TIBBC "The Thread" again...
04-28-2010 | 10:03 AM
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mine too is spending too much time in the barn last year and most likely this year as well, but not for lack of funds to run it, gas is cheap.....
.....maybe my return to the boathouse next year will be in a Sundancer with Stacey, her 4 kids under 10, and a dog.
You will love them all I promise!
Later!
.....maybe my return to the boathouse next year will be in a Sundancer with Stacey, her 4 kids under 10, and a dog.
You will love them all I promise!
Later!
"Idle Hands are the Devils Tools"
You can either be busy or just talk about wanting to be busy. Ahhh, the art of procrastination.
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04-28-2010 | 10:43 AM
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05-01-2010 | 02:43 PM
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mine too is spending too much time in the barn last year and most likely this year as well, but not for lack of funds to run it, gas is cheap.
Also, I don't make seeing how much I can burn a contest every time I get behind the wheel. Did that many years ago!
I was lucky enough to spend many past summers out all day, all week long as some of you know.
the lack of use moreso recently has been for a lack of weather- as in it was cool and/or overcast, just plain dumpy much of last summer.
It takes heat and sun to get my juices flowing.
or lack of water (it's not going to get much better, and not for long before it gets worse this year!)
which will only really effect dockage and ramps if you know your way around out there...
a GF with 4 kids
doing around her house/cars/events
doing in and around my own house
which if you actually live in a house, have a big yard ect., you know what thats about...and the time it chews up.
If you don't...well then you don't!
and extra planning committments in the short term now to Radiology concerning our move this fall to the new building
with a very reasonable payment (dammit! where's my inheritance?) it can just be there...yup..."in the barn".
I'm lucky to have my own to keep it in a few steps from my back door
when I want to use it, when/if we get some fkin NICE weather...it'll be a sweet renewed sense of excitement to take it out.
As many of you know my favorite place to be is out in the Lake.
Unfortunately, there aren't too many others to oogle my boat out there. LOL
Now maybe if I could rev my engines repeatedly, or let my boat run for 30 minutes in the boathouse I'd get some of that much needed "Wow, Look at Me!" attention?
If that doesn't work maybe I could yap them into submission...?
I have NO issue with trailering though as I have primo equipment and setup. It's easy and I'm lucky enough to be 20 mins from Lake and River.
I wish there were a couple more nice ramps like Henderson around (especially in a low water year)
oh well...
I will say one thing, I absolutely love how much the trailering thing has cut down on cleaning!
Load up, unload cooler and a couple bags, run around the waterline with chamois, drive the 20 minutes home, pull the whole rig in the building, sort out the cooler, shut the end doors and off to the house...DONE
I don't even f with the cockpit cover, just deploy the towels, unless the boats gonna sit for a week or more as it takes that long to accumulate noticible dust!
Boat stays very, very clean with a minimum of labor, very very cool!
with that said, as much as I love this boat...
6 performance boats and 20+ years later sometimes things change...
maybe my return to the boathouse next year will be in a Sundancer with Stacey, her 4 kids under 10, and a dog.
You will love them all I promise!
Later!
Also, I don't make seeing how much I can burn a contest every time I get behind the wheel. Did that many years ago!
I was lucky enough to spend many past summers out all day, all week long as some of you know.
the lack of use moreso recently has been for a lack of weather- as in it was cool and/or overcast, just plain dumpy much of last summer.
It takes heat and sun to get my juices flowing.
or lack of water (it's not going to get much better, and not for long before it gets worse this year!)
which will only really effect dockage and ramps if you know your way around out there...
a GF with 4 kids
doing around her house/cars/events
doing in and around my own house
which if you actually live in a house, have a big yard ect., you know what thats about...and the time it chews up.
If you don't...well then you don't!
and extra planning committments in the short term now to Radiology concerning our move this fall to the new building
with a very reasonable payment (dammit! where's my inheritance?) it can just be there...yup..."in the barn".
I'm lucky to have my own to keep it in a few steps from my back door
when I want to use it, when/if we get some fkin NICE weather...it'll be a sweet renewed sense of excitement to take it out.
As many of you know my favorite place to be is out in the Lake.
Unfortunately, there aren't too many others to oogle my boat out there. LOL
Now maybe if I could rev my engines repeatedly, or let my boat run for 30 minutes in the boathouse I'd get some of that much needed "Wow, Look at Me!" attention?
If that doesn't work maybe I could yap them into submission...?
I have NO issue with trailering though as I have primo equipment and setup. It's easy and I'm lucky enough to be 20 mins from Lake and River.
I wish there were a couple more nice ramps like Henderson around (especially in a low water year)
oh well...
I will say one thing, I absolutely love how much the trailering thing has cut down on cleaning!
Load up, unload cooler and a couple bags, run around the waterline with chamois, drive the 20 minutes home, pull the whole rig in the building, sort out the cooler, shut the end doors and off to the house...DONE
I don't even f with the cockpit cover, just deploy the towels, unless the boats gonna sit for a week or more as it takes that long to accumulate noticible dust!
Boat stays very, very clean with a minimum of labor, very very cool!
with that said, as much as I love this boat...
6 performance boats and 20+ years later sometimes things change...
maybe my return to the boathouse next year will be in a Sundancer with Stacey, her 4 kids under 10, and a dog.
You will love them all I promise!
Later!
Give me a shout so we can get the kids together and do some boating as opposed to boathousing ....
My guys are 6.
Jeff
05-01-2010 | 04:14 PM
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) when my kids were that age. I ran around the boat behind them picking up crumbs. They called me the Crumb Nazi!!!! By the way, if I find the right deal, I'll be in a cruiser too. I just want some room to move around and lounge around. I love the old 311 but it's run it's course with me.
05-01-2010 | 05:49 PM
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In need of some Grandpappy room? Just click on over to the classifieds, leftover Formula 45 Yacht (note the capital Y) just popped up. Teak cockpit floor! Easy crumb clean up!
How's the water level down there? Haven't even been up to the Bay yet, hear it's about a foot lower than normal right now.
05-02-2010 | 07:21 AM
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In need of some Grandpappy room? Just click on over to the classifieds, leftover Formula 45 Yacht (note the capital Y) just popped up. Teak cockpit floor! Easy crumb clean up!
How's the water level down there? Haven't even been up to the Bay yet, hear it's about a foot lower than normal right now.
How's the water level down there? Haven't even been up to the Bay yet, hear it's about a foot lower than normal right now.
Water is stupid low. Mike had his 17 footer out yesterday, had to paddle it out through the channel. There is no boat launch right now where could put our big boats in. Lowest I've seen the Pond in spring - ever!!
05-04-2010 | 07:58 PM
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Hate to say it but the TIBBC club might have a new meaning??????????????? Kids, grand kids, sea rays replacing the big HP boats, low water wine(ing)? I guess I need to bring my grand kids up that way to kick some TIBBC butt
Is this the Thousand Island Ball Busting Club or the Thousand Island Big Baby Club. No matter how you look at it, it's all in fun. Maybe we need to hook up a couple of folk on Mom's boat besides somebody needs to take it out more than once or twice. launch move to the dock, untie and move to the trailer. I guess the Muskrats do like having the lower unit as a nice resting place, but it does need a little running time. Nice thing about the low water you can see a good number of those shoals that are a little hidden other years. Ask Mom about them, I'm sure she has a story or two.
Is this the Thousand Island Ball Busting Club or the Thousand Island Big Baby Club. No matter how you look at it, it's all in fun. Maybe we need to hook up a couple of folk on Mom's boat besides somebody needs to take it out more than once or twice. launch move to the dock, untie and move to the trailer. I guess the Muskrats do like having the lower unit as a nice resting place, but it does need a little running time. Nice thing about the low water you can see a good number of those shoals that are a little hidden other years. Ask Mom about them, I'm sure she has a story or two.
05-04-2010 | 09:03 PM
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Perhaps the good old days are gone, higher gas prices, inflated boat prices, economy's gone to chit, fewer high perf boats on the river, bad azz turned blingerized, who knows. Don't really care.
All I know is that I still get a big kick out of just a driving a performance boat, would be bored to death in a family cruiser. As long as that remains the case I say Fock it all, gas this Biotch up, I going for a blast!
Far as the low water, if you can not find enough water, at a foot or two low, to have a good time in the St Lawrence River you need some real help.
