Boating season 2017, v1.0: playing with my dinghy

[OffshoreDrilling]

you wouldn't do a wavepad or something similar correct?

My one gripe is storing the damn thing. Inflatable would fit in my dock box easy enough or below deck. Roll up jobber would take up half the bow. I'd also like something that keeps you out of the cold water so it's usable early in the season. I can't get myself to spend $400 on an inflatable sea doo one again that lasts for a season

 

[Yaj Yak]

i understand the storage issue... it's too bad there isn't enough room on your rear platform for one.

the nice part about the wave pad is that they will just last for forever... no need to worry about them getting holes or not having an inflator.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Word.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I need to buy something today, if it's going to be here by the 4th

Arrgh.

 

[PANDA]

If u want to use my bro island let me know. Probably won't make it down to the harbor this weekend. (It is at my house tho)

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

It's too much of a pain, that thing is a monster.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Perfect.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Don't know if I found THE problem but I found A problem. Still battling with low power on the boat. Tore into the carb today to look at a few things. Metering rods are fine, floats aren't filled with fuel, the screens feeding the jets are clean. Found the diaphragm for the accelerator pump torn, already ordered a new one.

 

[1quick]

Somewhat boat related, at work they are looking for someone to run the river rescue boat im thinking about joining the emergency response team to take the role, easy ot and I get to drive a boat and get paid for it from time to time, it's more of a spill containment boat than rescue, they unload barges full of bad stuff on the river

 

[Yaj Yak]

that's pretty neat

 

[1quick]

Parked at the beach next to a 28 skater with triple 300's

 

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[OffshoreDrilling]

Well, that's got to be fun.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Tell him your pontoon is basically a catamaran tunnel hull boat and it would be just as fast if you had the same motors?

 

[1quick]

Couldn't tell him I had too many boners at the time

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Already thinking about getting rid of the boat next year.

 

[Yaj Yak]

[MENTION=517]10sec[/MENTION] this is a solid thread about everyones boats this year it seems

 

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[OffshoreDrilling]

Still think boat is having issues, even though it made it across the lake without changing my name to gilligan. Just not making the pah' it should

Ordered fittings, fuel line and an inline gauge. OEM fuel line is just the slightest bit twisted at the carb fitting. Eliminating anything possible at this point.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Let's see if this thing gets fixed before the season is over.

 

[PANDA]

Scheduled transportation for big lake boat October 22nd. Chicago Harbors close October 31st.

 

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[JeffsLightning]

Awesome weekend on the lake..

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Such a good weekend on the water. Replaced my blower switch and breaker, new fuel line with gauge, and fresh plugs in the boat Saturday. Boat had a low rpm miss when I took it out on Tuesday last week. Had the plugs sitting around so I swapped them out, cleared that up.

I've determined this boat is just an underpowered turd and there is nothing wrong with it. She gets on plane fine with 4 or less people, half the wood interior is waterlogged and I've got it packed full of bullshit and extra batteries. The boat is about as large as you can get without having twins and it's actually available with twins as an option. 350hp BBC just isn't enough to get a 10,000lbs boat on plane with all the weight in the back. I'm going to replace the trim tabs next season and that should help it get up at a lower speed. The rams are frozen up on it right now. Just something I never got around to doing before it hit the water this year. Mostly because $$$$

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

2nd best boating weekend this year
Labor Day weekend was the best.
I start talking about getting rid of this thing then have some epic days on the water and smack some sense into myself