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some more

champlain
 

more pictures

more pictures from lake champlain
 

more picts.

last pictures
 

last few pictures

VT is calling me...
 

Man guys I tell ya...

After viewing this thread now for awhile, it sure makes me want to be there!

I work for Green Mountain Coffee out of VT, and this summer in Seattle has been the pits!

Right now I am looking at my Fountain getting rained on in the driveway...57 degrees and 1.5 inches of rain today...
At least it has a nice cover on it.

Champlain looks awesome - I won't be back there until late October through.

Mark D
 

Well mark you may still get some time out on the lake.This summer has been awesome.

Hope so - another summer like this on the west coast & I am trucking my 29 to Burlington...

Thanks for all the pics guys.

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nice day out on the lake.

not looking very warm for this coming w-end... hope things turns out i was planning on my last w-end of this year to sleep on the lake...

Willsboro Bay looks nice.....wish I could have got out. Friday is not looking to bad now....same with Monday. Cross your fingers

FBD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xTckCqWkH4

FBT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-RxUBuSTcE

A nice run down to Breakwaters from Mallets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CEA5dkNPuc

Great , hot day on Tuesday. Few shots.

A little pre-jump trauma! :lolhit::lolhit::lolhit:

Few last shots.

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all checkmate raft tonight on the lake.

Looks like one is an imposter wanna be

So what boats can handle this weekend's lake conditions without too much puckering on the helms seat :lolhit:

I saw three sailboats and one big cruiser in the Bay yesterday, when the gusts were over 40 mph. Good hull testing weather.

champlain
 

pictures from the last few days.

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some more.

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pictures from saturday.

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pictures from this weekend.

champlain
 

last few pictures.The lake is cooling off fast.

get your boats ready...gonna need them for the monsoon tomorrow :P

Wow, such fun it was.

Heads up for this weekend. I live about 1/2 mile South of the Winooski River outlet to Champlain. It's all churned up from the silt coming out of the river from the rains. Also, I saw a 25' tree float by this morning, and more branches and what even looked like part of a stump out front floating by :eek:

The winds are out of the Northwest, but some of this stuff will find it's way from the NY side as well. Not good things to hit now, it would ruin your whole day.

We'll be having a little fun today... Sun coming up this ,morning at the house...

Might buzz the Pumpkin Races at the waterfront...

http://www.lllvt.org/pumpkin
http://vimeo.com/7713055

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...1&d=1286709934

Couple videos of today's ride got rough in certain places flew at times...


[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLN4g7ujIm8[/YOUTUBE]

That looks like fun!

Had a blast...
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0exFXyCtno[/YOUTUBE]

Looks like you and Jeremy had fun out there GL.Good to see the MTI back in action.Hope to see it in Key West at the Poker run.Tom

hey GL, if you ever want to upload better quality vids use Vimeo, they seem to have a better quality than Youtube....and i can watch them at work lol

Went out last nite on the MTI to get my fix before a business trip. Lake was like glass we put in at the Coast Guard station in Burlington and ran for about 40 minutes cruising at 4000- 4100 at around 100-105 mph. Made three speed passes to make sure all held together and seemed to be very solid mechanically.

All the minor bugs look like are they are ironed out. We will most likely put some more hours on the rig in the next few weeks Thank God for that cockpit in those nice warm days!

Then it's off to the Key West Poker Run.

What a great day to test boat hulls :eek:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
324 PM EDT FRI OCT 15 2010
.THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN FORECAST...
.A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...
.TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS 40 TO 50 KNOTS...DECREASING TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 6 TO 8 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET AFTER
MIDNIGHT. RAIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
VISIBILITY 2 TO 4 MILES.
.SATURDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS...DECREASING TO 15 TO
25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
VISIBILITY GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS...BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET.
.SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS...INCREASING TO WEST 15 TO
25 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET. A CHANCE OF SPRINKLES.
VISIBILITY GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED.

Wednesday was our last day on the lake.Lunch over in Robinsons bay.The end of one of the best boating summers in the last 20 years for us.Put the boat in storage on Thursday.Hope everyone has a great winter.Key West finals is next for us.Tom

Cant wait! Looking forward to seeing the Champlain crew down there

Hey Chris,were staying with Charlie and Nancy in Key West.Should be a big Champlain crew this year.See ya there!

8:30 am Sunday GL making sure nobody in Colchester sleeps in. Air temp 30 sleet and freezing rain. Good to see and hear it in the water again. Sorry the picture quality is lousy.

Ernie went in the three digits today...

Here is a couple views...

Inside...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNAYcoAcyF8[/YOUTUBE]

Outside...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk0_WD89a6A[/YOUTUBE]

Looking back...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg4C9ndVd2E[/YOUTUBE]

And form Shore...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOPDQtvmqaw[/YOUTUBE]

Thanks for the picture I had not seen it!

It was a little crappy that morning... Thank God for the lid!