My boats first LOTO ExPeRiEnCe worth a read......
07-12-2010 | 07:23 PM
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LOTO come on vacation leave on Probation!
Well I took one for the team this weekend on my first trip back to LOTO in 15 years. Got the pass from the wife and took the guys up to LOTO. I was the DD for Saturday and took them to PC which was eventfull. On the way out under the 54 Bridge after we had passed two water patrol officers the third one stopped me because a buddy in the back of my 28 Skater sat one butt cheek on the gunnel to cool off while I was idling thru on one motor. That's all it took for Missouri's finest to come check me out. Fortunately, I was the DD no alcohol at all and had all the paper work and everyone was wearing a PFD. We got off with a warning and the officer could not have been nicer. A hundred yards further we pass a Bayliner Rendezvous with four Octagenariens on board getting the work over by the fourth officer we encountered in the half mile of dead mans journey! They were laughing like who pulls over great grandma? We told them it must have been a Catamaran thing since our cat was just checked too.
It was a great time but I felt like I could not cut loose on the water the entire time. Kyboy thanks for your post I was ready!
It was a great time but I felt like I could not cut loose on the water the entire time. Kyboy thanks for your post I was ready!
07-12-2010 | 08:26 PM
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Well I took one for the team this weekend on my first trip back to LOTO in 15 years. Got the pass from the wife and took the guys up to LOTO. I was the DD for Saturday and took them to PC which was eventfull. On the way out under the 54 Bridge after we had passed two water patrol officers the third one stopped me because a buddy in the back of my 28 Skater sat one butt cheek on the gunnel to cool off while I was idling thru on one motor. That's all it took for Missouri's finest to come check me out. Fortunately, I was the DD no alcohol at all and had all the paper work and everyone was wearing a PFD. We got off with a warning and the officer could not have been nicer. A hundred yards further we pass a Bayliner Rendezvous with four Octagenariens on board getting the work over by the fourth officer we encountered in the half mile of dead mans journey! They were laughing like who pulls over great grandma? We told them it must have been a Catamaran thing since our cat was just checked too.
It was a great time but I felt like I could not cut loose on the water the entire time. Kyboy thanks for your post I was ready!
It was a great time but I felt like I could not cut loose on the water the entire time. Kyboy thanks for your post I was ready!
07-13-2010 | 07:36 AM
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It was really no hassel because I fully expected it. Besides we have the souvenir warning to frame now compliments of MSWP!
07-13-2010 | 10:10 PM
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Which is PLENTY ironic considering the amount of idiocy I witnessed this weekend courtesy of "other" boaters.
Like the 25-30 foot cruisers running WOT with people ON THE BOW in 3-4 footers...or the 50+ foot cruisers throwing 6 foot wakes down the center of the channel with their RADAR going???? WTF is that about? Having trouble navigating there, Captain Cook?
Like the 25-30 foot cruisers running WOT with people ON THE BOW in 3-4 footers...or the 50+ foot cruisers throwing 6 foot wakes down the center of the channel with their RADAR going???? WTF is that about? Having trouble navigating there, Captain Cook?
