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@buckbuck I have been slowly tearing off pieces of the great loop. Chicago was supposed to be about 2 years out but @swatski volunteered to let me fly in and steal his boat and captain services for a weekend. We were supposed to run from Chicago to St Louis but we were cut short due to the Illinois River being flooded. We made it to Starved Rock before we hit a lock that was flooded over and we could no longer continue. I plan to come back up and hit Starved Rock to St Louis or maybe even further south at the end of the summer. Right now I have cleared from Jacksonville Fl north through all of GA and SC and hope to clear NC this year as well. I have now cleared a few miles on Lake Michigan down through Starved Rock Il also.@robert843 Help me understand. You brought your boat to Chicago?
Thankfully only minor injuriesHere’s something you don’t see every day on the st Johns river, N.A.S. JAX View attachment 93850
They got lucky only minor injuries.
If you get the firmware upgrade from @Ridesteady, it is awesome. You can set it up to automatically synch the revs of twins, even when the system is off, it auto picks a slave/master engine. This system is so good, not just for watersports, it is the closest thing to fly-by-wire one can get, while still running with mechanical cables. Love it!1 st trip. Momma wanted to get it wet so after all the mom says stuff we hit the water.View attachment 94109
Yeah I was thinking about that yesterday while we were running down the lake. ordering it now. orederedIf you get the firmware upgrade from @Ridesteady, it is awesome. You can set it up to automatically synch the revs of twins, even when the system is off, it auto picks a slave/master engine. This system is so good, not just for watersports, it is the closest thing to fly-by-wire one can get, while still running with mechanical cables. Love it!
(I have no idea who in their right mind would buy a Perfect Pass for a twin Yamaha compatible with RideSteady at this point...)
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wow. that looks huge!!!! AwesomeKids wanted to get the new tube out Saturday. Took them out to Lake Coeur d’ Alene and enjoyed a beautiful day! Costco tube is very nice for $200... comes with rope and pump too. Great deal!View attachment 94198