Hey Don!
 

Yup, went fishin' again this morning with my dog and guitar. Woke up
about 7 am, decided to go, turned the truck around, hooked up, grabbed
the battery, gas, a blueberry muffin, and some bait, on the water
about 8:15. Kind of weird morning, heavy fog but I could tell it was
going to break. Headed for Mashapaug again, today looking for lunker
trout, deep. Got one nice brown, listened to a lot of music, stopped
at an island with the dog and played the sicks strings. Stayed out
about an hour later than I wanted, but it was nice and the sun was
shining. On the way in the throttle let go and I was stuck in an idle.
Had to stick my hand in and hold the throttle open to get in, but it
was not a big problem at that point. Home by 1 am to have a nice day
with the family and I used about a 1/4 cup of gas for the morning.

Going to have to see if I can find a new part tomorrow, should not
cost more than 10 bucks, not bad for my first repair of the year.
Anyway, like I said before, and as Harry has figured out, the smaller
the boat, the more you use it, especially if your partner is leaning
toward less water time, and you are just left to fish with your four
legged friend.

Hey Don!
 

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:26:52 -0000,
wrote:

Yup, went fishin' again this morning with my dog and guitar. Woke up
about 7 am, decided to go, turned the truck around, hooked up, grabbed
the battery, gas, a blueberry muffin, and some bait, on the water
about 8:15. Kind of weird morning, heavy fog but I could tell it was
going to break. Headed for Mashapaug again, today looking for lunker
trout, deep. Got one nice brown, listened to a lot of music, stopped
at an island with the dog and played the sicks strings. Stayed out
about an hour later than I wanted, but it was nice and the sun was
shining. On the way in the throttle let go and I was stuck in an idle.
Had to stick my hand in and hold the throttle open to get in, but it
was not a big problem at that point. Home by 1 am to have a nice day
with the family and I used about a 1/4 cup of gas for the morning.

Going to have to see if I can find a new part tomorrow, should not
cost more than 10 bucks, not bad for my first repair of the year.
Anyway, like I said before, and as Harry has figured out, the smaller
the boat, the more you use it, especially if your partner is leaning
toward less water time, and you are just left to fish with your four
legged friend.

Wimp... :)

Hey Don!
 

On Jul 29, 5:38 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


Wimp... :)- -

- Show quoted text -


Yeah, I know, kicking myself last night.

Did you get the new boat home? Gonna tow it around with the Ferd?

Hey Don!
 

wrote in message
oups.com...
Yup, went fishin' again this morning with my dog and guitar. Woke up
about 7 am, decided to go, turned the truck around, hooked up, grabbed
the battery, gas, a blueberry muffin, and some bait, on the water
about 8:15. Kind of weird morning, heavy fog but I could tell it was
going to break. Headed for Mashapaug again, today looking for lunker
trout, deep. Got one nice brown, listened to a lot of music, stopped
at an island with the dog and played the sicks strings. Stayed out
about an hour later than I wanted, but it was nice and the sun was
shining. On the way in the throttle let go and I was stuck in an idle.
Had to stick my hand in and hold the throttle open to get in, but it
was not a big problem at that point. Home by 1 am to have a nice day
with the family and I used about a 1/4 cup of gas for the morning.

Going to have to see if I can find a new part tomorrow, should not
cost more than 10 bucks, not bad for my first repair of the year.
Anyway, like I said before, and as Harry has figured out, the smaller
the boat, the more you use it, especially if your partner is leaning
toward less water time, and you are just left to fish with your four
legged friend.


Yup..... the whole key is getting lots of use.
The ramps are crappy up here... even the good ones don't have a floating
dock close enough that a solo sailor can walk the boat off a trailer with
fore & aft lines.
This whole coastal region is geared to keel boats at yacht & boat clubs.
I'm gonna take a serious look at some of the aluminum boats during our boat
show in February... & our Outdoor Show the month before.
To get the wife on I'll need to make that modest open boat look a bit like a
speedboat.

Hey Don!
 

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:49:18 -0000,
wrote:

On Jul 29, 5:38 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


Wimp... :)- -

- Show quoted text -


Yeah, I know, kicking myself last night.

Did you get the new boat home? Gonna tow it around with the Ferd?

New boat? That stayed south.

I brought the Princecraft back home.

Thinking about Tuesday or maybe tomorrow evening - call me when you
get the chance.

Hey Don!
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:49:18 -0000,
wrote:

On Jul 29, 5:38 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Wimp... :)- -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, I know, kicking myself last night.

Did you get the new boat home? Gonna tow it around with the Ferd?

New boat? That stayed south.

I brought the Princecraft back home.

Thinking about Tuesday or maybe tomorrow evening - call me when you
get the chance.


Crikey...if you guys didn't live a half a planet away, I'd drive up
there and teach you everything you don't about how not to catch fish.

Hey Don!
 

On Jul 29, 5:50 pm, "Don White" wrote:


Yup..... the whole key is getting lots of use.
The ramps are crappy up here... even the good ones don't have a floating
dock close enough that a solo sailor can walk the boat off a trailer with
fore & aft lines.
This whole coastal region is geared to keel boats at yacht & boat clubs.
I'm gonna take a serious look at some of the aluminum boats during our boat
show in February... & our Outdoor Show the month before.
To get the wife on I'll need to make that modest open boat look a bit like a
speedboat.--

- Show quoted text -

Docks? We don't need no stinkin' docks! Only Mashapaug has a dock, the
rest you have to tie to whatever or just pull it up on the sand. Most
of the launches however are pretty decent, cement, room to move, etc.
With my boat it doesn't really matter though, 3/4" ply bottom, with
2x6 skids. Some of the Islands and pull-in's I do with mine, I would
probably not want to do with an aluminum, or even plastic. I just park
mine on the rocks or tie it to the bank and let it bang around. :-)

Hey Don!
 

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:59:31 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:49:18 -0000,
wrote:

On Jul 29, 5:38 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Wimp... :)- -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, I know, kicking myself last night.

Did you get the new boat home? Gonna tow it around with the Ferd?

New boat? That stayed south.

I brought the Princecraft back home.

Thinking about Tuesday or maybe tomorrow evening - call me when you
get the chance.

Crikey...if you guys didn't live a half a planet away, I'd drive up
there and teach you everything you don't about how not to catch fish.

I'm glad you qualified that. :)

With reference to our conversation this afternoon, I might be headind
back down sooner than I thought.

When is that new Parker being delivered?

Hey Don!
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:59:31 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:49:18 -0000,
wrote:

On Jul 29, 5:38 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Wimp... :)- -

- Show quoted text -
Yeah, I know, kicking myself last night.

Did you get the new boat home? Gonna tow it around with the Ferd?
New boat? That stayed south.

I brought the Princecraft back home.

Thinking about Tuesday or maybe tomorrow evening - call me when you
get the chance.
Crikey...if you guys didn't live a half a planet away, I'd drive up
there and teach you everything you don't about how not to catch fish.

I'm glad you qualified that. :)

With reference to our conversation this afternoon, I might be headind
back down sooner than I thought.

When is that new Parker being delivered?


It is supposed to "arrive at the dealership" the week of 6 August.
That means "sometime that week." My trailer is supposed to be ordered
tomorrow from Florida. I dunno if the trailer will be available for me
to pick up just before or just after the boat arrives. In any case, I
can't pick up the boat until the trailer is on hand.

My guess is that the "virgin voyage" will be sometime the week of 13 August.

I've got a great story to tell you about a brand-new Grady 36-footer
with triple outboards.