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[2kwik4u]

First time I've ever seen a "your post is too long, please shorten it message"......and I've typed some doosies here before. Just this thread maybe?

<--never seen that before.

Anywho, 13yr old photo bombed me before I could tell him to get back in the boat.



Be on the lookout for a thread to talk about if I need to learn to drive my boat better, or if I just need a bigger/better boat. The strong current and pounding rough water took a toll on us for certain.

 

[RNYCLV]

1000, and people starting to show up

1030, just before the bands started

the floating barge for the bands

As everything started!
Great event! went off well, thankful for all that showed up. Thank you for all the support!

 

[RNYCLV]

After a stressful week of getting everything buttoned up for Wally Lake Fest and it going off very smoothly, I woke the boy up before the sun came up and we took the skis out for the sunrise.

 

[flyingnugget]

@2kwik4u

Yea, that grass is crazy isn't it? I went through a big ol'patch of sea grass at the JetSet this year at Black's Island and it totally clogged every inch of my intakes. Clean out plugs did nothing. Had to get out and grab it from underneath to clear it all out. Nasty stuff for a JetBoat. Hope you did better than me LOL

 

[2kwik4u]

@2kwik4u

Yea, that grass is crazy isn't it? I went through a big ol'patch of sea grass at the JetSet this year at Black's Island and it totally clogged every inch of my intakes. Clean out plugs did nothing. Had to get out and grab it from underneath to clear it all out. Nasty stuff for a JetBoat. Hope you did better than me LOL

We went through it at ~5mph or so. Was really pretty much a non-issue. Had some cavitation to get on plane, but once up there was able to put down as much power as I had. At the ramp we had some "hangers" on the intake grate, but those ripped off easy enough.

 

[Neutron]

Got a doozy today, guy brings me this 2020 seadoo gtx230. Said he was riding and it felt like he sucked up a bag and it stalled.. wouldn't restart unless he held throttle wide open but stalled when he let off.
It sounded like the pump was destroyed when i got it to run. Pulled the plugs found cylinder 3 had this


Took of the intake and saw this

One of the intake valves was missing 1/4 of it
Dont know what would cause it but the engine is junk. Apparently this ski has been around to a few shops since he bought it.

 

[F.M.]

OUCH!

 

[buckbuck]

I don't understand. What would cause a valve to break like that? Looks like it cracked.

 

[Neutron]

I don't understand. What would cause a valve to break like that? Looks like it cracked.

I know, i have seen a stem break and the whole head break off but not this ever

 

[Julian]

View of the current volcanic eruption from our hotel room in Keflavik Iceland. Of course it has died down by the time we returned to this part of the island. Still not your everyday view from a hotel!

 

[Julian]

The most photographed mountain in Iceland (had to take a photo!)

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Never seen one of these Solar Plants in person before. Taken in I-15 just around the CA/NV border.

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That’s Ivanpah or something like that, if memory serves it was funded by google. The original type of design was over in Cool Water by Barstow. Probably one of the most viable solar generation plants out there. There are those that aren’t happy with it because it uses natural gas to get it up and running and to keep it running overnight, but the natural gas makes it a reliable power source that isn’t affected by intermittency. There’s another plant like it in Germany.

 

[Julian]

Just drove past the eruption again and it more visible this morning:

 

[Jim_in_Delaware]

Just drove past the eruption again and it more visible this morning:

Looks like you are enjoying Iceland!

We went for four days last year (May), on an Icelandair stopover, and had a great time. Once you get outside Reykjavik, you really appreciate how sparsely populated the island is. I would love to go back someday, rent a camper for two weeks, and drive the entire ring road around the island.

Jim

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Just drove past the eruption again and it more visible this morning:

Have you caught a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis yet?

 

[Julian]

First time I've ever seen a "your post is too long, please shorten it message"......and I've typed some doosies here before. Just this thread maybe?

View attachment 225732 <--never seen that before.

Anywho, 13yr old photo bombed me before I could tell him to get back in the boat.

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Be on the lookout for a thread to talk about if I need to learn to drive my boat better, or if I just need a bigger/better boat. The strong current and pounding rough water took a toll on us for certain.

Sorry about the error message....it was likely reset by the upgrade we did. I have fixed it.

 

[Julian]

Have you caught a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis yet?

No northern lights yet....hoping we see some tonight (our last night)

 

[RNYCLV]

Not the best drone photo, but we ended up having 367 boats at the concert, not including jet skis and manual powered water craft! Turned out to be a great concert event. This was taken 30 minutes before the concert was started. I will post more as we go through all the video and images collected

 

[BigN8]

Is it a RDYC requirement that the poooon-toons out number the v hulls??

 

[RNYCLV]

Is it a RDYC requirement that the poooon-toons out number the v hulls??

No...lol, not a huge lake 13 miles long so most of the people have the toons... this event is open to all in the area and from afar. Its put on to raise money for the area, charities, tourism and an end of summer bash just before school starts. Jetboats are taking over though. It started with just my brother and I and we have a solid 30-40 on the lake now. Slowly converting people.