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Lol, I didn’t realize it until I looked at the pic again. What you don’t see is the boat we parked behind blocking the entrance to the spot to other / wider boats. We could have easily taken one of the non handicapped spots next to us but didn’t want to take up a whole spot with our “little” (11’ to 12’ long and 1k lbs. each) waverunners.
My wife and I just completed our last trip for the season (really this time), an 85 mile round trip to old Sacramento for lunch on waverunners, from vierra’s resort to crawdad’s on the river.
It was cold enough to justify using the float coats and gloves (my coat feels like it shrank since I last used it years ago).
Door to door it was a 12 hour day, we were on the water for 6.5. Got off the water just before sunset. Awesome way to end the season, also found a new use for my mask, keeping my face warm while wave running.
Wow, lunch on water is expensive for people and waverunners, plus the tow vehicle.
As an added bonus I found out where the NorCal Mastercraft dealer that used to be near me moved to.
Also Crawdad’s draws in / does business the “old fashioned” way. The receptionists, waitresses and bartenders are hall hot women in tight clothing (no pics out of respect for my wife but my neck is killing me this morning after too many attempts to see what was behind me at lunch). The only males employees are the dock hands which I suspect double as bouncers.
Going back down in a couple of weeks to drop the boat off to be winterized and then give her a good wax before the long sleep but she's done for the year.
I pay $150 a month. It’s much cheaper than towing 3 hours and minimal wear and tear on my truck since storage is 5 mins from the boat launch. Makes prepping for the day on the water a breeze since we do it at the storage unit with no stress and by-pass people prepping at the ramp.
We just can't get enough of it, NYC is a boating paradise.
Today we ouran a storm while coming back from Sandy Hook across the Raritan Bay.
This is past Verazzano-Narrows Bridge with One World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty (to the left)
and up-close:
Wouldn't want to be without my trim tabs here! Running with tabs fully deployed, about 20-22mph at ~5,100-5,300RPM, just eating 1-2' chop/swells. Forecast was for 2-3' but it wasn't as bad, with longish period.
Got into a school of feeding jacks on Saturday. Ended up catching about 40 of them. Small snook a couple of undersize mutton snappers and the girls came and joined us for a picnic at the sandbar. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday.
Wouldn't want to be without my trim tabs here! Running with tabs fully deployed, about 20-22mph at ~5,100-5,300RPM, just eating 1-2' chop/swells. Forecast was for 2-3' but it wasn't as bad, with longish period.
We hung out at that marina, without our boat obviously, for a good while last summer. The summer before Covid thankfully. We walked around and took lots of pics of all the BIG private yachts that were docked there at the time. There's also a sailing club that docks there so there were a bunch of club sail boats in the 20-22 foot range. We ate dinner at one of the many restaurants in the food court area that looks out at the marina and park that surrounds the marina. It was in June so there were lots of people hanging around and enjoying the area.
This is a jetboat! You think he's on the forum?
This one was probably my favorite. He had big boat amenities and could take all his toys with him. The center console tied up next to it had it's spot on the deck too.
Yes. Installed correctly, Seadek is surprisingly super easy to clean and very durable; hence, it's also used in some fishing boats; dirt, blood and guts come off easily using even raw water; even better if salt water due to its (low) ionic strength cleaning properties. The trick is to not let the blood dry, and never use hot water as it coagulates blood and makes it very hard to clean off of any surface.
As @swatski mentioned, it is SeaDek and it cleans up beautifully. Used one of.my portable ballast pumps to create a nice strong raw water hose and it pretty much wiped off with a rag. And my SeaDek is 4 years old (I think).
Last week will probably be it for me. But I probably won’t get the boat buttoned up for a few more weeks, so here is hoping for more good weather. View attachment 136130 View attachment 136131