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went to one of my favorite salty trout creeks this morning. uneventful launch, headed out into the creek...first thing on entering the main creek looked like a piling out in the middle, but it was making a wake across the normal current. turned out to be a bear - a big one - swimming across campbell creek. i followed him/her across the creek and watched him/her scurry out of the water into the woods. pretty neat start to the day. caught a few fish - speckled trout, flounder, and blue fish - but, as i was heading out to a favorite spot in the sound, my motor quit on me in the mouth of jones bay. ended the day beating back into the wind about 5 miles using the trolling motor...it was a pleasant afternoon for a slow boat ride back to hobucken, where i met a lost soul from pennsylvania who corraled his friend to give me a ride to get my truck...bummer, but, the bear sighting made it a splendid day. pictures on abpf. jeff |
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went to one of my favorite salty trout creeks this morning. uneventful launch, headed out into the creek...first thing on entering the main creek looked like a piling out in the middle, but it was making a wake across the normal current. turned out to be a bear - a big one - swimming across campbell creek. That *IS* a big bear! At least you weren't fishing from the shoreline. -- TL, Tim --------------------------- http://css.sbcma.com/timj/ |
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On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:20:10 -0400, jeff wrote:
went to one of my favorite salty trout creeks this morning. uneventful launch, headed out into the creek...first thing on entering the main creek looked like a piling out in the middle, but it was making a wake across the normal current. turned out to be a bear - a big one - swimming across campbell creek. i followed him/her across the creek and watched him/her scurry out of the water into the woods. pretty neat start to the day. caught a few fish - speckled trout, flounder, and blue fish - but, as i was heading out to a favorite spot in the sound, my motor quit on me in the mouth of jones bay. ended the day beating back into the wind about 5 miles using the trolling motor...it was a pleasant afternoon for a slow boat ride back to hobucken, where i met a lost soul from pennsylvania who corraled his friend to give me a ride to get my truck...bummer, but, the bear sighting made it a splendid day. pictures on abpf. jeff This is the same boat you take 40 miles out into the ocean? |
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"daytripper" wrote This is the same boat you take 40 miles out into the ocean? yep--i'm tellin' you, when you cross the neuse river, just east of raleigh, headed further east, you enter a different world. dudes are freaking *crazy* out there... yfitons wayno |
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On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:20:10 -0400, jeff wrote: went to one of my favorite salty trout creeks this morning. uneventful launch, headed out into the creek...first thing on entering the main creek looked like a piling out in the middle, but it was making a wake across the normal current. turned out to be a bear - a big one - swimming across campbell creek. i followed him/her across the creek and watched him/her scurry out of the water into the woods. pretty neat start to the day. caught a few fish - speckled trout, flounder, and blue fish - but, as i was heading out to a favorite spot in the sound, my motor quit on me in the mouth of jones bay. ended the day beating back into the wind about 5 miles using the trolling motor...it was a pleasant afternoon for a slow boat ride back to hobucken, where i met a lost soul from pennsylvania who corraled his friend to give me a ride to get my truck...bummer, but, the bear sighting made it a splendid day. pictures on abpf. jeff This is the same boat you take 40 miles out into the ocean? no...use a 17' sea pro - a center console bay boat - in creeks and rivers, the sal****er marshes, the sound, inshore sal****er on calm days, and mountain lakes. great little boat. go to the gulf stream in a 25' carolina classic. |
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On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:20:10 -0400, jeff wrote:
went to one of my favorite salty trout creeks this morning. uneventful launch, headed out into the creek...first thing on entering the main creek looked like a piling out in the middle, but it was making a wake across the normal current. turned out to be a bear - a big one - swimming across campbell creek. i followed him/her across the creek and watched him/her scurry out of the water into the woods. pretty neat start to the day. caught a few fish - speckled trout, flounder, and blue fish - but, as i was heading out to a favorite spot in the sound, my motor quit on me in the mouth of jones bay. That's pretty cool... ended the day beating back into the wind about 5 miles using the trolling motor...it was a pleasant afternoon for a slow boat ride back to hobucken, where i met a lost soul from pennsylvania who corraled his friend to give me a ride to get my truck...bummer, but, the bear sighting made it a splendid day. pictures on abpf. Geez, Jeff, another breakdown? Is it time to coin the "full Miller" for boating? Seriously, you might wish to look into TowBoatUS...and before I go any further, I have no interest in BoatUS, TowBoatUS, or any tow service...IAC, they are sort of like "AAA" for the water. I'm sure that much like AAA, the service varies, but in my (limited) experience with them, they are a decent deal, especially if one is prone to need tow services. For 139.00 a year, you get unlimited towing/breakdown/fuel hotshotting/etc., and for 89.00 a year, you get (IIRC) 500.00USD per incident coverage. BoatUS is www.boatus.com . They claim more service boats and areas than SeaTow, but I have no idea on what that is based. And for the record, I do know the service owner in S. MS, but I get nothing whatsoever if anyone joins. TC, R jeff |
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On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 07:53:47 -0400, jeff wrote:
wrote: On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:20:10 -0400, jeff wrote: went to one of my favorite salty trout creeks this morning. uneventful launch, headed out into the creek...first thing on entering the main creek looked like a piling out in the middle, but it was making a wake across the normal current. turned out to be a bear - a big one - swimming across campbell creek. i followed him/her across the creek and watched him/her scurry out of the water into the woods. pretty neat start to the day. caught a few fish - speckled trout, flounder, and blue fish - but, as i was heading out to a favorite spot in the sound, my motor quit on me in the mouth of jones bay. That's pretty cool... ended the day beating back into the wind about 5 miles using the trolling motor...it was a pleasant afternoon for a slow boat ride back to hobucken, where i met a lost soul from pennsylvania who corraled his friend to give me a ride to get my truck...bummer, but, the bear sighting made it a splendid day. pictures on abpf. Geez, Jeff, another breakdown? Is it time to coin the "full Miller" for boating? Seriously, you might wish to look into TowBoatUS...and before I go any further, I have no interest in BoatUS, TowBoatUS, or any tow service...IAC, they are sort of like "AAA" for the water. I'm sure that much like AAA, the service varies, but in my (limited) experience with them, they are a decent deal, especially if one is prone to need tow services. For 139.00 a year, you get unlimited towing/breakdown/fuel hotshotting/etc., and for 89.00 a year, you get (IIRC) 500.00USD per incident coverage. BoatUS is www.boatus.com . They claim more service boats and areas than SeaTow, but I have no idea on what that is based. And for the record, I do know the service owner in S. MS, but I get nothing whatsoever if anyone joins. TC, R jeff heck...it's a normal part of the boating experience, no? Yes. See below.... i have some friends who would better serve as models for the "full-(yournamehere)" characterization. i've been fortunate with the bay boat...no problems for several years of constant use. i think this one involved the water pump and cooling system. anyway, i don't subscribe to a towing service for the bay boat. i'm always close enough to shore and some landing that i feel secure in getting home ok, eventually. between the trolling motor and the relative certainty that friends within a cell phone call or other boaters will tow me, i've not been too concerned with it. but, before i ever left the dock with the offshore boat i had a seatow card in my wallet. seatow seems to be the better equipped and more responsive service in my area of north carolina. the annual premium - about $135 - is excellent value. plus, on the recent breakdown off lookout, the towing charge was over a $1,000...but no charge to me as a seatow member. i was very pleased with the service. like you, i recommend getting the towing insurance package to anyone who owns a boat used for offshore sal****er fishing or who might be concerned about getting towed back to their homeport after a breakdown. just be aware of the limits of the service, because the charges for non-covered work can be very, very costly. FWIW, TowBoatUS is really like AAA - _you're_ covered, not _a_ boat, and as such, your boats, boats you charter or borrow, etc. are covered without "primary vessel" reg'ing, ala SeaTow. What would happen if someone borrowed your boat, I don't know. And as to SeaTow, they are here, too, but they are stretched pretty thin with everything right now - they are even doing land recovery. IAC, I like them, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them, too. As your point location is a good one - as far as I know, they both are like AAA in that the provider is not an employee of the either SeaTow or TowBoat, but a contract provider, and as such, one may well be better in one area. As to water systems, ****! It must be that time of the year...I've been fighting a raw water pump issue on a starboard engine for 3 days. I think a pyramid washer has finally locked the sorry POS down tight (knock on teak). My recent incident is sorta funny actually: we're getting ready for the Blessing of the Fleet and the Schooner Race (this weekend), and were doing a prep cruise on the boat we plan to use with a few non-boating types on-board (last weekend) when the raw water pump belt started slipping. For those that have never heard such, imagine a automotive belt squeal with the squeal due to a family of rabid chimps being caught up in the belts. About 20 seconds into the squeal, the temp sensor registers the heat rise and the engine shuts down. The boating types realize it's no real big deal as far as returning to port is concerned, while the non-boater types start looking for life jackets and have visions of a CG rescue...I, on the other hand, have visions of my ass crawling around under the engine to remedy things... TC, R |
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On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:29:53 -0400, jeff wrote:
wrote: The boating types realize it's no real big deal as far as returning to port is concerned, while the non-boater types start looking for life jackets and have visions of a CG rescue...I, on the other hand, have visions of my ass crawling around under the engine to remedy things... g ...while i'm not a life-jacket paranoid, if ever i was crawling about any engine, i'd recommend everyone on board immediately don a lifejacket as i'd undoubtedly pull the wrong shuttlecock or plug in such a misguided adventure. when my sal****er boat broke down, i looked at the engine solely for the purpose of assuring there wasn't a flame, smoke, or spewing liquids that might require an abandon ship response. i had no idea what was wrong...figured i was simply once again victimized and ****upon by yet another movement of the cosmic mechanical sphincters. when i got back to the dock, mel the mechanic got on the boat, put his hand on something that looked like the rest of the indistinguishable engine landscape to me, and pronounced the problem as a bad high pressure fuel pump. mel is an "engine whisperer" and i consider him worthy of hero worship. jeff My (totally unasked-for) advice would be to study up on the basic workings of your motor(s). A whole lot of what goes wrong can be fixed or patched on the water if one has some basic info, a few spare parts, and a relative few well-chosen tools (and no, a "Crescent"/Polish speed wrench, pump pliers, two screwdrivers, and a Leatherman does not a tool kit make). Marine drive systems, be the inboard, I/O, or outboard are not all that complicated, and most problems are either fuel, spark, or adjustment(s)/cleaning (with the exceptions of things like dip****s ringing out outdrive cases on I/Os if a cable gets a little hinky). Obviously, major problems aren't readily fixable on the water, but in my experience, catastrophic failures don't usually happen too far from splash/leaving port with reasonably well-maintained engines. I'd suspect that you take reasonable care of your engines and that you're more than capable of handling a fair amount of the minor stuff. And another suggestion - a good (used, older, simpler, IMO) kicker setup, and if possible, one that can function on more than one boat. I like something along the lines of a 15-20 hp, and if the boat is gasoline-powered, the kicker's fuel tank can serve as an emergency supply for the main(s). If you take that advice, please take this as well - exercise the kicker regularly. TC, R |
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On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:19:18 -0400, jeff wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:29:53 -0400, jeff wrote: wrote: The boating types realize it's no real big deal as far as returning to port is concerned, while the non-boater types start looking for life jackets and have visions of a CG rescue...I, on the other hand, have visions of my ass crawling around under the engine to remedy things... g ...while i'm not a life-jacket paranoid, if ever i was crawling about any engine, i'd recommend everyone on board immediately don a lifejacket as i'd undoubtedly pull the wrong shuttlecock or plug in such a misguided adventure. when my sal****er boat broke down, i looked at the engine solely for the purpose of assuring there wasn't a flame, smoke, or spewing liquids that might require an abandon ship response. i had no idea what was wrong...figured i was simply once again victimized and ****upon by yet another movement of the cosmic mechanical sphincters. when i got back to the dock, mel the mechanic got on the boat, put his hand on something that looked like the rest of the indistinguishable engine landscape to me, and pronounced the problem as a bad high pressure fuel pump. mel is an "engine whisperer" and i consider him worthy of hero worship. jeff My (totally unasked-for) advice would be to study up on the basic workings of your motor(s). A whole lot of what goes wrong can be fixed or patched on the water if one has some basic info, a few spare parts, and a relative few well-chosen tools (and no, a "Crescent"/Polish speed wrench, pump pliers, two screwdrivers, and a Leatherman does not a tool kit make). Marine drive systems, be the inboard, I/O, or outboard are not all that complicated, and most problems are either fuel, spark, or adjustment(s)/cleaning (with the exceptions of things like dip****s ringing out outdrive cases on I/Os if a cable gets a little hinky). Obviously, major problems aren't readily fixable on the water, but in my experience, catastrophic failures don't usually happen too far from splash/leaving port with reasonably well-maintained engines. I'd suspect that you take reasonable care of your engines and that you're more than capable of handling a fair amount of the minor stuff. And another suggestion - a good (used, older, simpler, IMO) kicker setup, and if possible, one that can function on more than one boat. I like something along the lines of a 15-20 hp, and if the boat is gasoline-powered, the kicker's fuel tank can serve as an emergency supply for the main(s). If you take that advice, please take this as well - exercise the kicker regularly. TC, R excellent advice, actually. thanks. i do pay others with ability and knowledge to maintain and service my engines on a regular basis. ... i can do simple stuff, but generally don't unless i have no choice or plenty of spare time to devote. I don't mean this as an insult, just a statement, but IMO, if you are gonna own a boat with a motor and take folks out with you, you ought to know some basics (unless, of course, they are informed before leaving that you have no intention or ability beyond calling SeaTow). No reasonable person expects that a skipper whip out a pocketknife and some bailing wire and fix a blown engine in the time it takes them to drink a refreshing beverage, but if I were offshore with someone who, for example, had a fuel/water separation problem (or my recent belt situation in a single-screw) and no replacement(s) or clues, I'd be miffed - your nautical mileage may vary G. i began my tyro studies on inboard/outboards while i was being towed. i discovered my fuel injected setup has two fuel pumps. however, as i'm relatively new to the workings of volvo inboard engines (on a gm block), jackshafts, and i/outboard drive systems, i doubt i'll fiddle around with it too much until i've served an apprenticeship. each breakdown yields a new experience and education, albeit with expensive tuition. don't know if i'm gonna stay in school long enough to get my mechanical degree though. There are all sorts of do-it-yourself guidebooks (ala Bentley manuals for autos). Maybe getting one and doing your next tune-up, power pack or coil change, etc., might be a start? There's no doubt in my mind that _anyone_ physically able and of even modest mental abil...oh, that's right...you're a lawyer...oh, sorry, I suddenly remembered the coroner/head in a jar/"might have been a lawyer" joke...anyway, seriously, anyone of even modest mental ability should be able to successfully understand and work on all marine drives from small Cats/Detroits to trolling motors. Including lawyers. Very, very few are all that complicated...the motors...well, or the lawyers, I guess... kickers aren't too functional on a 17' bay boat (not enough room or balance) or on an offshore fishing boat trolling 7 lines and teasers...i've never seen one in this area on an inboard deepsea fishing boat. i have seen them on lake boats, and some older or bigger boats with outboards trying to economize on trolling speed fuel consumption. seatow pulled my cow home at 17 knots. so far, seatow seems much more economical, faster, and less trouble than a 20 hp outboard would be. Oh, hey, a tow service membership is the "go-to" method, but on a busy weekend, they might not be as available as one might wish. And FWIW, a kicker will work with any drive system, even twin OBs, plus a kicker can come in handy even when all is well - for example, for lolly-gagging around in shallows. I've used one to putter around iffy/tideout island areas in a twin inboard, as rudder and screw truing isn't cheap, and replacement is even worse. And you don't need to leave it mounted, just have it, and if fuel runouts are the least of your worries (I know a guy with a larger center console that has 300 gals of tankage...and twins and a kicker), you don't need a tank for the kicker, just a tap for it on the main tank(s) TC, R jeff |
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On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:12:06 -0400, jeff wrote:
wrote: I don't mean this as an insult, just a statement, but IMO, if you are gonna own a boat with a motor and take folks out with you, you ought to know some basics (unless, of course, they are informed before leaving that you have no intention or ability beyond calling SeaTow). No reasonable person expects that a skipper whip out a pocketknife and some bailing wire and fix a blown engine in the time it takes them to drink a refreshing beverage, but if I were offshore with someone who, for example, had a fuel/water separation problem (or my recent belt situation in a single-screw) and no replacement(s) or clues, I'd be miffed - your nautical mileage may vary G. not taken as an insult...and it's a well-founded, sound, and perhaps deserved comment. i've no problem with those who don't want to go out with me because i'm not adept at engine repair. most who go fishing with me are well aware of my limitations, and probably think i'm much more limited than i really am (which suits me fine). of course, i'm not looking to be a charter service and i make no assurances to anyone traveling offshore or across a lake with me in any of my boats. if my boat breaks down, it won't be because of misuse or lack of routine maintenance. but it won't be fixed by me either. i'll leave it to those with experience and competence gained from years i simply don't and won't have. come along at your own risk or stay behind, i make no guarantees... others can be miffed or not, i'm gonna try to have a good time with my hobbies and not sweat the small things. i won't be reckless, i won't be negligent, and i'll do my best to plan a safe trip...but, if the engine breaks down, we'll all be miffed. All reasonable and valid. If the passengers know what they are getting into, as it were, then IMO, you owe them nothing more than what they expected. There are all sorts of do-it-yourself guidebooks (ala Bentley manuals for autos). Maybe getting one and doing your next tune-up, power pack or coil change, etc., might be a start? There's no doubt in my mind that _anyone_ physically able and of even modest mental abil...oh, that's right...you're a lawyer...oh, sorry, I suddenly remembered the coroner/head in a jar/"might have been a lawyer" joke...anyway, seriously, anyone of even modest mental ability should be able to successfully understand and work on all marine drives from small Cats/Detroits to trolling motors. Including lawyers. Very, very few are all that complicated...the motors...well, or the lawyers, I guess... i suspect with a bit of instruction and time to do the simple stuff, even i'd get by as well as the next neophyte. frankly, i don't have the time, facilities, or tools to do much in self-help boat or engine repair. i live 90 miles from the coast where i keep the boat in a dry stack at a marina. the marina has certified mechanics, facilities, tools, and parts. I guess it's just differing points of view. Maybe it's sorta like tying flies - sure, you can buy flies, and for many, buying them is probably cheaper and easier in both the long and short runs when time is calculated in with materials/tools/supplies. Sorta the old "that's why there's chocolate and vanilla." I also guess that it probably has a lot to do with the fact that I learned such things from an early age, and as such, perhaps what I see as stuff that everyone should know is really just a bunch of stuff that normal people don't really care about. And also, being "at the mercy of others" is not something I do well at all - I might let someone else fix something, but I'll damn sure know (or learn) what I'm paying for. Oh, hey, a tow service membership is the "go-to" method, but on a busy weekend, they might not be as available as one might wish. And FWIW, a kicker will work with any drive system, even twin OBs, plus a kicker can come in handy even when all is well - for example, for lolly-gagging around in shallows. I've used one to putter around iffy/tideout island areas in a twin inboard, as rudder and screw truing isn't cheap, and replacement is even worse. And you don't need to leave it mounted, just have it, and if fuel runouts are the least of your worries (I know a guy with a larger center console that has 300 gals of tankage...and twins and a kicker), you don't need a tank for the kicker, just a tap for it on the main tank(s) no doubt kickers *can* be added to many boats, and they have their place, but it's neither functional nor necessary equipment on anything i own right now. Fair enough. If I may, beside the 17', what else is in, er, "Miller's Navy," powerboat-wise - IIRC, it's a larger sportfish? I think, given the above, I know the answer to this question, but do y'all sail at all? TC, R |
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wrote: On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:12:06 -0400, jeff wrote: ... Ah, what more delicious breakfast to linger over of a Saturday morning than a juicy ambiguity spitted and roasted to a turn. Any angle you look at it from, it's done to perfection. :) From this angle the ambiguity lies in the attribution. -- Ken Fortenberry |
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Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: wrote: On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:12:06 -0400, jeff wrote: ... Ah, what more delicious breakfast to linger over of a Saturday morning than a juicy ambiguity spitted and roasted to a turn. Any angle you look at it from, it's done to perfection. :) From this angle the ambiguity lies in the attribution. See, that's the trouble with forever trying to work one angle or another. Some day, when you can take time out from from scribbling marginalia in your little dictionary, you should try looking at life on Earth straight on. Wolfgang yeah, i know......but it costs nothing to try. |
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Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: wrote: On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:12:06 -0400, jeff wrote: ... Ah, what more delicious breakfast to linger over of a Saturday morning than a juicy ambiguity spitted and roasted to a turn. Any angle you look at it from, it's done to perfection. :) From this angle the ambiguity lies in the attribution. See, that's the trouble ... The trouble is obvious from any angle. -- Ken Fortenberry |
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Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: wrote: On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:12:06 -0400, jeff wrote: ... Ah, what more delicious breakfast to linger over of a Saturday morning than a juicy ambiguity spitted and roasted to a turn. Any angle you look at it from, it's done to perfection. :) From this angle the ambiguity lies in the attribution. See, that's the trouble ... The trouble is obvious from any angle. Exactly. See?.....it works. Wolfgang the pleasant surprises are stacking up early. it's going to be a good day.....a VERY good day. |
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Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: wrote: On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:12:06 -0400, jeff wrote: ... Ah, what more delicious breakfast to linger over of a Saturday morning than a juicy ambiguity spitted and roasted to a turn. Any angle you look at it from, it's done to perfection. :) From this angle the ambiguity lies in the attribution. See, that's the trouble ... The trouble is obvious from any angle. Exactly. Hilarious. Most people having been caught making an attribution error in a Usenet post would say, Oops, fumble fingers this morning. But not our little Wolfie, no siree. Little Wolfie wants to play. But I don't want to play this morning so Little Wolfie will just have to play with himself. Come to think of it "playing with himself" pretty well describes the bulk of what Little Wolfie posts here. LOL !! -- Ken Fortenberry |
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Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: Ken Fortenberry wrote: Wolfgang wrote: wrote: On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:12:06 -0400, jeff wrote: ... Ah, what more delicious breakfast to linger over of a Saturday morning than a juicy ambiguity spitted and roasted to a turn. Any angle you look at it from, it's done to perfection. :) From this angle the ambiguity lies in the attribution. See, that's the trouble ... The trouble is obvious from any angle. Exactly. Hilarious. Most people having been caught making an attribution error in a Usenet post would say, Oops, fumble fingers this morning. But not our little Wolfie, no siree. Little Wolfie wants to play. But I don't want to play this morning so Little Wolfie will just have to play with himself. Come to think of it "playing with himself" pretty well describes the bulk of what Little Wolfie posts here. LOL !! Laugh long......laugh hard. :) Wolfgang |
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:45:45 -0400, jeff wrote:
wrote: Fair enough. If I may, beside the 17', what else is in, er, "Miller's Navy," powerboat-wise - IIRC, it's a larger sportfish? I think, given the above, I know the answer to this question, but do y'all sail at all? TC, R right now, i've got a 16' gheenoe. sturdy and stable, but heavy. great for creeks, canals, ponds, impounments, and small lakes. i took it up to penns one year for the smallmouth float. i paddle it or use a 2.5 hp mercury if i need a sturdier oarsman. i've done a bit of flyfishing for bream and bass with it, and chased puppy drum in saltmarsh bays. the 17' center console bay boat with 90 hp yamaha is for shad and rock and bass in the rivers, puppy drum, speckled trout, flounder in the sound and bay areas, and inshore sal****er on calm days for spanish, blues, and false albacore. the 25' carolina classic is for my latest madness - offshore fishing for wahoo, tuna, dolphin, king mackeral, and...hopefully...billfish. it's built for nc's offshore waters. nothing fancy, but very functional and i can single hand it so i'm not dependent on crew when i want to go offshore. i used to own a 26' pearson sailboat back when i was a "romantic". yeah, yeah...i know. but, it was deadly. the boats meet my current requirements and needs for the kind of fishing i like, and i can manage each of them by myself...um, except for the engine repair thing. jeff Sounds like a well-rounded group. I still say "kicker" but hey, it's your remuda. That Carolina Classic...or is it actually carolina classic...sounds like a good boat for its purpose. I checked out their website, and it's a nice looking boat, too. Down here, folks seem to be gaga over the center console/t-top opens, even in 30-35 feet. I suspect it is because it tends to keep women and kids off, but hell, I like a little comfort, too. As to latest madnesses, I'm currently tinkering with a John Allmand FBSF that I found and added to, er, McHale's Navy ...decent boat, so far. Good hull, incredible interior for its age, recent engine rebuilds, etc. And it's an inboard, which I like. Plus, I got to go toy shopping for a new bottom machine, GPS, etc. Speaking of which, I think I've tripped over a pretty cool setup GPS, NMEA hookups, Bluechart, an older laptop, etc. Anyone have any interest in the details? It isn't 100% hooked-up and running on-board, but so far, it looks good as a MUCH lower cost alternative to the "networked"/"black box" setups offered by Garmin, Raymarine, etc. and all the non-wiring/mounting components will be easily taken off-board. Potentially, under $1000USD for everything: GPS with large screen charting, dual/tri-station radio, bottom machine/sonar, etc., including a DVD/CD entertainment system and 'net access if one wished. TC, R |
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