PIB Labor Day Weekend
 

A question for all of you PIB regulars.... We were thinking of heading to PIB for an overnighter Labor Day Weekend. Ideally we would like to arrive Saturday morning and leave Sunday morning. Alternatively we might be able to arrange a Friday morning arrival if necessary. Probably would have 2-3 boats that we would love to keep together, but not necessarily a deal breaker.

So my question is, how busy has Labor Day weekend been in the past? What are the chances of getting a dock on Saturday morning?

I went Labor Day weekend 2012. Last minute decision. We arrived around midnight Friday, rafted off. I was the second boat from the wall --- all wall space had already been taken. By noon Saturday, the marina was full 4 wide.

I went this weekend. It was jammed. The new docks are great.

It has been crazy busy this year. Docks were full this past weekend by 4 pm Friday. I didn't even get a spot...

I would plan on Friday AM if you want a good change of getting a spot.

laborday weekend is the big weekend at kellys....

You going over to Kelleys that weekend! We should be over there one of the days...

I work sat and monday :(

Perfect! Golf cart poker run is Sunday!!!!!

JR, XXL make some good ones!! lol

Since the docks were all F'd on Memorial Day weekend you can count on Labor Day being packed. Definitely no later the Friday AM arrival for a spot. We are probably going to go Thursday early Fridays are tough for us to get off.

So who all is going. We are shooting for Thursday evening.

Go to Kellys. The 6th annual is happening. Contact and find Jbonz.

Of course I blew the boat up last weekend! fuk

Ill be heading out Thursday evening or Friday morning from Cleveland. I will most likely be on one of the fingers at A dock. If anyone wants to check out the 78' spectra just stop on by!


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Planning to hit the last Pat Dailey show even if we take a ferry over

I was calling around for a house rental, but too little too late, all booked up. Anyone know of vacancies on the island???

We were originally going to shoot for Friday morning at PIB. Well that isn't going to happen due to a few work schedules. To show up Saturday morning at find a spot at the docks would be a crap shoot.. So was maybe thinking Kelly's Island. I have never been to Kelly's... SO can you guys enlighten me? What are some things to do on Kelly's? Would I be able to find a slip or two for an overnight stay on Saturday? Thanks again.

Sorry for ignorance what is PIB?

Put in bay, our islands are best place on Lake Erie

PIB= Put in Bay. It is the little harbor town on the north side of south bass island in the western basin of Lake Erie.

low_psi- you may find a spot Saturday with the extra capacity that A and C can take. Feel free to shoot me a text any time and I can fill you in on the dock space. 419-345-6889. Kellys is a larger island with some okay bars but not nearly the night life as PIB. It is refered to more as a family island. West Bay Inn and the Casino are the main two bars. I cannot help you with dockage questions as I don't go there often. I know that LEOPA is having a get together there this weekend.

Looks like my plans have changed and the Friday morning trip to PIB is back on. Plan is to splash the boat around 9am, which should but me at the docks by 10am (providing Erie plays nice)......

taking the motorhome this year, three or four other couples in my boat group doing same. We've all eithet blown our chit up or just not in the water yet lol. heading over tomorrow morning till monday :drink:

We will be there on land for a bachelor party!

I will be at kellys thurs and friday with dave, possibly come back to kellys sat after work.

If you can't get it at PIB, try the new state marina on Middle Bass and take the passenger ferry over to PIB. I've not had to do it as I have seniority at Crews Nest but I've been told it's not a bad way to go.

We are all set. A showtime83 is making the trip with us on his concept tomorrow. Meh placed a call to the dock master at b-dock and they have a group leaving tomorrow morning and that spot is being saved for us. I prefer a slower pace crowd anyway so I expect Friday to be a fairly calm thin crowd during the day and the bars to pick up a bit, but not be as crazy as they will be Saturday and Sunday. Plus looks like Friday will be the best weather as well. Boats fueled up and we are packed. Splashing at 9:00 am. Should he there about 10ish.

Erie was one pissed off b I t c h this morning. It was brutal until middle sister.. But we made it, on b-Dock by noon. I pm lovin our Concept!

Gonna Stop By And See You today! We are right across from you on B in the 382.

Any room left down there? Thinking of running down in the morning. But will we get a spot?

lots of space! I'm on c1 at the very end. if its nice tomorrow we're heading back to cleveland. the weather is predicted to be bad though, may be here until Monday. RT- stop over!

Didn't see you guys over there when we were hangin out. Stick around another day, why not! I'll look for you in the AM.

-Artie

Just got home had great weather and seas were flat going both ways. Island wasn't very busy and there was lots of dock space. Great day!

Hope you guys had a safe trip back. It was chopped up pretty good out there!

Great meeting you all.

-artie

I had a great time, and I didn't even fall into the drink this year!

Hey Artie,

I was there on Friday, saw your Boat but since we were only at the dock for a small period we didn't see you... I was looking for an IV bag (of wine) hanging off your swim platform....... I do like your new boat. We were rafted up right in front of the line with the Fountain Express and the Red Scarab. We were third boat on our raft with the Blue and Green LEDs (if you made it down the docks Friday night).

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Had a good time on the island. Here is a panorama of the spectra on the end of C1. Nice meeting you Artie! Next time i'd like to check out your boat. It was pretty rough leaving the island. We actually stopped at kellys for gas and lunch, wasn't sure if I would see you there.

Shortly after leaving kellys my port motor overheated. We were right outside of Sandusky bay and limped into battery park. I have a transient there for the week. With that high wind and on a single engine docking was a pain. Planning to head back this week with a new impellor/pump and hopefully will be able to drive it back by the weekend. I shut it down as soon as I saw the gauge rising so I don't anticipate any damage. No water was getting to the thermostat housing so I suspect something got stuck in the hoses. Luckily my folks live close so my dad was able to pick us up and drive us home to Cleveland. Expensive weekend! haha

When was the last time you changed your impeller? It could have disintegrated and you sucked the rubber up into the hose. Happened to me once trying to dock at PIB a couple years ago. Brand new to me boat, and I couldn't understand why the alarms were going off, I thought the boat was on fire. Mass confusion, and also difficult to dock with one engine and no power steering.

I made the mistake of not changing or checking them when I got the boat a few months ago. Previous owner stated that they were done last year so I had hoped that they would last the summer and I planned on changing over winter. The engines are tucked in pretty tight so the water pump is very hard to get too. Will be changing port now (and hopefully fixing the problem) and starboard when I get it back to my marina. If it is chewed up then I am hoping that the transmission cooler is holding the rubber debris. Ill keep you all posted.

Saw your boat, but when I came back to find you, you guys were gone! See ya next time.

Bummer! Hopefully you can find all the pieces and get if flushed out. We were going to stop at Kelleys, but decided to hook up with some friends at cleats in east harbor instead.

ARTIE..How the hell did I miss you? I was there with my new project Cig and another Cig rafted off down the dock on C from friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon and then headed to KI for the day on Sunday!!

Finally got the spectra back to Cleveland yesterday.
Turns out after all the work I did last week (impeller, thermostat, exhaust elbow gaskets) it ended up being some junk stuck in the thru-hull fitting. Luckily no damage done to the motor (compression readings and oil pressure all good). Drove it back solo yesterday from Sandusky bay. Thankfully I will be able to get another month (and 1/2) of play time out of it.

DYV- I saw you guys on C. Nice boats! Didn't see but heard you leaving on Sunday haha.