www.iFourWinns.com

Dedicated to Current and Future Owners
It is currently Mon May 12, 2025 8:51 am

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » The Lobby » Boating Banter

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]



Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 13 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
Flying Sushi
PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:16 pm 
Offline
email admin your custom rank

Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:36 am
Posts: 678
Location: Northshore Boston & 1000 Islands
We had an arguably the best boating week of our life last week at 1000 Islands. Weather was as good as we can get for a week and only 30 minutes of brief thunderstorm on Wednesday evening. We were out on the water everyday and put serious hours to our boat and Jet Ski… I was surprised that there are many Four Winns in area last week that kept me smile :D …. This area is typically dominate by Sea Ray and many Chaparrals :roll: so it was a good to see our brands with numbers on water . Many seemed to come from Canada. We are planning to go back there for another week long Vacation on 3rd week of August but it will be tough to beat the one we just had…

at Boldt Castle
Image

Potter`s Beach
Image

Image

at Alex Bay Town Slip
Image


Beautiful Boldt Castle Boat House
Image

1000 Island Bridge.... The oldest bridge of kind in US.
Image

Image

A lot of this
Image

A View from our Summer House Porch..... St Lawrence Seaway
Image

_________________
Image
08 H260 VP 8.1Gi DP.....Previous
2013 Crownline E6 Merc 8.2MAG BIIIX, DTS/SC


Last edited by Flying Sushi on Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:31 am, edited 2 times in total.

Top
 Profile  
 
230 Mike
PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:15 am 
Offline
230 Mike
User avatar

Joined: Mon May 15, 2006 7:59 pm
Posts: 5141
Location: Kansas City, Table Rock Lake
Wow - beautiful scenery and trip!

_________________
Image

Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic
Top
 Profile  
 
ardy
PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:02 am 
Offline
life to the full

Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:13 pm
Posts: 699
Location: Adelaide South Australia
cool thanks for sharing

_________________
Ardy
Adelaide South Australia
Red H180 3.0 Merc
Top
 Profile  
 
St. Louis Dave
PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:19 pm 
Offline
Lake Michigan - Unsalted

Joined: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:38 pm
Posts: 867
Location: Comstock Park / Grand Haven (Barretts)
+1

_________________
2001 Horizon 260 - 7.4 Volvo GSI DP

Image
Top
 Profile  
 
robbo3
PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:12 am 
Offline
email admin your custom rank

Joined: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:41 pm
Posts: 773
Location: Waukesha, WI
Great pictures, that looks like a fun place to explore.

Just curious, but with the barge coming that close to your house, do the kids hesitate to swim in the water? My son is deathly afraid of the weed cutter and if it's within 100 yards, he's not going in the water. I can only imagine his reaction to a large ship :shock:

_________________
-Rob.

Image
Current boat: 2011 Yamaha AR210
Previous boat: 1998 Horizon RX 4.3GL SX
Top
 Profile  
 
aguyindallas
PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:16 am 
Offline
Nauti Luv

Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:55 am
Posts: 2186
Location: Little Elm - Lake Lewisville TX
Great pics!

Its amazing to me to think that your house is that close to where those big barges come through...thats wild!

_________________
Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4
Top
 Profile  
 
M3eater
PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:21 am 
Offline
email admin your custom rank
User avatar

Joined: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:14 pm
Posts: 906
Location: New Hampshire
barges ...... Barges? We don't need no stinkin' BARGES!

Those are the giant Great Lakes freighters (ala; Edmund Fitzgerald).

Awesome area.

_________________
Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner
Image
Top
 Profile  
 
millhaven_nice_guy
PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:11 pm 
Offline
email admin your custom rank

Joined: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:56 pm
Posts: 1046
Location: Millhaven, ON
I truly am sorry that we couldn't hook up and enjoy some time with you and your family. I probably should have booked a few days last week and made the trip. The weather definitely won't be as nice in August but it may be acceptable. I'll see you soon.

_________________
Marc, Kathlin & Nathalie

Image
'89 Chaparral Laser 32

'93 Vista 245, 5.8L w/ King Cobra

Former Boats
'01 H260, 7.4 VP Duoprop
'98 H200, 5.0 GL w/VP SX drive
Top
 Profile  
 
NOLV4V8
PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:10 pm 
Offline
email admin your custom rank

Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:29 pm
Posts: 331
Location: Metro Detroit
Flying Sushi wrote:
A View from our Summer House Porch..... St Lawrence Seaway
Image



That is quite awesome!

This is right off of our summer home on the St.Clair River

Image

Sadly I have become a shipping nerd...

_________________
Rob
Image
Present: 1999 Formula 280SS
Past: 1989 180 Horizon

http://www.robcamerondesign.com
Top
 Profile  
 
230 Mike
PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:19 pm 
Offline
230 Mike
User avatar

Joined: Mon May 15, 2006 7:59 pm
Posts: 5141
Location: Kansas City, Table Rock Lake
You guys ever run out there and scream, "Hey! It's a no-wake zone dammit!"

_________________
Image

Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic
Top
 Profile  
 
M3eater
PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:49 pm 
Offline
email admin your custom rank
User avatar

Joined: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:14 pm
Posts: 906
Location: New Hampshire
:mrgreen:

_________________
Gordon Arnold
New Hampshire

2003 268 Vista ..................................................................Prior: 97 245 Sundowner
Image
Top
 Profile  
 
Flying Sushi
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:51 pm 
Offline
email admin your custom rank

Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:36 am
Posts: 678
Location: Northshore Boston & 1000 Islands
Quote:
with the barge coming that close to your house, do the kids hesitate to swim in the water?

Our house is located the narrowest section of St Lawrence River/Seaway which is little wider than 1800 feet and is a great place to watch these big ships go by.
Those freighters only come about 10 times a day so it is not as busy as you might think from pictures. They all go very slow at this section of river and wake is not as vicious as large cruisers. We are more concern on cruiser traveling fast which produce much larger and nasty wake/swell…. The most kids around us love to see these big one when they comes by…. Kids swim around our dock all the time. However, they use caution for wake and swells
I see people’s mouth gets drop open when they see the “Big One”. Especially people who never been to this area before.

It is rare but two big freighters can cross each other at this narrow section which is wild to see…. I actually caught one on camera this year
Image

_________________
Image
08 H260 VP 8.1Gi DP.....Previous
2013 Crownline E6 Merc 8.2MAG BIIIX, DTS/SC
Top
 Profile  
 
230 Mike
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:26 pm 
Offline
230 Mike
User avatar

Joined: Mon May 15, 2006 7:59 pm
Posts: 5141
Location: Kansas City, Table Rock Lake
Amazing. What would be equally amazing would be to watch you paint the end of that house that faces the water. ;)

_________________
Image

Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic
Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 13 posts ] 

Board index » The Lobby » Boating Banter

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group