to about 12mm thickness. It went from 10
degrees, when we went to sleep in the evening, to minus 15 in the
morning.
We were using an aluminum boat with a 15 HP. It was hard going!

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

Moose hunting? Moose steaks? Really?

Field dressing and carrying out a moose is a serious undertaking.

It's not that tough a job. They are heavy and have to be taken out in
pieces, of course. A big one can be up to around 500 kilos. We had to
make 3 trips with the boat to get the meat and our gear out of the bush. A
lot more trips if we had used the canoes instead of the aluminum boat.
There are lots of good steaks and roasts when the moose is cut up for
winter meals.

Jim C.

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:00:06 -0500, "Netsock" wrote:

Anybody else ever broke ice with their boat?

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Yes but it scratched the heck out of the bottom paint near the bow. I
don't really recommend it.

Sir Rodney Smithers wrote:
... I sprayed the mouse fur headliner and the carpeting with the Lysol
cleaner...

Pardon my potentially stupid question, but what is a mouse fur
headliner?

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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 03:07:34 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

got hung up in a foot and a half of water smack
dab in the middle of the channel connecting Rookery Bay to the
intracoastal
that runs from Keewaydin to Naples Bay. It was dead low tide

That's about what we had in the Estero River channel out there in the
flats around #29. I can run in about 15" of water at idle so I do OK
but folks with single hull boats are generally screwed if they ever
fall off plane.

What kind of cat do you run?

On 29 Nov 2005 16:20:47 -0800, wrote:

Sir Rodney Smithers wrote:
... I sprayed the mouse fur headliner and the carpeting with the Lysol
cleaner...

Pardon my potentially stupid question, but what is a mouse fur
headliner?

I think it's the same stuff used on Elvis Presley paintings, only gray.
--
John H

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"
[A Self-obsessed Hypocrite]

John H. wrote:
On 29 Nov 2005 16:20:47 -0800, wrote:

Sir Rodney Smithers wrote:
... I sprayed the mouse fur headliner and the carpeting with the Lysol
cleaner...

Pardon my potentially stupid question, but what is a mouse fur
headliner?

I think it's the same stuff used on Elvis Presley paintings, only gray.

That's velvet, I believe.

On 29 Nov 2005 18:06:48 -0800, wrote:


John H. wrote:
On 29 Nov 2005 16:20:47 -0800, wrote:

Sir Rodney Smithers wrote:
... I sprayed the mouse fur headliner and the carpeting with the Lysol
cleaner...

Pardon my potentially stupid question, but what is a mouse fur
headliner?

I think it's the same stuff used on Elvis Presley paintings, only gray.

That's velvet, I believe.

Oh. Maybe that's why I don't work for Bayliner.
--
John H

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"
[A Self-obsessed Hypocrite]

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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:22:26 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

What kind of cat do you run?

Not that fancy, an old Harris pontoon with the engine set 4" above
stock. No furniture center console. It is what I need for a work boat.

I was out 25 miles on Saturday, and passed a pontoon boat fishing on the
Edison Reef on my way in. They're like the SUV of the water down
here...very practical.