I'll have to hook up with some of you guys before the season's over. For the next couple of weeks I can't leave town (wife's expecting). I plan on making a few more trips to the Chesapeake shortly after though.

Hey Katywompus I did not realize that you were the guy I gave directions to get to Delaware City.I appologize for not introducing myself,give me a buzz and let me know when you will be coming back down this way and we will get together,hopefully I will have the boat back together in a couple of weeks after hitting that submerged tree last week.Good look to you and your wife on the little one on the way.

1HYPER1, Thanks, I'll get ahold of you in a couple of weeks. So what was the extent of the damage when you hit the tree?
We got lucky as far as hitting anything large but I did notice some blue paint on my outdrive, weird huh?
Don

Blue paint on the drives?!!! I saw a blue plastic barrel floating around that day that was all!!

2 Drives,transom assemblies,2 propellers,1 drive shower and alot of work will have me going in a couple weeks.It is hard to imagine that a tree can do so much damage when it is 6 or 8 inches under the water,it sucks but what are you going to do but fix it,I have found and ordered all of the parts and I am just waiting for them to arrive,I should be ready in a week or so hopefully and I am looking foreward to some more good boating and not anymore damaged parts from excessive rain causing excessive crap like trees in the water to damage everybodies equipment,PS the upper Chesapeake is not normally so ruff ,so I hope more people will come out next year and enjoy the upper part of the bay and all it has to offer.