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bigboat28 08-12-2012 07:48 AM

We boat on lake erie out of east harbor. This summer has been awesome with warm/hot weather, warm water and a lot of days that the wind has not been blowing to harc to go boating. The only thing bad has been trying to get vacation enough to go to the lake more. They keep telling me no, LOL.

wantsa311 08-12-2012 08:05 AM


Originally Posted by thirdchildhood (Post 3751757)
This has been the BEST boating season ever for me.

Agreed!

Been out almost every weekend (Jobbie Nooner, Boat4Vets, Raft Off) and some weeknights (multiple fireworks displays last month), been to Lexington on Lake Huron (we're in Lake St Clair) going to the Cove in Ontario this Friday ...

We used a Sunbrella on our Formula 311 to get out of the sun. Worked great.

f_inscreenname 08-12-2012 08:19 AM

Way to hot this year. Been out a couple times but gas at 4 bucks a gallon and 100* at 7pm at night is not a great combo in my eyes. Come on Fall!

Padraig 08-12-2012 08:39 AM

Crappy boating season?????? I am not that far away from you and it has been great!

Donzi Dude 08-12-2012 09:09 AM


Originally Posted by f_inscreenname (Post 3751798)
Way to hot this year. Been out a couple times but gas at 4 bucks a gallon and 100* at 7pm at night is not a great combo in my eyes. Come on Fall!

Warm nights = night time swim parties:bunnydance:

ICDEDPPL 08-12-2012 09:39 AM

I`ve been out almost every weekend but 2 (installing ac this weekend) hot summer is a bad thing!? Thats what I dream about at night!
Lake Michigan water is almost 80*.. I LOVE IT!
If you didn`t enjoy this summer its time to get out of boating brother

Sunrocket24 08-12-2012 09:46 AM

Got my boat back together late August last year. This year got it ready in May. Only been out 4 time this year so far due to work, new engine only has 22 hours on it. I don't mind the heat, the water at the sand bar was warm early this year. The next few weeks and September will be slow at work so I'm planning on going out every weekend!

paul buckner 08-12-2012 10:25 AM


Originally Posted by f_inscreenname (Post 3751798)
Way to hot this year. Been out a couple times but gas at 4 bucks a gallon and 100* at 7pm at night is not a great combo in my eyes. Come on Fall!

Stop moaning, you dont know how good you got it ,Its been raining here all summer , try 9 bucks a gallon for a while ,even more in the marina Just saying paul from England

machloosy 08-12-2012 12:14 PM


Originally Posted by cigboat1 (Post 3751688)
Well guys here I sit on my keester on a saturday night telling you all that this is the second crappy boating season in a row up here on Lake Erie....... And whats even worse is the fact that it does not look any better for whats left of the rest of the season !!!!!
Last year was so bad that I should have built an Arc because the rain and wind was so bad..Now for this season its been so God Awful hot that you can't go out in the day time without getting cooked to death-----------------No bimini top on the boat.
I look down ther canal and see nothing moving ,not even the fishing boats... been like that all summer.
Never mind the gas!!!!!!!!!


Jim:poopoo::poopoo::poopoo:

Jim, since its not good for the boats to sit, I'll volunteer to come out and run them all for you. It's a lot of work, but from one boater to another, just trying to help!

f_inscreenname 08-12-2012 01:36 PM


Originally Posted by paul buckner (Post 3751878)
Stop moaning, you dont know how good you got it ,Its been raining here all summer , try 9 bucks a gallon for a while ,even more in the marina Just saying paul from England

9 bucks a gallon and the only boat of mine would ever see the water would be the Jon boat with its 5hp Tahatso....maybe. I would have to sell the rest. Lucky I live close to the water so I don't have to be on a boat all the time to enjoy it.


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