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bikerboater
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:45 pm 
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Ok, I've been reading this forum long enough. Finally got a username/password and here I am. I am in NE Georgia. Where, trust me, it's been COLD! I wish I lived where it's a little warmer. But to tell you the truth, my kids are at the age where they're taking up so much time on the weekends that I still would have no time to take the boat out!!! Here is how this Saturday went... 15 yr old at a swim meet all day (mama took him) and a 12 yr old at a wrestling tournament all day (I took him to that). That's been my life since Tgiving. Before that it was football, and yes swimming.

Calling for snow/sleet tonight!

March/April can't come soon enough!

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teker
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:08 pm 
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jvalich wrote:
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Lets see, next weekend is a cruise from Daytona Beach to St Augustine for the weekend, Weekend of Feb 6 is the Gasparilla Pirate Invasion of Tampa, weekend after that is a cruise of St. Johns river, over night at Hontoon State Park.... guess us Florida guys will boat extra in memory of y'all yankee boaters...

Sorry could resist rubbing a bit :twisted: :mrgreen: :twisted: :mrgreen:


We'll be in Englewood Fl. from Feb. 15 to Mar 14. Will you be cruising any place near there?


We are on the west coast all the time. Are you towing the boat down from Ohio?

The club has a Captiva Cruise on the calendar for Mar 14. The weekend before that (Mar 6-8) is the Orange Cup Regatta, a APBA race here in Lakeland. I'll be out on the water all weekend there as a safety boat. Nothing like having race boats zipping off your bow 200 ft away at 100+ mph! You may want to head up to Lakeland that weekend.. the Regatta is a ball. I have ben manning a safety boat at that race for the bast 8 yrs.

We have a few restaurants we go to now and again in Venice, just north of Englewood. Our last cruise to Ft. Myers we launched at Laishley park Municipal Marina just south of Englewood. We can definitely plan something.


No, Were not towing our boat down, just escaping the snow for a month. Good friend keeps a boat at Burnt store Marina, we are going to mooch off of him for some water time. I'll have to look into that Lakeland weekend. Thanks for the information.

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Beachbob
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:42 am 
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It seems like it hasn't stopped snowing here since Christmas!! We are getting another 3-6" of global warming. :cry:

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248 Vista
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:52 am 
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I am sooo tierd of this crap. Lately I have been thinking about San Diego California.
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aguyindallas
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:30 pm 
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Hey guys...maybe this will help you get through the winter. Its a slideshow of last summer of us and some others on the lake....enjoy by clicking on the pic.

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Cap'n Morgan
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:24 am 
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I'm heading to Atlanta on Monday, it'll be nice to have a break from living in a freezer.


It's better than negative temp's, but not all that warm in Atlanta today.
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 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:26 am 
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Yes, dream on..........thanks for the pic's dallas. Oh so ready for summer. Will take the boat in for summerization in about 8 weeks or so.

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Teacher Todd
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:43 am 
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aguyindallas wrote:
Hey guys...maybe this will help you get through the winter. Its a slideshow of last summer of us and some others on the lake....enjoy by clicking on the pic.

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Cool slideshow.

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christiantrevor
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:32 pm 
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I did not see a Southern California weather update posted here. We have been in the high 80's and low 90's for over a week now. 8)

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SW Florida Dave
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:15 pm 
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Javlich: Just reading treads and noticed you have a club trip to Captiva in March, what location on the Island? South Seas Resort or Tween Waters? We hit Sout Seas at least twice a month.

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 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:47 pm 
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Well, since we can't fast forward to July thought I would flash back...

Here's what I was doing on July 24 at 12:07pm. As I remember, it was 82 degrees. Right now it's 23.

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 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:45 am 
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Who says you can't boat in the cold? This is last February 22 out of Port Sheldon, Michigan aboard the Andy Milne, a 1938 44' converted tug. You just need tougher skin (steel works pretty nice)! A toddie or two help, also!

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Heading due West out of Port Sheldon

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Looking back East

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The South pierhead is under there somewhere

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That baby is a little over 20 feet tall

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The beauty of steel

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Solid prop wash

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Avast, ye lubbers! A hearty soul on deck

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See this small "cave"?

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Now you get an appreciation for size!

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The Andy Milne

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Sun setting on a beautiful day at the end of the channel looking out from Pigeon Lake

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slman
 Post subject: Re: Summer?
PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:22 pm 
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I too am growing tired of the cold and am jealous of those still boating this time of year...both in the southeast, west and deep south. No signs of it warming up here in the Northeast....and I am being careful what I wish for as I am still waiting for my new baby to arrive. That said, even if it was warm enough to be on the water, I would be stuck on dry land.

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