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i don't go out in big water its not fun to me. but if i drop the boat off my lift idle out 100ft and head east the first thing ill hit is Portugal...... there is probably some decently rough water out there....
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How long did it take you to dry out the boat after that ride? And how many fillings did you loose?
Originally Posted by f_inscreenname
(Post 4419997)
I live on the Chesapeake Bay which is thousands of square miles of water but most of it is shallow so it don't take much to stir things up. This is me coming home from the blue angles in my 19' boat. You have to build them tough to last around here. Mine happens to be build in 1972 and still around so it fits the bill.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...nname/1_17.jpg |
Originally Posted by 82predictor
(Post 4419959)
You know its starting to get big when you are in a 38 and looking up at the waves!
I would also like add, lake erie is a bad b*tch! |
Video always makes it look calm... except that Apache video, that was crazy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez7nCfTcn98 |
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always boated on smallish water and the erie videos, wow! |
Originally Posted by phughes69
(Post 4420000)
How long did it take you to dry out the boat after that ride? And how many fillings did you loose?
There was one time. A lot of years back I was about in the same exact place when a rain squall / microburst came up the channel. It was like looking at the end of the world coming at you and being my boat ramp was on the other side of it running away was just going further away from home and into open water. Put the life jacket on and waited for it to come. Tunneled a couple waves just trying to keep it pointed into the wake (wake started coming from all angles after it started to bounce of the shoreline down both side of the channel). 20 minutes of pure hell but we came out of it wet but intact. I get back to the ramp and then home and as I pull up the wife looks a little overlay excited to see me. She tells me that the storm was all over the news. It flipped a water taxi in the Inner Harbor killing a bunch of people and when she couldn't get ahold of me (due to my wet phone) she called the coastguard. From that day on it was my true love. I've had sleeker and I have faster but there is none better for where I live. http://www.supernova19.com/ef37adc0.jpg |
Blue moon Apache, sweet boat!!
Originally Posted by partlowr
(Post 4419738)
Lake Michigan Waves...Not my video just something I found on You Tube. Maybe this is a OSO member?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttN2stWdoeg |
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Probably the best running water I ever been in on Lake Erie.... spaced so you can run them....
http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...%3DPD4WKKYQ4UU |
you would be very surprised how NOT hard Apache and Cigs land, I have yet to feel that "pounding" in my Cig that the Baja gave me...
Originally Posted by phughes69
(Post 4419881)
In watching that video, I was cringing because I could feel the spines compressing. Need a traction table after that ride. But none the less bad a$$. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that an Apache is the boat that all others (except for maybe Cigarette's) aspire to be.:party-smiley-004:
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Originally Posted by MonkeySea2
(Post 4419757)
that Apache video would just be miserable IMO.
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I call it big when water is rolling of the T top on our 34cc......gotta love Lake Erie
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Originally Posted by phughes69
(Post 4420000)
How long did it take you to dry out the boat after that ride? And how many fillings did you loose?
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Originally Posted by baronmarine
(Post 4420045)
Looks like a lot of a days on the gulf |
Originally Posted by Full Force
(Post 4420023)
you would be very surprised how NOT hard Apache and Cigs land, I have yet to feel that "pounding" in my Cig that the Baja gave me...
I boat mostly in Long Island Sound, one of the best waters for boating IMO. Usually fun slop during the summer, however during the dog days of late July-early August it gets flat as a pancake at times. However it kicks up plenty when it feels like it, for instance when all the contestants turned around during last years's Don Aronow run. |
I'm guessing not much of this on the Great Lakes.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7308/1...4aea21ca_o.jpg |
I think it's funny guys don't go out in rough water, the last I checked these boats were made for it!!?? I love big water boating!!
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Originally Posted by Taboma
(Post 4419740)
Why would anyone do that???
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Originally Posted by kreed
(Post 4420098)
He has an APACHE !!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by easyrider1340
(Post 4420057)
I'm guessing not much of this on the Great Lakes.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7308/1...4aea21ca_o.jpg http://www.chicagosceneboatparty.com.../2015/07/7.jpg http://www.chicagosceneboatparty.com.../2015/07/4.jpg http://www.chicagosceneboatparty.com...2015/07/10.jpg |
Um' Yeah........ We do............... :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41urWf5tha8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yfPUm4A4Tc No big water there though ..................... |
Originally Posted by easyrider1340
(Post 4420057)
I'm guessing not much of this on the Great Lakes.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7308/1...4aea21ca_o.jpg That's the only "big water" I've personally been in on my boat, lol. Everyone leaving Harmon on Poker Run weekend at once when a rain storm blows in or at the end of the day. |
Originally Posted by Indy
(Post 4419939)
I've never even heard of this. Is this a "law" or something?
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I got caught on the Chesapeake Bay once when a storm rolled in. They come in very fast there! I was able to barely outrun it back to the ramp but we were completely leaving the water and airing the prop out. And when I looked back at my buddies boat, all I would see is the full bottom. That was exciting.
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Down here in Florida so long as your boating is done during the summer by 4 pm you should miss any bad weather, and I a talking about mid July until mid Oct.....the wet season. Otherwise it is often very calm with a gentle 2-4 ft of movement even 25 miles out. As ever it depends upon wind more than tide.
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Then there is big water racing....bring back those days of glory.
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[QUOTE=MonkeySea2;4420192]I actually got a ticket years ago
We do 98% of our boating on an inland lake -- in fact - back in the day - when we had 9 planets I swam across it a few times. I was stopped (with a brand new boat) and was asked to see the fire extinguisher, life preservers, and clean air spark arrestor - which we had 100%. I was then asked how long the boat was -- 18'. I was told that I needed to have a flare warning device -- which I didn't have -- heck I could yell to shore if anything like that happened. It seemed to me it was like a $40.00 fine. It doesn't have to make sense it's a regulation. 3pointstar. |
With so many classic car events now happening maybe it is time to organise a classic boat series with different categories to run together.
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Originally Posted by Belleair302
(Post 4420231)
With so many classic car events now happening maybe it is time to organise a classic boat series with different categories to run together.
If someone puts one together and really works at promoting it for next winter, we have some members who are interested and would support it. |
Regional media coverage, web chatter, word of mouth, are all needed as is peer pressure. No event starts perfectly but given a good run if you are doing the event next year it will grow. get the word onto the web and into the media channels and away you go.
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Originally Posted by Full Force
(Post 4420022)
Probably the best running water I ever been in on Lake Erie.... spaced so you can run them....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD4WKKYQ4UU |
Originally Posted by f_inscreenname
(Post 4420015)
It's a heavy boat built by Allmand.with a rounded keel. It prefers rough water. Maybe not that bad but it don't like flat water at all. To be honest I don't think we got wet at all. The guy that took the picture said we would go down and disappear under the wave tops then she would climb right back up the next wave like in the picture and back down again.
There was one time. A lot of years back I was about in the same exact place when a rain squall / microburst came up the channel. It was like looking at the end of the world coming at you and being my boat ramp was on the other side of it running away was just going further away from home and into open water. Put the life jacket on and waited for it to come. Tunneled a couple waves just trying to keep it pointed into the wake (wake started coming from all angles after it started to bounce of the shoreline down both side of the channel). 20 minutes of pure hell but we came out of it wet but intact. I get back to the ramp and then home and as I pull up the wife looks a little overlay excited to see me. She tells me that the storm was all over the news. It flipped a water taxi in the Inner Harbor killing a bunch of people and when she couldn't get ahold of me (due to my wet phone) she called the coastguard. From that day on it was my true love. I've had sleeker and I have faster but there is none better for where I live. http://www.supernova19.com/ef37adc0.jpg Awesome Story! What is the power and speed of your Allmand? How would the rounded keel help in the rough stuff? |
Water gets big when the boat gets small, here's my Watermouse at LOTO a few years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9IdgSNfaWg |
....when the chick in the bolster's top comes off. End of discussion.
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Originally Posted by 314joey
(Post 4420355)
Water gets big when the boat gets small, here's my Watermouse at LOTO a few years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9IdgSNfaWg I want one of those here |
Originally Posted by Nate5.0
(Post 4420371)
Lol
I want one of those here |
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You're in big water when the US Navy does a hot-lap past your quiet cove in a 350'+ combat ship. Lol
http://wbay.com/2015/09/08/naval-shi...r-day-weekend/ |
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