Didn’t run my boat but spent 2 1/2 weeks running a friends boat in the Gulf Islands in British Columbia Canada. My fuel costs were a lot lower that way and the scenery was terrific, also the weather was mid 80’s the whole time.
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Mahalo V
1974 53 Motoryacht
Hull Number 406
San Diego, Ca. Ready 32 Nordic Tug, Brunswick Ga.
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Up here on the St Croix in Minnesota, we have been under a no-wake warning for 4 of the last 5 weeks. We still have been boating every weekend, but it is hard to make longer trips down river when you can't go over 4.9 knots. I would like to make a run down to the Tennessee Lakes later this year in the image1.jpgfall, but that is time dependent since it would be a 3-4 week round trip.
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07-30-2018 03:19 PM #43
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I live in a no wake zone so I feel your pain.
Its 12 miles to the fuel dock and can be a long run.If I hit the main channel where I can get up on plane ( 16 kts ) I save a half hour each way.Scott
41C117 "Hattatude"
Port Canaveral Florida.
Marine Electronics and Electrical Products Distributor.
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Ya'll are lucky. No one seems to have heard of no wake zones around here.
Semper Siesta
Robert Clarkson
ASLAN, 1983 55C #343
Charleston, SC
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07-30-2018 04:40 PM #45
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I wish we had less no wake zones and were able to spoil em up more often.
Scott
41C117 "Hattatude"
Port Canaveral Florida.
Marine Electronics and Electrical Products Distributor.
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Can I vote twice?
We just did the Northeast Rendezvous which for me was over a 100 mi round trip. The boat gave us a few performance issues, but it was still a great time.
When I have some free time I'll try to edit some of the shaky video of dolphins from the ride back.
"When I have time",... don't hold your breath. But I'll try.Last edited by Avenger; 07-30-2018 at 09:43 PM.
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I want to live in Theory, everything works there.
1970 36C375
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07-31-2018 11:52 AM #47Senior Member
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Re: Did you run your boat this month?
Now that's a silly question.
Everyone should believe in something - I believe I will go fishing - Henry David Thoreau
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I keep my boat at Tidewater Yacht Marina in Portsmouth, Va on a floating dock. I frequently hop on the boat alone or with company and take a run up the Elizabeth River out past the Norfolk Naval Base and the carrier piers then out into the roads where the James River joins the Chesapeake Bay and the ocean. It makes for a good 2 - 3 hour trip. We are planning some 3 - 4 day weekend trips on the Chesapeake.
During June, I took my wife and 2 daughters to Seattle, Washington to spend a week cruising on my cousin's Nordic 37 from Bainbridge Island up to Anacortes. The weather was lovely with low humidity and no bugs. Scenic too.
I could get used to that!
JonJonathan Brein
1982 43' DCFB #550
"Paragon"
Chesapeake, Virginia
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Essentially the Chesapeake Bay is closed to traffic our size. there is so much heavy debris floating in the bay that it isn't safe to take any boat out right now. Even at idle speed, you could hit something that would hole the boat. This is the result of the heavy rains we've had up here, and the opening of the Conowingo Dam, which traps an enormous amount of trees, junk and fertilizer runoff from PA and NY. It will take weeks to clear, if not longer.
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Semper Siesta
Robert Clarkson
ASLAN, 1983 55C #343
Charleston, SC