Posted on 02/03/2012 7:14:40 AM PST by ImProudToBeAnAmerican
Last week saw the launching of this Weekly FR Boating Thread. 15 posts with 6 boating links – nice start!
Launching ~ Weekly FR Boating Thread ~ Vol. 1 ~ Jan. 27, 2012
Everyone is welcome to come aboard – come on it, the water is fine!
This time of year almost all boaters are mired in the midst of ‘off-season’.
What do you do to survive your ‘off season’? Listen to boating music, watch boating movies, surf boating YouTube and blogs, busy yourself with Winter boat upgrade and maintenance projects, catch up on non-boating stuff?
Where you do your boating determines your level of boating withdrawals..
> Up North – where the water turns hard and almost all boats come out of the water for the Winter. Deep hibernation.
> Down South – boats stay tied up to the dock. Sweater weather.
> Tropical climes – year round boating bliss. “What’s Winter, mon?”
Last month I helped a local client sell his sundeck motor yacht to a nice Canadian family, helped clients upgrade and learn to use their new sailing catamaran, became a member of the Rudders and Moorings Boating Network, and am preparing to go on a boat listing spree. I currently have 3 boats for sale (sold a bunch of boats last Fall – goal is to have @ 30 listings).
High temps averaged @ 70 last week here in Charleston – working in the garden already, but that’s probably a discussion more fitting for the Weekly FR Gardening Thread…
Post away, and/or ping me to sign up for this Weekly FR Boating Thread ping list.
Happy boating!
“There is NOTHING--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” ~ Kenneth Grahame
Love pontoon boats. Have seen some like yours at Lake Havasu.
We also have two boats...our other is a fully restored 1962 Century Resorter 16’....has been garage kept its’ whole life and is a great ski boat....
Last time I went boating, I had a terrible maritime accident - lost all my guns.....I’m kinda snake-bit on boating right now...
There are lots of really go-fast boats here at LoZ. Wife’s cousin owned a 29’ Fountain with twin 502s. It was a 100 mph boat.
Moth sailing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKJMP8EmZjw
http://www.teknologika.com/mothblog/the-evolution-of-moth-main-hydrofoils/
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