JetBoaters.net Bimini Fling July 9th to 14th 2018

[Bruce]

@ThatJeepGuy, there are many I would worry about but @Speedling will have his boat ready for the crossing.

Much of his income is from running a fireworks business that is very busy this time of year.

Beyond that it is just starting to warm up in his part of the country.

 

[ThatJeepGuy]

lol!
Stop rubbing it in that I haven't had it out yet, I'm already pissed about it!

Oh I'm not trying to rub it in or sound like a dickhead. The last 5 Sunday's have been crap and my whole house is cranky because all we can do is look at the boat.

 

[Mainah]

While it's probably none of my business since I'm not going with this group, you have a responsibility to the rest of the group to make sure your boat is 100%.
With 5 weeks to go your vessel should be tested and complete. If not then you're a liability to everyone else. Thousands of dollars of other people's money are relying on you're boat being seaworthy.

Just my opinion....


Edit...
After reading this to my GF she says that I'M A DICK.....

I was of a similar opinion until asking more questions and actually going on a group trip where the leader had issues early off and told us to proceed and he would catch up at a certain point. I was thrust into the lead and we waited at that point as long as we could. After no contact via VHF and cell with repeated attempts including a high power squelch 3 times if you hear this broadcast (we were a good distance away at this point) we had no choice but to proceed. I DID have Garmin data telling me this person had tried to contiue but turned back and strong reason to believe this person was moving on one outboard engine out of two at a bit less than 20 mph. I also knew that this person is very experienced/capable and on a well traveled center channel of a lake. We had to make the call to continue (group consensus was had with the available data). It was not the call we wanted to make but shortly there after I got confirmation that we had made the right choice from that person who was obviously and rightly more worried with taking care of his situation than updating us.

The reality is that there is not a whole bunch we can do to help out another boat except perhaps give them something to sit in should the fit really hit the shan or bring fuel. Going with the group will be nice for the social aspect and having folks looking out for you. That said they have their own boats and crews to worry about in a nosiy and sometimes difficult environment.

After learning a bit more the things I am expecting from going with this group are..
-Socializing
-Gaining knowledge that I can in turn pass along
-My wife and kids having a sense of security going with a group
-Someone in my locale keeping a loose tab on me
-Good times
-Good memories
-New friends

All that said knowing your boat well and having tested anything new/changed sooner than later is something I also highly recommend. We are all human and capable of error.

 

[Betik]

Edit...
After reading this to my GF she says that I'M A DICK.....

Did she use all capital to indicate that you are a big dick OR she wanted to make stand out that you are a dick?

@ThatJeepGirl I must confess; i enjoyed quite a bit riding with dick on July 15 of 2017.

 

[swatski]

Just my opinion....


Edit...
After reading this to my GF she says that I'M A DICK.....

ROTFL. I love @ThatJeepGirl !!!

Thank you, you guys just made my day, I needed a laugh.

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[swatski]

@Speedling in my experience it takes a lot to rip those towers off of a fiberglass hull.
Mine failed last year - the failure was specific to the locking mechanism point - w/a bolt pulling out.
There was not a hint of failure of the mounts albeit those too get lose, also in other boats, apparently (not necessarily related to Bimini trip).

Yamaha (on top of crappy QC) has a AR tower locking mechanism that is flawed. Period. But even that can be made completely safe, as we have found.

If your tower survived Lake Michigan waters on even moderately rough day there you really should not have anything to worry about.

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[Speedling]

@Speedling in my experience it takes a lot to rip those towers off of a fiberglass hull.
Mine failed last year - the failure was specific to the locking mechanism point - w/a bolt pulling out.
There was not a hint of failure of the mounts albeit those too get lose, also in other boats, apparently (not necessarily related to Bimini trip).

Yamaha (on top of crappy QC) has a AR tower locking mechanism that is flawed. Period. But even that can be made completely safe, as we have found.

If your tower survived Lake Michigan waters on even moderately rough day there you really should not have anything to worry about.

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Believe me, i read all that was posted on your tower. I was kinda bummed everyone started fixing cuz i was hoping for a cheap ar!
This tower has survived 4' waves so farfor 25 minute driving duration. I had to tighten a bolt once once stopped and that was it. Have since then gone through all bolts with threadlocker again and i replaced the manufacturers marine ply mount with something better.
I realize also that stuff happens beyond our control and throwing the tower to the ocean is a possibility.

 

[Mgray]

Anyone interested in carrying 3 bags and a few gas cans on there boat in exchange for a couple of hundred bucks? If so let me know. It would be me and the 2 guys going over with me. Instead of carrying that mess on our skis over we would like to pay someone to carry our stuff on there boat for us. We will pay cash or maybe work something out to pay for your gas. Let me know if you want you can email me dkdinc@gmail.com thanks

 

[Mgray]

@JamesParks, @Dallas, @Mgray are you with Raul?

@Mgray are you crossing with 3 on a ski?

Sorry for the response delay. We each have our own skis so it will be 3 jet skis with one rider on each. We are friends with Hector and would prefer to follow him if possible. However we are looking for someone who would like to make some money to carry our stuff over so we dont have to put on our skis. If you know anyone intereested please let me know. Thanks

 

[Mgray]

@JamesParks, @Dallas, @Mgray @Mgray

do you guy have reservations at Bimini Sands, I am getting ready to cancel mine and I want to make sure that no one from our groups needs it.

We are making our reservations next week. We are actually staying at the Hilton. thanks anyways

 

[Berrie]

Anyone interested in carrying 3 bags and a few gas cans on there boat in exchange for a couple of hundred bucks? If so let me know. It would be me and the 2 guys going over with me. Instead of carrying that mess on our skis over we would like to pay someone to carry our stuff on there boat for us. We will pay cash or maybe work something out to pay for your gas. Let me know if you want you can email me dkdinc@gmail.com thanks

I can assist with the bags. (Not too keen on the gas cans though).

 

[Betik]

@Mgray best of luck with the stay.

For the record, I wanted to state that my wife gets employee discount with Hilton, yet we stay at Bimini Sands.

Hope it is smooth crossing this year

 

[AbuAyd]

I was of a similar opinion until asking more questions and actually going on a group trip where the leader had issues early off and told us to proceed and he would catch up at a certain point. I was thrust into the lead and we waited at that point as long as we could. After no contact via VHF and cell with repeated attempts including a high power squelch 3 times if you hear this broadcast (we were a good distance away at this point) we had no choice but to proceed. I DID have Garmin data telling me this person had tried to contiue but turned back and strong reason to believe this person was moving on one outboard engine out of two at a bit less than 20 mph. I also knew that this person is very experienced/capable and on a well traveled center channel of a lake. We had to make the call to continue (group consensus was had with the available data). It was not the call we wanted to make but shortly there after I got confirmation that we had made the right choice from that person who was obviously and rightly more worried with taking care of his situation than updating us.

The reality is that there is not a whole bunch we can do to help out another boat except perhaps give them something to sit in should the fit really hit the shan or bring fuel. Going with the group will be nice for the social aspect and having folks looking out for you. That said they have their own boats and crews to worry about in a nosiy and sometimes difficult environment.

After learning a bit more the things I am expecting from going with this group are..
-Socializing
-Gaining knowledge that I can in turn pass along
-My wife and kids having a sense of security going with a group
-Someone in my locale keeping a loose tab on me
-Good times
-Good memories
-New friends

All that said knowing your boat well and having tested anything new/changed sooner than later is something I also highly recommend. We are all human and capable of error.

I was told I should post this for bragging rights. As the newbie this year, I am certainly learning a lot. Hope all of you do this safety check with the coast guard. It took about 30 minute and I learned a ton. Hope I never use this knowledge this summer

 

[bronze_10]

I am waiting on a call back to set up an appointment..

 

[Ryuc14911]

Ryuc14911 has registered to captain Knot at Work with a crew of 2 adults and 0 children. They hail from the home port of Port canaveral.

The crew is described as: 1 female & 1male

You can register for the event using the form at
https://jetboaters.net/forms/bimini-2018-registration-june-25th-to-30th.8/respond for June 25th to 30th
or
https://jetboaters.net/forms/bimini-2018-registration-july-9th-to-14th.6/respond for July 9th to 14th

 

[Speedling]

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I was told I should post this for bragging rights. As the newbie this year, I am certainly learning a lot. Hope all of you do this safety check with the coast guard. It took about 30 minute and I learned a ton. Hope I never use this knowledge this summer

Very good!
I know the chicago loop cruise they usually have someone there doing inspections.
Boating safe is more fun!

 

[Bruce]

We are making our reservations next week. We are actually staying at the Hilton. thanks anyways

That will suck. But up to you.

 

[Speedling]

@ThatJeepGuy friends came over after thursday praise night at church and we got it up for you! Between thunderstorms even!
So thats all test and tune time until the 4th of july! Let's go boating!

 

[ThatJeepGirl]

@ThatJeepGuy View attachment 75586friends came over after thursday praise night at church and we got it up for you! Between thunderstorms even!
So thats all test and tune time until the 4th of july! Let's go boating!

He’s (@ThatJeepGuy ) still a dick...

 

[Betik]

@Speedling do you have a bow cover ? or 6 inch scupper? Looks like your free-board is lower than mine and last year I had the Kaiten award