The Boat Fanatic Thread

[utee94 15,862]

On 3/14/2020 at 5:13 PM, HOOKEM4 said:

I wish I could get plugged back into the scene. Kids and jobs totally screw up my sailing. Hell, by the time I get back to it, I may have forgot how to do it. It has been probably 5 years since I was in a real deal regatta. Need that in my life bad.

 

[G650 14,277]

4 minutes ago, utee94 said:

 

One of our local boats is actually named Cool Change.

[G650 14,277]

Got a glamour shot on the race FB page. Lots of good pictures there if anyone interested. Video of all the starts too. https://www.facebook.com/sorcsailing/

 

[CycleTex87 2,981]

I bought a new mast base for my windsurfing board, expecting to have some free time this spring/summer.

[G650 14,277]

Also had 4+ 800-900 lb bull sharks in the harbor.

[G650 14,277]

Shitty video of one feeding.

 

[CycleTex87 2,981]

Is that the foot of one of the guys in the first picture?

[G650 14,277]

LOL. Red snapper carcass.

[Loco 3,754]

1 hour ago, G650 said:

Also had 4+ 800-900 lb bull sharks in the harbor.

1) Bulls are NASTY 

2) Bulls don't get near that big.  Probably 350 tops

3) It doesn't matter Bulls are Nasty

 

Looked it up...  I stand corrected.  Exceptionally large pregnant females can get up to 800.  But the one in that pic is NOWHERE near 800.  It would look like a small submarine.  I'd not be happy to be in the water with that thing....

Edited March 16, 2020 by Loco

[G650 14,277]

4 minutes ago, Loco said:

1) Bulls are NASTY 

2) Bulls don't get near that big.  Probably 350 tops

3) It doesn't matter Bulls are Nasty

 

Looked it up...  I stand corrected.  Exceptionally large pregnant females can get up to 800.   I'd not be happy to be in the water with that thing....

I've caught a lot of big sharks, I'm pretty confident in my guess on this one. Bitch was fucking huge and fat. Much fatter than any bull I have ever seen. I stepped back from seawall instinctively when it swam by.

[Loco 3,754]

Ever fall off the dock at night in the Bahamas? ... Yeah, it's not the greatest for you...  your buddies yup it's fantastic!

Edited March 16, 2020 by Loco

[Loco 3,754]

3 minutes ago, G650 said:

I've caught a lot of big sharks, I'm pretty confident in my guess on this one. Bitch was fucking huge and fat. Much fatter than any bull I have ever seen. I stepped back from seawall instinctively when it swam by.

The waters off Eleuthera are nicnamed Jurassic Park for a reason...   Just google Tiger Beach (not near you but still)....  nope nope nope

Edited March 16, 2020 by Loco

[G650 14,277]

Just now, Loco said:

The waters off Eleuthera are nicnamed Jurassic Park for a reason...   Just google Tiger Beach....  nope nope nope

Indeed.

 

Most bull's I've come across are the scraggly river variety. Plump ones like this are cray.

[Loco 3,754]

There are 3 sharks that I have run into that will immediately send me back to the boat...  Bulls, Tigers, and fucking Makos.

Sure Lemons and Hammerheads can be cranky but those 3...  furk!

[Loco 3,754]

I've had a beer or 12 with these two of these guys.... a few years ago one of them got chomped.  Just off the Palm Beach inlets

I like cobia...  just not that much.

[G650 14,277]

Yeah, I'm good.

Some broad started singing the Baby Shark song while we were watching them feed this monster. I almost pushed her off the seawall.

[G650 14,277]

Back on the hard for the immediate future.

 

[Heisenberg 162]

G650, does the mast stay up while your boat is ashore?  Is there much service and maintenance after a race?

[G650 14,277]

2 hours ago, Heisenberg said:

G650, does the mast stay up while your boat is ashore?  Is there much service and maintenance after a race?

It does if it is just going into the cradle for storage. Right now it's getting broken down for trucking home.

 

 

Service and maintenance never ends really. Generally, as the boat matures, it gets to be less and less, but everything is a wear item. It's almost 24/7 when commissioning the boat, but probably gets down to around to anywhere from half a week of work around a local regatta to week and a half for travel race. Worklist right now includes servicing all the winches, repainting and polishing the bottom, replacing fabric in one of the bunks, replacing a grenaded purchase wheel ( I think I put pictures of these upthread during build), fixing string pot that indicates mast rake and fixing leaking hydraulic bags around the keel among several other miscellaneous items.

[davidg 4,038]

1 hour ago, G650 said:

It does if it is just going into the cradle for storage. Right now it's getting broken down for trucking home.

 

 

Service and maintenance never ends really. Generally, as the boat matures, it gets to be less and less, but everything is a wear item. It's almost 24/7 when commissioning the boat, but probably gets down to around to anywhere from half a week of work around a local regatta to week and a half for travel race. Worklist right now includes servicing all the winches, repainting and polishing the bottom, replacing fabric in one of the bunks, replacing a grenaded purchase wheel ( I think I put pictures of these upthread during build), fixing string pot that indicates mast rake and fixing leaking hydraulic bags around the keel among several other miscellaneous items.

Break

Out

Another

(10) Thousand

 

 

[fattyflattie 4,638]

On 3/16/2020 at 2:27 PM, G650 said:

Most bull's I've come across are the scraggly river variety

That’s the scariest part about them, imo  

[G650 14,277]

As Simon and Garfunkle said, homeward bound.

 

[CycleTex87 2,981]

1 hour ago, davidg said:

Break

Out

Another

(10) Thousand

 

 

Actual>>>>(10) K

[Sbbruin 21,888]

Kids are going batshit stir crazy, so thought maybe next weekend we’d head to Catalina for a little escape.  Yesterday they shut the island to all outside visitors, boaters included.  No moorings at all.  Could still find an isolated cove and anchor, but prefer to that in more settled summer weather.  Can get a little dicey this time of year, as most of the most protected coves are all mooring only.  So most anchorages are a little more exposed.  We’ll see if we crack as the week progresses. 

[Texaus 377]

Yea, I’m getting mine out of winter storage tomorrow. Usually wait until May when water is warmer. I bought wetsuits and decided to hit water early.

[HOOKEM4 5,044]

On 3/17/2020 at 2:31 PM, G650 said:

Back on the hard for the immediate future.

 

Pure sex.

[Sbbruin 21,888]

PSA Defender's warehouse sale going on through 3/29

https://www.defender.com/?trk_msg=LBF7EGRVC44K7DTQI7L70H8AIC&trk_contact=A6UDIQBCF90K6SFSCVGOA7P2A8&trk_sid=5HQHDNUNJ1G0N6MTE2HLSL1HTC

[Sbbruin 21,888]

[G650 14,277]

14 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Eh, he's got us there.

[Viking 301]

if you're wanting stimulus then there's no better group to give money to than a boat owner. Give me 100k and I'll put riggers, electricians, mechanics, fiberglassers, painters, etc, etc to work instantly.

I'm still in Samana planning how to get back to mainland US by boat in the next month or two. 5 or 6 boats left here a day ago heading to PR with plans on Grenada. That was our plan but it just seems too hopeful and risky. I don't see ports opening up to outsiders for awhile. Hope I'm wrong and shit gets better.

[Sbbruin 21,888]

Family sail today. First time away from the house for me in over a week. They all headed back and I am self quarantining myself on board tonight (after a quick stop at the liquor store).

[G650 14,277]

On 3/27/2020 at 1:39 PM, Viking said:

'm still in Samana planning how to get back to mainland US by boat in the next month or two.

Good luck man.

[Sbbruin 21,888]

The boat is the only place I can escape to. So I have.

[Loco 3,754]

ok Kevin Costner

[Texaus 377]

I let the kids fish off the wake boat for the first time ever. Times are a changing

[texhorn 351]

Nice.

Now go clean that vinyl. 

[Texaus 377]

Don’t judge, I just pulled it out of storage and charged the batteries. I cleaned it after the worms and fish onboard, not before

[Heisenberg 162]

On 4/4/2020 at 8:37 PM, Sbbruin said:

The boat is the only place I can escape to. So I have.

Bruin,  Are you allowed to leave the port/marina (and return), or is it shut down?  I would think a few hours under sail would be good for the soul.

[Sbbruin 21,888]

1 hour ago, Heisenberg said:

Bruin,  Are you allowed to leave the port/marina (and return), or is it shut down?  I would think a few hours under sail would be good for the soul.

Yes, you can.  Sailed last weekend and it was glorious 

[Lat22 4,017]

My brother in law in Florida says they’ve shut down all of the fueling stations at marinas. I think his Jupiter holds over 300 gallons. That’s a shitload of 5 gallon cans. 

[Viking 301]

2 hours ago, Lat22 said:

My brother in law in Florida says they’ve shut down all of the fueling stations at marinas. I think his Jupiter holds over 300 gallons. That’s a shitload of 5 gallon cans. 

I just fueled up in Marathon and heard that other marinas along the keys are open. The dockhands are being cautious: they spray the fuel handle with disinfectant and tell you to stay on your boat.

[Sbbruin 21,888]

The one thing they've done in our marina is shut down the shitter pumpout.  And it will remain that way for awhile.  I don't have a gauge telling me how full it is, but i know it's getting there.   The closest pumpout is probably an hour away in Long Beach.  

[Loco 3,754]

22 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

The one thing they've done in our marina is shut down the shitter pumpout.  And it will remain that way for awhile.  I don't have a gauge telling me how full it is, but i know it's getting there.   The closest pumpout is probably an hour away in Long Beach.  

https://www.boatus.com//boattech/articles/msd.asp

[Juicy 727]

Just got a call from our marina, they were putting a new floor on the pontoon while storing it this winter, was supposed to be delivered on the 13th (Its still cold in Michigan) they said they haven't finished the carpet and since the Shelter in place order prohibits boating they are shutting down all operations. So now we have a boat with an exposed floor sitting at the marina all summer (likely) and the one thing we were looking forward to in all of this is out. 

 

Disclaimer: We live on a private lake with no public access and the only people who were going to be on the boat would be the wife and I. So we were not being irresponsible just trying to find a way to enjoy the outdoors since it is the only thing we can do. I guess it will be swimming, Kayaking and paddle boarding this summer. Womp womp 

[utee94 15,862]

That sucks.

Did they complete the new floor decking?  And what's it made from?  The deck on a friend's pontoon boat is all aluminum, I take it yours is something else?

Other than that is it operational?  Might still be able to use it without the carpet...

 

 

[Lat22 4,017]

3 hours ago, Viking said:

I just fueled up in Marathon and heard that other marinas along the keys are open. The dockhands are being cautious: they spray the fuel handle with disinfectant and tell you to stay on your boat.

That’s good. He’s in Pompano Beach. 

[G650 14,277]

We are finally biting the bullet tomorrow and bringing the boat back to the shed. Pretty much in mothball until August at least.

[Juicy 727]

2 hours ago, utee94 said:

That sucks.

Did they complete the new floor decking?  And what's it made from?  The deck on a friend's pontoon boat is all aluminum, I take it yours is something else?

Other than that is it operational?  Might still be able to use it without the carpet...

 

 

Unfortunately its an old school plywood floor, We looked at switching that to composite when they did the new carpet decided it wasnt worth the cost as we are probably going to upgrade in the next few years. 

Our lake is attached to some protected land so about 8 years ago they made it electric only. This boat was basically ghetto rigged into having a trolling motor attached to the throttle. We will get true electric with the next one so everything works as it is supposed to. 

[Brew 3,049]

Signed a contract to sell the Mastercraft today. It’s a little bittersweet as I had pretty well decided to keep it for another season. Still could fall through I guess, but there shouldn’t be any issues. Oh well, if this shit ever clears I’ll at least get to have a little fun shopping for a replacement. Going to see if I can find a good DC to use at home on the lakes as well as keep at the beach during summer school breaks.

[Loco 3,754]

1 hour ago, Lat22 said:

That’s good. He’s in Pompano Beach. 

I saw your post earlier.  Didn't respond because I don't know for sure, but lots of boats on the water.  Somebody is selling gas and marinas have a lot of loopholes and are deemed essential.  I've heard a Saltwater Products License will get you around a lot of the closures..  $50 online...  I don't know if that's bs or not.

https://myfwc.com/license/commercial/saltwater/

Saltwater Commercial fishing has been deemed "essential"