First off everyone have a great and SAFE holiday weekend. If anyone gets a chance to get out on the water it would be cool if we posted some pics of our boats in action this weekend.

I'll post some for sure.

I heard from a Buddy who lives on the water on the Chesapeake , he said for sure things are slow because of 4.00 gas . I think this is going to be a rough year for boating . I know you have to very wealthy to own a new Skater and 800.00 fill-up won't affect those people , but some of us are on Food stamps .

Larry

Were you out in the bay on sat afternoon around 4:30? I was in my buddy's 25 Talon/Hustler by the Mantaloking bridge.

I was not around on Saturday at all. Sunday I was out All Day till 7 pm !!

docked

I normally take all of the pictures on my boat, but this weekend I had a passanger with a camera.

1st pic, heading down (south) Charlotte Harbor on Sat around 10:30.

2nd pic, in the Gulf, at the southern area of North Captiva Island, where Hurricane Charley connected the Guld with the bay.

3rd pic, same spot. You can see the rollers, which are quite unusual for here.

#4, Hurricane Charley Cut.

#5, Hurricane Charley Cut.

#6, I know, its not a skater. My 12 yeard old son trying his hand in a 13ft kayak, in the river behind our house, Mon around 3:00.

How do those the 300 Opti's run compared to Non DFI ?

Larry

Don't really have any other outboard to compare them to. The only other O/B power I had, was the merc V6 175hp sportjet in a 16ft jet boat.

The 300XS DFIs are amazingly fuel efficent. I run 2.3 - 2.4mpg at 100mph. but that is with a hull that is extremely efficent. They run very quiet, and do not smoke.

Oh, by the way, I paid $4.299 for 93 at my local auto gas station, for fuel, Fri Evening.