Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:29:37 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

I spent a long weekend up at the lake, my Marina owner let us use
his houseboat for the weekend, so I know I missed a lot of posts,
but why would someone's expensive repair bill cause a few giggles?

It helps him confirm his own good judgement in buying a smaller boat,
which for him was probably the right decision.

Well, for Harry it was the correct decision. I spent 60 hrs boating
this weekend, I am glad it was not a small boat.

That's a long time to be playing with a rubber ducky in a bathtub.

Harry,
My comment was neither sarcastic nor snarky. It was based upon you
preferring to use your boat for fishing in the Chesapeake Bay and
rivers. Since I do not enjoy fishing, but as I have said, enjoy boating
as a way to get out of the city and enjoy nature, it would make sense
that I would not enjoy a small boat. If you notice I have stayed away
from the LT Parker comments because I know you take offense to that. Now
if you don't believe anything I say in rec.boats, especially as it
relates to my boating, why don't we just agree to disagree on that
matter. There is nothing I will ever say to make you change your mind,
and it gets real boring for anyone reading rec.boats.

I played around with my Nikon 200 and Tokina 12-24 mm and took some long
exposure photos when I was up at the lake. When I get a chance I will
post them on a web site. I really don't think any were top quality
photos, but it was interesting none the less, and I am really trying to
learn and improve. Since this is something concrete you can critique, I
would be interested in hearing your comments.





You have no idea where I "prefer" to boat and fish. For the last years,
I have mostly boated and fished in the Bay because I live near it.

I've heard some good things about that Tokina lens. I also saw one of
the new Nikon D3 cameras over the weekend. $4000 or so. Sheesh.

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:11:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:29:37 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

I spent a long weekend up at the lake, my Marina owner let us use
his houseboat for the weekend, so I know I missed a lot of posts,
but why would someone's expensive repair bill cause a few giggles?
It helps him confirm his own good judgement in buying a smaller boat,
which for him was probably the right decision.
Well, for Harry it was the correct decision. I spent 60 hrs boating
this weekend, I am glad it was not a small boat.

That's a long time to be playing with a rubber ducky in a bathtub.
Since I do not enjoy fishing,

You haven't lived until you go with me.

A laugh a minute and adventure to boot if only because you never know
what's going to happen from one minute to the next. :)

I played around with my Nikon 200 and Tokina 12-24 mm and took some
long exposure photos when I was up at the lake. When I get a chance I
will post them on a web site. I really don't think any were top quality
photos, but it was interesting none the less, and I am really trying to
learn and improve. Since this is something concrete you can critique, I
would be interested in hearing your comments.

I would be glad to offer you space on my site if you need it.

How do you like that Tokina lens?
SWF,
I have enjoyed some deep sea fishing trips, including catching a 7'
Marlin, which i released. What I really enjoy the most about boating,
is just sitting back and relaxing. Someone once told me the key to
fishing, is to enjoy the experience, and not necessarily worry if you
catch anything. I am too goal oriented, so if i say I am "fishing", I
don't enjoy myself if I am not pulling in my limit. ;)

The Tokina 12-24 is a really sharp and fast lens (f4.0) with some minor
distortion (curving) around the edges at 12mm. You can correct this in
photoshop, but I sort of like the curved look. It really has a quality
feel to it, same as my Nikon 70-200mm f2.8, they are both built like a
tanks. The 18-200 mm is the lens I like to keep on the camera for most
occasions, but if I really want a nice panaroma, the 12-24 is far
superior than the 18-200.

Thanks for the offer about using your web site, but I do need to
process the shots, including some I want to experiment with HDR, and
then I can easily upload them to a Flickr account.

Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?
 

HK wrote:


You have no idea where I "prefer" to boat and fish. For the last years,
I have mostly boated and fished in the Bay because I live near it.

You are correct, I was basing my assumption on the posts I have read in
rec.boats.

I've heard some good things about that Tokina lens. I also saw one of
the new Nikon D3 cameras over the weekend. $4000 or so. Sheesh.

The Nikon D3 will retail for $5,000 for a least a year or so, but that
is the least of your expenses with a full frame camera. You will now
need to purchase full frame lens to match up with the camera's full
frame sensor. Plan on spending substantially more on new AF_S lens than
you spent on the camera.