Wow I didnt realize it was that bad up there.

lake champlain
 

some pictures

What type of camera are you using ??

GoPro

I got to get one of those.

As an aside, do they have noise / muffler laws on Champlain ?

yes...you do need to get one...they are awesome! i use it all the time!


and what are mufflers? lol...no noise law that i know of on the lake.

you may see me there this summer. Canada has muffler law within 5 miles of shore. But all the lakes are max 2 miles across.

make your way down here...well once the lake goes down a bit

when do you guys think the lake will be down enough to go boating safely?

At this rate, with more rain this week, I'd have to say mid June earliest. Probably later.

I've seen stuff floating out there that would cause some very real harm:eek:

A tree, complete with roots, floated by our place. It was conservatively 40 feet :eek:

Has anyone heard what Breakwaters may do? They've been underwater for nearly a month now.

ya the stuff floating is crazy....i'm in no rush to get on the lake!

All NY waterways have a 90db limit. Some areas enforce the law and some don't. Lake Champlain is pro performance boats in my opinion.

I don't know of another Northeastern lake that has as much freedom as Champlain. You can be out on a beautiful summer weekend day, and see far fewer boats than you would on a pond. There's also far less places to go out by boat (meaning restaurants and such), especially on the Vermont side.

But the huge reward for that is some pretty pristine boating.

The Turtle is now open :drink:

I don't even know if you can drive there from here yet.:mad:

Will this rain ever end?

Here are some pics over the Memorial day weekend.Michael and I at the Launch in Colchester and Caroline and Lisa At Thayers.Unreal!!!

did you run your boat on the lake yet?

July...

Maybe of this year...

We need under 101 if not 100...

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/uv?site_no=04294500

http://137.227.241.93/nwisweb/data/i...110601..0..gif

nice bikes wanna go trail riding? :)
the wife and i just came back from Pittsfield VT trails 9 miles of riding with 5 miles of climbing :coolcowboy:

Floaters
 

Buddy of mine passed a hot tub, in the broad lake, between the mouth of the Chazy and Rouses Point the other day! It's going to be a short season!

I'm finally free of the house I pay for but don't live in, and this is the crap we have this year:bsflag:

Powerball is Saturday.

Slink..lets see pics of the boat you picked up..does it have twins?

single 502...still sitting at Chris's place....waiting for the lake to go down so we can water test then finish the deal! I'm kinda hoping in the next week or so....but we'll see

Water is dropping fast now thankfully. down to 101.6. It should easily be below 101 finally by the weekend. That used to be considered a very high level for April.

I haven't even seen my boat lately, possibly raccoons or whatever living in it. Is there anyone open for gas on the lake now? Jake's looks dead, Burlington is still underwater, is Champlain open?

Point Bay fuel dock open. 91 octane non ethanol!

Unfortunately my tank is 38 gallons, so Charlotte from Mallets Bay every fillup would be tedious.

Nice diesel prices though, quite a bit less than gas. How'd manage that?

We put the Mut in at Champlain Marina yesterday but no fuel there for while. Burlington waterfront is done for for the year is my guess except for Splash that is open now.

We just put-putted to the marina I think our fuel options for now if your not around Point Bay Marina is calling a truck in if you can't trailer out.

Yikes, thanks for the update GL.

What a summer :mad:

Didn't know you parked the Mut in Vermont this year. Lots less fuel doing it that way ;)

I'm moving next month, so I really haven't had boating thoughts yet with all of that mess going on. Maybe I'll get the boat ready for a change and do some work on it before launch, whenever that will be.

looks like we'll be picking our new rig up some time in the near future....cant wait!! now if someone would just go take all the debris out of the lake!!

I was working by the lake today saw a big chunk of 8x8 float by. would not want to hit that.

i love hearing these things....maybe i'll just put the boat up for sale :rolleyes:

I went out friday from peru and only saw two things floating and i went all over the place...put 3 hours on it. So far so good!

i like the sound of that...going to pick up the Scarab on wednesday..i'm sure Chris will be happy to have it out of his yard haha

looking forward to seeing it.

me too haha

Its home safe and sound

pictures! pictures!

Congrats Slinky,I stopped in and saw it at the shop in the morning.Lookin good and will be guite a step up from the old Four Winds!!!:D

we love it, only did a quick test drive on it last night...thinking we are going to get out sunday, anyone else planning?
Its such a different beast than the old sundowner....how i ever dealt with an OMC drive i really dont know...having an actual transmission is soooooo much nicer....i'll get pics up soon. if anyone has facebook they are on there look me up http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=622940178

Nice rig Slinky!


Frank

looks really clean!