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[Thermobrett]

Dragon wiener…

 

[adrianp89]

In Ft Lauderdale, heading to Bahamas tomorrow.
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You are a brave man. Hurricane should be there tomorrow or next?

 

[I_squared_r]

A incredibly warm November day and we had one last sunset in NY. My female friend was celebrating her bday this weekend and she was brave enough to try wakeboarding in those cold water temps. A few beers got my courage to also jump into the water The girls also gave me a Brazilian funk dancing class lol .. Side note: Maybe I'm going to Brazil again which is something really unexpected..

Anyways.. After the boat I rode to midtown Manhattan to buy a motorcycle GPS. Beautiful weekend.

 

[TimW451]

Anyone take a good pic of the lunar eclipse this morning? @Coult45
I haven’t even looked at mine, I’m sure they suck. I was using my wife’s camera and could not find a night/no flash setting.

 

[Coult45]

@TimW451 A good picture? Not really. I need some serious practice before the next one of these comes along. It was low in the sky so there was a lot of light noise, and I had a hell of a time getting a good focus on the moon because it was WAY more faint than a normal full moon. Looked really cool, and I got one that cleaned up pretty well with a little editing. But I'll be ready for the next one.

 

[TimW451]

@TimW451 A good picture? Not really. I need some serious practice before the next one of these comes along. It was low in the sky so there was a lot of light noise, and I had a hell of a time getting a good focus on the moon because it was WAY more faint than a normal full moon. Looked really cool, and I got one that cleaned up pretty well with a little editing. But I'll be ready for the next one.

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Looks good to me. The moon was much lower than I expected too. It was much fainter too due to it being so close to dawn. Good news is that we have 2 years to get ready for the next one.

 

[Jim_in_Delaware]

Scratched another project off the new home to-do list, my wife's new craft room:



This project took longer than I thought (but, again, they all seem to do!) Had to:
- move two outlets to be above the countertops
- paint the room
- assemble and install the ready-to-assemble cabinets
- stain and install the butcher-block countertop and backsplash
- lay the vinyl planking

Wife seems happy with the end result and she put up this sign on her door:


Current project is insulating the unfinished storage space above the garage.

Jim

 

[ripler]

I was behind this guy the other day, check out the bumper sticker on his trunk. Keeping it authentic.

 

[zipper]

Early Sunset now. Tonight’s.

 

[Ronnie]

Saw this in a magazine. Summary: electric jetski capable of 65mph, with a range of 28 miles, 14 hour Recharge time for the sweet low price of $26,500 before taxes or a trailer.

also saw this in a different magazine. The first electric boat charging station is online at Lake Tahoe.

 

[Thermobrett]

Saw this in a magazine. Summary: electric jetski capable of 65mph, with a range of 28 miles, 14 hour Recharge time for the sweet low price of $26,500 before taxes or a trailer.
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also saw this in a different magazine. The first electric boat charging station is online at Lake Tahoe.

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Reminds me of being a kid back on Christmas and getting a remote control car. 4hr charge time for 15 min of fun. Technology will improve, but for $26k, I will pass at this time.

 

[adrianp89]

Reminds me of being a kid back on Christmas and getting a remote control car. 4hr charge time for 15 min of fun. Technology will improve, but for $26k, I will pass at this time.

I think I would disagree here... for one the pricing is confusing in the article, it says it starts at 17.5k. I bet that based model is just as quick to 30mph *maybe even 60) as an RPX-X. And based on the Level 1 charging speeds, I would guess you could fully charge it up on a Level 2 charger in less than 2 hours. Also 28 miles is a good amount of distance, I am curious what speed that is at. There is a very small subset of people that run 28 miles on a jetski in a single day.

 

[BigN8]

My sister works at Volvo plant in SC. This was a big reveal yesterday.

 

[Ronnie]

I need to reread the article for the details but 28 miles would be ok for my wife and I most of the time but not on the 5% of trips that are over 40 miles each way, especially if we don’t stay overnight at a guest dock with shore power.

our Waverunners have 18 gallon tanks and can go 120 miles at cruise speed (about 30 mph). Although more expensive than charging i can usually fill them up in less than 10 minutes each.

we will probably ride these until they sink or get to old/tired to use them and give them to our son. I would consider electric in the future if the prices come down so they are comparable to gas powered pwcs.

I think I would disagree here... for one the pricing is confusing in the article, it says it starts at 17.5k. I bet that based model is just as quick to 30mph *maybe even 60) as an RPX-X. And based on the Level 1 charging speeds, I would guess you could fully charge it up on a Level 2 charger in less than 2 hours. Also 28 miles is a good amount of distance, I am curious what speed that is at. There is a very small subset of people that run 28 miles on a jetski in a single day.

 

[adrianp89]

I need to reread the article for the details but 28 miles would be ok for my wife and I most of the time but not on the 5% of trips that are over 40 miles each way, especially if we don’t stay overnight at a guest dock with shore power.

our Waverunners have 18 gallon tanks and can go 120 miles at cruise speed (about 30 mph). Although more expensive than charging i can usually fill them up in less than 10 minutes each.

we will probably ride these until they sink or get to old/tired to use them and give them to our son. I would consider electric in the future if the prices come down so they are comparable to gas powered pwcs.

At 17.5k - you can argue the prices are already comparable. Premium skis are in the 18-20k range.

 

[Ronnie]

Here is a link to the article. Looks like the price is dependent on what the hill is made of. $17k is for the plastic hill, $19k for the performance model with the plastic hull, I think. The $26k model has a carbon fiber hull and I assume all the Bells, whistles and performance that goes with it.

https://www.boatingmag.com/boats/2022-taiga-orca-carbon/

We paid about $19k OTD for each 2021 Waverunner. An FX and GP with a lot of high end features(as we got older rider capacity and rode comfort have become much more important to us), if the base model at $17k is missing some or all of the features I would not consider it comparable. Even if this is not the case I would wait for electric Pwcs to mature at least a little more before considering purchasing one or a pair of them.

for comparison or a throw back Thursday moment, I bought my first pwc a Kawasaki X2 JetSki in 1988 for $4k with out a trailer. Now the least expensive pwcs are $7k +. For that price am sure the manufactures are selling the on fully unloaded model.

 

[adrianp89]

You pictured bottom of the line skis, which isn't a fair comparison. I can't find 0-60 times - but a performance ski for 19k is directly in line with the competition. It's max speed is inline with a RXP-X. I am honestly surprised the prices aren't higher. These are early adopter stage still. Add in the fact you don't have to re-build a supercharger every 100 hours or ever change oil/plus, never have to stop at a gas station or pay for gas - it starts to look a good value. I bet by the 200 hour mark you have saved a few grand compared to ICE.

I think one thing that is discounted as well is not having an ICE engine. No gas smell, no vibrations, no loud noises - I bet this is a comfortable ski to ride.... even if it doesn't have suspension like some of ICE ones.

The Level 3 charging is intriguing - 80% charge in 30 minutes.

Taiga Orca Carbon Review: This Electric Personal Watercraft Is Fast, Fun, and Quiet

We got to test the first commercially available electric personal watercraft, the Taiga Orca Carbon. We found it to be fast, fun, and nearly silent.

gearjunkie.com

 

[GTBRMC]

A few things I saw while visiting my son at college in Scal.
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the main life guard tower at a beach near University California San Diego which by the way has a beach on campus.
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some miscellaneous art, fountains and buildings on campus
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dog art in Carlsbad, CA
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i didn’t even make the effort to go look into this area because I knew I would be disappointed.

i also saw a lot of young women wearing tight fitting very revealing clothes but couldn’t take or post any pics. In the Dave Chappels (sp?) words, “I was [ appalled and] disgusted, but I could not look away.”

Seriously, my Son and I agreed to send $1 each to the estate of the man who invented spandex for making the world a better place.

Friendly advice: Stay out of southern Indiana Walmarts in July and August.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

I don't understand how they have removed a battery's worst enemies from the equation; heat, vibration, corrosion. I predict a flop.

 

[zipper]

The view tonight. Pretty sure I see fish arches out there. Cloud sonar.