On Thu, 25 May 2006 01:49:50 GMT, Jack Goff wrote:

South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in some ways, and far
better in others! We're way into boating season already.

Boating season never ends in Florida, and here in SWFL the winter
season is better than summer in many respects.

We'll be heading out to Ft Myers Beach with a bunch of our boating
neighbors.

Jack Goff wrote:
South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in some ways, and far
better in others! We're way into boating season already.


I like that: "South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in
some ways." Maybe they can start putting that on their
license plates.

Wayne.B wrote:
Boating season never ends in Florida, and here in SWFL the winter
season is better than summer in many respects.


Heck, boating season never ends in North Carolina. I don't
know what's wrong with those yokels to the south. It's true
there are some weeks where the temp is a bit unpleasant for
being out on the water, but that's just a temporary setback
and not worth moving to the Equator.


We'll be heading out to Ft Myers Beach with a bunch of our boating
neighbors.


Sounds good. We don't really have any definite plans, but
will do some work on the boat and take it out for a spin....
hopefully the weather will be good for some sailing, too.

Fair Skies- Doug King

On Thu, 25 May 2006 06:38:40 -0400, DSK wrote:

Jack Goff wrote:
South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in some ways, and far
better in others! We're way into boating season already.


I like that: "South Carolina is almost as good as Florida in
some ways." Maybe they can start putting that on their
license plates.

LOL! Nah, we'll stick with" SC: Far better than FL". We have fewer
displaced yankees, and four seasons. Don't laugh, we consider North
Carolinians to be yankees. :-)

Heck, boating season never ends in North Carolina. I don't
know what's wrong with those yokels to the south. It's true
there are some weeks where the temp is a bit unpleasant for
being out on the water, but that's just a temporary setback
and not worth moving to the Equator.

I hear ya. Our boat lives in a slip, and only comes out of the water
for maintenance and cleaning. It gets used year-round. But I
consider boating season to be when I can get into the water. That
means it runs from April-May until at least October. The rest of the
time I'm in the boat, and wishing it was warm enough to be in the
water.

Jack Goff wrote:
.... Don't laugh, we consider North
Carolinians to be yankees. :-)


I know, I lived down there a while

You all have "barbecue" which contains rice & mustard....
that should at least get points for originality, I suppose



I hear ya. Our boat lives in a slip, and only comes out of the water
for maintenance and cleaning. It gets used year-round. But I
consider boating season to be when I can get into the water. That
means it runs from April-May until at least October. The rest of the
time I'm in the boat, and wishing it was warm enough to be in the
water.


We just got our boat launched, after it's first haul-out in
three years. As for swimming, it does tend to get a bit
nippy between Halloween & Valentines Day. But at least there
aren't any mosquitos then. These days I do most of my
swimming in a pool, and for those small boat sailing days, I
have a wetsuit. No problem!

As for Yankees, I don't mind them much. They crash their
cars in the winter and they burn themselves to a frazzle in
the summer... so far I have met very few who have figured
out that October thru May is the best season to be on the
water, they are still on Rhode Island time (or something). I
met a fellow a couople weeks back who was simultaneously
wiping sweat off his neck and saying that he hoped he could
launch his boat for "spring" a week early this year!

Oh well.

Regards
Doug King

Jack Goff wrote:


I hear ya. Our boat lives in a slip, and only comes out of the water
for maintenance and cleaning. It gets used year-round. But I
consider boating season to be when I can get into the water. That
means it runs from April-May until at least October. The rest of the
time I'm in the boat, and wishing it was warm enough to be in the
water.



What a girlieman! People up here swim almost as long a season.

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
...
The weather looks great for us this Memorial Day weekend and we may take
the boat out Saturday and Monday. I also want to give my son some first
hand experience to see how stupid some folks can be on the water and
figure this will be a great opportunity for it. I will be at the helm as
I know how crazy it will probably be.

He received his boating safety class certification over the winter by
attending the Power Squadron classes and I want to give him some on water
time fine tuning instructions before I allow him to take it out on his
own. I also plan to take him out (just him and me) next week to go over
docking and key features of the boat he needs to know.

The nicest day of the weekend (weather wise) is expected to be Sunday but
we will be happy being away from the boat that day...........that same son
of mine is graduating from High School that day and my daughter will be
home for the ceremony and celebratory dinner (that I am cooking). ;-)

So what are your plans?


Awards ceremony at school Friday morning for my 15 year old, then brunch
with friends, then some practice tossing trout lures into a small lake.
Ferry ride, picnic, and bike riding with friends on Angel Island in San
Francisco Bay on Saturday, and probably some more practice tossing trout
lures into a small lake.
Sunday, boating!
Monday, boating!

JimH wrote:
The weather looks great for us this Memorial Day weekend and we may take the
boat out Saturday and Monday. I also want to give my son some first hand
experience to see how stupid some folks can be on the water and figure this
will be a great opportunity for it. I will be at the helm as I know how
crazy it will probably be.

He received his boating safety class certification over the winter by
attending the Power Squadron classes and I want to give him some on water
time fine tuning instructions before I allow him to take it out on his own.
I also plan to take him out (just him and me) next week to go over docking
and key features of the boat he needs to know.

The nicest day of the weekend (weather wise) is expected to be Sunday but we
will be happy being away from the boat that day...........that same son of
mine is graduating from High School that day and my daughter will be home
for the ceremony and celebratory dinner (that I am cooking). ;-)

So what are your plans?

Mine:
http://www.tybeeisland.com/

Well, I'm leaving Friday night after a rock concert at Jones Beach (my
wife's pick this time - double-bill of Styx and Foreigner, two groups I
wouldn't care about even if it was their original line-ups with the
real lead singer, which it isn't in either case!) to visit my Mom,
stepdad, sister, brother-in-law and niece on the South Jersey shore
(Longport, the next town north from Ocean City, NJ) until Monday
morning...but Karen is staying home for the weekend sending me for the
family visit myself (her kids, my stepdaughters will be with their old
man after he picks 'em up on Saturday morning)....which will be nice,
I'll be down the shore on my own without wife or kids to set my own
recreational schedule kind of selfishly for two days.....so anyway,
bringing the kayak down to go for a nice afternoon run with my
brother-in-law, who keeps his down there, on Saturday, if the weather's
nice...if it's rainy I'll probably just sit around the house,
socialize, play piano, play with my new gps, and kind of mope...but
also taking the Waverunner down which should make for a really nice
opportunity on Sunday (again, pending the weather which seems pretty up
in the air at this point) for an epic all-day solo run of the kind I
wouldn't be able to make if I was down there with the wife and kids.
If it's not too windy I'm thinking of a fairly insane ride down to Cape
May, across the Delaware Bay and all the way to Ocean City, Md., and
back....or if it looks too windy for that kind of ride, maybe I'll just
circle around Absecon Island through the back bays, ask my sister if
they want to meet me around Brigantine for lunch on the water...and
then back around on the ocean side (again, conditions permitting but in
my experience it's usually very calm along the Jersey coast), hopefully
I'll see some dolphins, actually saw one off Staten Island in early
April.

Been boating since Apr. 2nd but this ride should make a good "official
season kick-off"...man I hope the weather turns out nice.

richforman

On 25 May 2006 07:09:32 -0700, wrote:

hopefully
I'll see some dolphins, actually saw one off Staten Island in early
April.

Last year at this time on our trip north, we saw quite a few dolphins
feeding on the surface in the vicinity of Porposie Banks approx 8
miles SSE of Chincoteague Inlet, and also near the fish haven 5 miles
east of Indian River Inlet.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On 25 May 2006 07:09:32 -0700, wrote:

hopefully
I'll see some dolphins, actually saw one off Staten Island in early
April.

Last year at this time on our trip north, we saw quite a few dolphins
feeding on the surface in the vicinity of Porposie Banks approx 8
miles SSE of Chincoteague Inlet, and also near the fish haven 5 miles
east of Indian River Inlet.


Are you coming north this year?

RCE