I think I remember seeing them on B-Dock... I also think I heard them taking off right when the sun was coming up... :)

Yup, Cant wait!

I like Daves fly by :drink:

I have not heard anything about it...I would be surprised if Sundays water took down a 38 Gun.. but anythuing can happen...

Erie can be nasty... I actually got a cool video this year..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD4WKKYQ4UU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trfWRFDQbtc

nice! what kind of camera? :cool:

HTC cell phone! and being a passenger on a 35 Mistress... or she woulda had to hold on!! lol

Awesome.....
 

video. Always wanted to shoot one while up there in my old Sonic.
Great stuff, thnx!

That was us. We were on C dock and yeah, it took us almost an hour to go about 6 miles. The waves we serious 10ft. Never seen anything like it. And we had to go all the way to St. Clair, so, we turned back. That was some crazy ****!!!:eek:

I was also that heard about the boat going down. The dock hands were the ones that told us a Mayday came over the radio and it was supposedly a cigarette, but I guess maybe they were wrong. Hopefully they were!

We were rafted off a Sunsation from Canada (B-Dock, third row), we had the Searay last weekend. He was a trip. He did leave at 7am, i think? We had to let him out. Kind of a funny scene with him rafted in between two cruisers....

We were also in front of a PowerPlay from CAN, that was a sweet ride. Nice guy with his wife and kid.

J, We'll stop by if we see you guys at Kelly's this weekend. How's the Scout coming? Not too many updates in your paint thread.

Was on Lake Erie last weekend visting my folks and cruised around in their Nordic Tug. We were at the Casino Friday and MBYC Saturday. Had to head home Sunday but took a pic off Marblehead. Winds were from the N-NW. Would have been even worse from the NE.

I miss boating on Erie (my wife doesn't). Have spent the past four yrs on Lake Norman and Lake Lanier. So much water to explore and places to go on that lake (and connecting lakes)

The roughest days on either of the lakes above would be a realitvely calm day on Erie... Don't let any one tell you different.

Hope the title of the thread isn't true.

We left before you guys, crack of dawn! hardly got any sleep Sunday night, the boats were rubbing & bumpin all night long, the ride back was good, sure glad we waited to leave monday, I heard a few boats got beat up leaving Sunday

We got weathered in one time in ......
 

Leamington Ontario for 3 days. Luckily it's a killer harbor so no boat movement at dock. Funny thing was waking up at dawn of 2nd morning there and laying in the cuddy w/the bow hatch open when I finally realized it was dead ass calm!
Didn't have our act together well enough (2 days of drinking on the docks) to leave that morning but we got together as a group and all but two boats decided to fuel up that day, lash everything down that night and hope the next morning was calm and haul ass.
The other 2 boats left mid day and disappeared into pouring rain, near zero visibility (one w/a hand held VHF!) and 6' + waves with 35 miles to go. At one point the smaller boat w/the hand held was out of site of larger, lead boat and radio contact. (we were preparing to go look for them in my boat)
They made it 15 mls and shelter'd in @ Pelee Island.
We left at butt crack of dawn the next morning w/glass smooth water, ran 55+ the whole trip and beat the other two boats to breakfast at Kelley's!
Never forgot that lesson. Does same down here and plan to use that info when finally get to head east ;)

Might have to come join you guys at Kelleys this weekend. We will be up at the lake Fri morn - mon night.

Sounds good, There will be a bunch of us up there all weekend long!
Jr.

DUDE!!!

Might have to do that! What is the Power / shower situation like at the Casino? I'm ashamed to admit I've never actually spent the night / weekend there!

Seaway (where the big orange ferry goes in and out) is within walking distance and they have public showers like at PIB. Bring quarters :D

No Showers at the Casino.... You will have to take a Laporta shower in the lake.... As for power, they do have hook ups...

LMAO I take those showers all the time!!

The Port...
 

right next door has everything but I know it's not the Casino. That's where/why I normally stayed there.

ya.. but they suck... and its way more fun at The Casino!!

Port Side is not like what it used to be..... :bunny:

I've got a couple keys to their facilities that I ended up with after my last stay there. Since I am staying at Seaway I should bring them and let some of you guys at the Casino use 'em lol. :D

Dude! They changed the locks :D The mens showers are now where the womens showers used to be..... didnt know that last time I snuck in there... door was open, I went in and showered... ran into a buddy on the way out. I was tryin to figure out why he was going in the womens and he was laughin .... said theres no WO on this door. Sure nuff. Only said MEN :eek: opps :D

:evilb:

We have a cottage not far from the casino. If you need to shower up your more than welcome to by. Well hgave plenty of food and beverages also. Everyones invited.

I will also have some reggie who shirts and my new one Bonz and i came up with.

Hah...
 

hah, hah :)

Too bad about Portside. We stopped there for a cocktail last time on the island a couple yrs back.
Maybe the best Rum Runner I ever had.

Always liked Seaway too and stayed there a lot but know it was showing it's age as well and is a haul to town if you didn't have bikes like we did.

Have fun guys/girls and be careful! Remember, holiday weekend so the idiots will be out in force.

I'm all about lake showers! Wife.... not so much! :rolleyes:


Hopefully we will see you guys over there. We will be in a 303 Formula, white with super macho teal, pink, and purple stripes :lolhit:

I'm heading north shortly, so no more OSO.

(740) 504-8855

Anybody going to PIB this weekend or is everyone heading to kellys

Just tied up at portside. Gonna wonder over Casino way in a few. Flat tire and comedy of errors on the way up so I opted for guarenteed shower and ac. Hopefully run into you guys. Swing by a15. I'll buy ya a beer

I have some friends in a Regal stayin at Portside too. We are gettin ready to start driving north .... slow cruise across the lake to enjoy the night... Maybe it will be cooled down by the time we get there :eek: If not, thank God for shore power and AC

:evilb:

fun weekend!! nice to meet ya!!

It was a great weekend at the Casino....as always!

:drink: good seeing everyone and what a great weekend it was. Hate to say it but i'm glad we bugged out sunday, monday would have sucked making the run in that following sea. We had a great run back in one to threes on sunday though. Took the boat out for a quick run after cleaning it yesterday and i think i wiped out a cam lobe, got lucky on that one that it didnt happen on the way out or back :D. Oh well i was planning on freshening them up this winter anyway.

It was great to see you Dave and catch up on things!

We left yesterday morning and came back in 3 to 5's with several 6's to boot! You could tell the lake was starting to crank up!

I hope Donna and Ian had a safe trip back to MI. 40 miles in a head on in that water?? 43 Black Thunder or not, I would have said no way!

It was crankin pretty good when we left the Casino yesterday (last boat to leave - imagine that :rolleyes::D)

Imagine that!

I just heard from Donna and Ian.

They turned around once they got into the open waters because it was so rough and spent the night at PIB. Wasn't much better today so they idled back. Took them 3 hours for a 45 min trip.

At least they are home safely.