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06-16-2012 | 10:37 PM
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06-17-2012 | 07:42 AM
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I used ocean LEDs. Little pricey but nice. I have a vid on YouTube. Just search s022mag and you'll see it. It's at night and there blue.
I boat up at alum too usually tied up with a 292 and 32 sunny. Going to buckeye this tuesday and def for the fireworks. I've always wanted to do muskingham but not familiar with it. Shoot me a pm if you want details on the LEDs.
I boat up at alum too usually tied up with a 292 and 32 sunny. Going to buckeye this tuesday and def for the fireworks. I've always wanted to do muskingham but not familiar with it. Shoot me a pm if you want details on the LEDs.
06-17-2012 | 10:22 AM
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I used ocean LEDs. Little pricey but nice. I have a vid on YouTube. Just search s022mag and you'll see it. It's at night and there blue.
I boat up at alum too usually tied up with a 292 and 32 sunny. Going to buckeye this tuesday and def for the fireworks. I've always wanted to do muskingham but not familiar with it. Shoot me a pm if you want details on the LEDs.
I boat up at alum too usually tied up with a 292 and 32 sunny. Going to buckeye this tuesday and def for the fireworks. I've always wanted to do muskingham but not familiar with it. Shoot me a pm if you want details on the LEDs.
06-17-2012 | 03:25 PM
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Not much of a reality... and also LEDs...
You and s022mag are welcome to charts I have of the Muskingum River. Some are published, some are hand drawn and some are copies. Many of the published are from when the Muskingum really was a commercial waterway.
They were from an old friend who navigated the river from the upper pool in Zanesville to Marietta very, very often. They are written on with all sorts of notes, some relevant, others not. To say they are old would be a huge understatement.
The trip to and from Marietta is fun. Haven't been there for about 20 years, but there were little riverside "dives" that were fun to go to and hang for a while. That was with an aluminum river jon, so I can just imagine with a go fast!
It really is a short trip if you hit the locks in a timely manner. At each lock have them call ahead with your approximate time and they will be set for you. Fuel availability might be an issue between Stockport and Marietta, so have a tank full.
I strongly suggest a drive on both sides of the river looking for landmarks and if there are still places to stop, eat, drink, or get out of weather. Some locks you can tie off and get out, others you can't. Depending who the lock tenders are, some let you ladder through the lock, others require you to have a long enough line to tie to cleats at the top of the wall. I have locked through enough on the Muskingum and other places it is nothing to me. I know of people who almost have panic attacks. You might want to go through the first time with someone else.
OH, yes, in some of the locks they have heavy cable over the side with a length of railroad track. In a perfect world you are suppose to have a line with a metal snap. Cleat to the boat and snap to the cable.
Fenders, plenty of fenders. You might be in there alone, or you might have to wait for the next group to go through. The boat next to you might have a 12" freeboard and you are there with a 36" freeboard. Usually you want the larger heavier boats against the wall and you tie to them, but its is not a perfect world and you might be the bigger heavier boat.
I need to look for the charts. I do not remember seeing them for a long time. I know they are not here, but they may be at the shoppe or a friend's place in New York... or they may have accidently gone to the shredder long ago. The chances of my ever being on the Muskingum again are about as good as my being in the English Channel again, so if I find them they might as well be put to use!
Back to LEDs... Granted, his use is different than yours. Friday a friend received some LEDs he ordered via Alibi.com. He had ordered another set through a marine supplier. Virtually identical, he defies anyone to tell him which is from China and which is from Taiwan. According to him the only difference was the packaging. Well, that's not true, the ones in a bulk packaging scheme were about 20% of the price... including shipping!
They were from an old friend who navigated the river from the upper pool in Zanesville to Marietta very, very often. They are written on with all sorts of notes, some relevant, others not. To say they are old would be a huge understatement.
The trip to and from Marietta is fun. Haven't been there for about 20 years, but there were little riverside "dives" that were fun to go to and hang for a while. That was with an aluminum river jon, so I can just imagine with a go fast!
It really is a short trip if you hit the locks in a timely manner. At each lock have them call ahead with your approximate time and they will be set for you. Fuel availability might be an issue between Stockport and Marietta, so have a tank full.
I strongly suggest a drive on both sides of the river looking for landmarks and if there are still places to stop, eat, drink, or get out of weather. Some locks you can tie off and get out, others you can't. Depending who the lock tenders are, some let you ladder through the lock, others require you to have a long enough line to tie to cleats at the top of the wall. I have locked through enough on the Muskingum and other places it is nothing to me. I know of people who almost have panic attacks. You might want to go through the first time with someone else.
OH, yes, in some of the locks they have heavy cable over the side with a length of railroad track. In a perfect world you are suppose to have a line with a metal snap. Cleat to the boat and snap to the cable.
Fenders, plenty of fenders. You might be in there alone, or you might have to wait for the next group to go through. The boat next to you might have a 12" freeboard and you are there with a 36" freeboard. Usually you want the larger heavier boats against the wall and you tie to them, but its is not a perfect world and you might be the bigger heavier boat.
I need to look for the charts. I do not remember seeing them for a long time. I know they are not here, but they may be at the shoppe or a friend's place in New York... or they may have accidently gone to the shredder long ago. The chances of my ever being on the Muskingum again are about as good as my being in the English Channel again, so if I find them they might as well be put to use!
Back to LEDs... Granted, his use is different than yours. Friday a friend received some LEDs he ordered via Alibi.com. He had ordered another set through a marine supplier. Virtually identical, he defies anyone to tell him which is from China and which is from Taiwan. According to him the only difference was the packaging. Well, that's not true, the ones in a bulk packaging scheme were about 20% of the price... including shipping!
06-17-2012 | 04:50 PM
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You and s022mag are welcome to charts I have of the Muskingum River. Some are published, some are hand drawn and some are copies. Many of the published are from when the Muskingum really was a commercial waterway.
They were from an old friend who navigated the river from the upper pool in Zanesville to Marietta very, very often. They are written on with all sorts of notes, some relevant, others not. To say they are old would be a huge understatement.
The trip to and from Marietta is fun. Haven't been there for about 20 years, but there were little riverside "dives" that were fun to go to and hang for a while. That was with an aluminum river jon, so I can just imagine with a go fast!
It really is a short trip if you hit the locks in a timely manner. At each lock have them call ahead with your approximate time and they will be set for you. Fuel availability might be an issue between Stockport and Marietta, so have a tank full.
I strongly suggest a drive on both sides of the river looking for landmarks and if there are still places to stop, eat, drink, or get out of weather. Some locks you can tie off and get out, others you can't. Depending who the lock tenders are, some let you ladder through the lock, others require you to have a long enough line to tie to cleats at the top of the wall. I have locked through enough on the Muskingum and other places it is nothing to me. I know of people who almost have panic attacks. You might want to go through the first time with someone else.
OH, yes, in some of the locks they have heavy cable over the side with a length of railroad track. In a perfect world you are suppose to have a line with a metal snap. Cleat to the boat and snap to the cable.
Fenders, plenty of fenders. You might be in there alone, or you might have to wait for the next group to go through. The boat next to you might have a 12" freeboard and you are there with a 36" freeboard. Usually you want the larger heavier boats against the wall and you tie to them, but its is not a perfect world and you might be the bigger heavier boat.
I need to look for the charts. I do not remember seeing them for a long time. I know they are not here, but they may be at the shoppe or a friend's place in New York... or they may have accidently gone to the shredder long ago. The chances of my ever being on the Muskingum again are about as good as my being in the English Channel again, so if I find them they might as well be put to use!
Back to LEDs... Granted, his use is different than yours. Friday a friend received some LEDs he ordered via Alibi.com. He had ordered another set through a marine supplier. Virtually identical, he defies anyone to tell him which is from China and which is from Taiwan. According to him the only difference was the packaging. Well, that's not true, the ones in a bulk packaging scheme were about 20% of the price... including shipping!
They were from an old friend who navigated the river from the upper pool in Zanesville to Marietta very, very often. They are written on with all sorts of notes, some relevant, others not. To say they are old would be a huge understatement.
The trip to and from Marietta is fun. Haven't been there for about 20 years, but there were little riverside "dives" that were fun to go to and hang for a while. That was with an aluminum river jon, so I can just imagine with a go fast!
It really is a short trip if you hit the locks in a timely manner. At each lock have them call ahead with your approximate time and they will be set for you. Fuel availability might be an issue between Stockport and Marietta, so have a tank full.
I strongly suggest a drive on both sides of the river looking for landmarks and if there are still places to stop, eat, drink, or get out of weather. Some locks you can tie off and get out, others you can't. Depending who the lock tenders are, some let you ladder through the lock, others require you to have a long enough line to tie to cleats at the top of the wall. I have locked through enough on the Muskingum and other places it is nothing to me. I know of people who almost have panic attacks. You might want to go through the first time with someone else.
OH, yes, in some of the locks they have heavy cable over the side with a length of railroad track. In a perfect world you are suppose to have a line with a metal snap. Cleat to the boat and snap to the cable.
Fenders, plenty of fenders. You might be in there alone, or you might have to wait for the next group to go through. The boat next to you might have a 12" freeboard and you are there with a 36" freeboard. Usually you want the larger heavier boats against the wall and you tie to them, but its is not a perfect world and you might be the bigger heavier boat.
I need to look for the charts. I do not remember seeing them for a long time. I know they are not here, but they may be at the shoppe or a friend's place in New York... or they may have accidently gone to the shredder long ago. The chances of my ever being on the Muskingum again are about as good as my being in the English Channel again, so if I find them they might as well be put to use!
Back to LEDs... Granted, his use is different than yours. Friday a friend received some LEDs he ordered via Alibi.com. He had ordered another set through a marine supplier. Virtually identical, he defies anyone to tell him which is from China and which is from Taiwan. According to him the only difference was the packaging. Well, that's not true, the ones in a bulk packaging scheme were about 20% of the price... including shipping!
06-27-2012 | 11:39 AM
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I will chime in....
http://www.lumiteclighting.com/seablaze3dualcolor.html
Lumitec lighting, different configurations. Small hole needs to be drilled in transom. 3 seasons no problems. Super, super bright. I have all blue. A few more bucks, not many then what you were looking at, but these have a proven track record!!!! You won't be sad
http://www.lumiteclighting.com/seablaze3dualcolor.html
Lumitec lighting, different configurations. Small hole needs to be drilled in transom. 3 seasons no problems. Super, super bright. I have all blue. A few more bucks, not many then what you were looking at, but these have a proven track record!!!! You won't be sad
