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Langston you need to pick up a swing. The one we were using was just a $15 door bouncer. The outdoor playground swing that was also posted would be better for going across the water than the bouncer. We went this route because it stores completely flat and takes up no space at all.
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Like a animal sticking it's head out the den hole, :D Best view in the house is through the windshield and in control of the boat.
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Winding down the summer on Norris. Good times!
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Throat punch away but it's not weather related. This weekend we are going to SA to hit up six flags and then it's back to work for three weeks for me. When I get home in Oct we have Nolans 1st birthday party that first Saturday and the next weekend we are headed to Saint Marteen for a week and won't get back until the following weekend and then it's back to work for three weeks. When I get home and have a free weekend it will be mid November...Quote:
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David, we have a six flags and a lake in Dallas! Joking. Saint marteen is sweet!!Quote:
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I actually prefer six flags over Texas over fiesta Texas too. But fiesta is so much closer and they have the river walk which the wifey likes
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He may quit but not me.Quote:
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So, we went out last night. Temps were warm enough for late summer and we were willing to chance the smoothness of the water since there was a breeze in the forecast.
We got to the launch and I'd never seen water that low. An I/O had struggled its way back to its trailer, so I got out and checked out the conditions. I figured that our boat drafts pretty shallow, so I figured we'd be okay.
I was wrong.
The water level covered the concrete of the launch and the boat came off the trailer just fine. about 10' from the water line, the depth was about 5' deep and by 20' out, the water was 7 to 9 feet deep. However, in the next 5 feet it quickly went to waist high and then to 1 foot deep. It was almost all sand (with a couple rocks here and there). Needless to say, the boat got stuck in the sand and no amount of lifting or pushing could get us through it. all 3 of us by this time were out of the boat, which was pointing with the bow away from the launch by this point. We really had no choice but to take a bow line and have an I/O that was further out in the deeper water give us a GENTLE pull through the sand. (it would have been more work to get the boat in from where we were at).
I felt confident that the tide would raise the level of the river as the evening progressed, so once we got free of the sand bar in the middle of the launch, we went out into the river to try to enjoy the rest of our evening. We didn't get very far at all (the engine had been idling this whole time) when the engine went into limp mode and would only do 3,000 RPM's. I looked over and saw the temp gauge starting to spike. I shut the engine down and started to think of what I could do...
I have a reversible pump for filling two of my auxillary ballast bags. When I plumbed this pump, I put in an extra TEE with a ball valve after it and stubbed it out to a connection for a length of hose. At the end of that hose was a flow-rite fitting to allow it to serve as a backup to my other ballast pumps. I rummaged through my bag of extra fittings and found a 3/4" hose barb to male garden hose fitting and put that at the end of the hose. I opened up the bilge and screwed that hose fitting into my Flush Pro (that typically would let me run the boat off the garden hose on land). I turned on the reversible and restarted the engine. shortly, the temp started dropping and in less than a minute, the temps were back down to normal and even cooler than normal. The solution worked!
I took off the hose connected to the flush pro and ran the engine normal, and things stayed at the normal operating temp. We motored to our normal ride spot and the water was rough and everyone was cold.
I pulled up the chart that shows the river level and could see that the low point was when we launched at 6pm and the high point was around midnight. The 9pm to 10pm window looked like a decent time to shoot for as a compromise between water level and being out ALL night.
The vertical lines are 2' apart. If you look at the observed levels, they were even lower than predicted. We launched at about 6pm (blue circle) and pulled the boat out after 10pm (green circle).
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We decided to motor back to a dock on the river with a cool restaurant a short walk away. We figured that killing a little time as the water level rose would be best in a warm restaurant looking out over the river while drinking tasty adult beverages and fantastic appetizers.
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We got back to the launch around 10pm and docked the boat at the end (where it was deeper). I had a headlamp so I was able to walk the dock and the water level looked a LOT better. We backed the truck in and unloaded all the passengers from the boat. I was able to drive the boat all the way to the trailer, just bumping the throttle to get it there. The depth gauge never went below 3 feet and we got out of the river just fine. I was pretty thankful to have the boat back safe on the trailer.
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It was a long night filled with 20/20 hindsight and lots of problem solving, but I learned some lessons and thankfully the boat seems fine.
Ideas on what caused the temperature spike? I wouldn't think extended idling would have caused a problem, you think the intake was clogged with the whole 'gentle drag through the sand' part?Quote:
Originally Posted by trayson
Odd that once you cooled it down via auxiliary pump it stayed that way on it's normal feed.
Well, I have to believe that something was clogging the intake (sand or seaweed). I must have flushed it out or the obstruction came out of the intake thru hull. No, the idling wouldn't be a big deal. the engine stays plenty cool at idle. It most certainly had something to do with getting stuck.Quote:
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Hung out with these Jackasses this last week in Cabo! No wake surfing (everyone in the photos does except for one) but plenty of fun even when hurricane Newton came blasting through. Even without power and all of the things that go with it like, A/C, lights and so on, they kept us in stitches and we kept the fun rolling. It was a he!! of an extended birthday weekend for Jeff.
All of us guys in one shot, you probably know most of them. Me on the right too dressed up in black. Damn I look fat!
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Me and my wake surfing wife
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My wife and my brother-in-law on day two. We have his old Moomba and we thank him for getting us into the sport!
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After the hurricane. We went around to the tide pools rescuing animals. The coolest thing we saved was a small Moray eel of some kind.
There was sandy beach here, people for scale. We figure about 9ft. deep of sand got taken away.
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Same here in Eastern Washington.Quote:
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Do you have a beach picture of this? This is an amazing photo by itself but a before shot would up the wow factor.Quote:
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If you get a tula, which is an awesome baby carrier, whoever drives can wear the baby. My wife does that with our 1 year old.Quote:
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Sunset cruise with my boys
So our rivers are still really low here in Portland. After Thursday's challenges, I decided to try a different dock that I knew wouldn't have any depth/sandbar issues.
The depth wasn't a problem, but I was a little surprised when the wheels of the trailer dropped off the end of the concrete and pretty much had the trailer laying frame on the ramp. Again, we were at low tide, so I knew it'd be better when we were done boating. We got the boat off the trailer just fine, and with an empty trailer, it was easy enough to pop the wheels back up onto the concrete of the ramp (truck was in 4 low and locked up on the rear diff).
Was able to jump straight on the ski and get a great run. Then filled up the gravity games bag and did a wakeboard set.
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My son was half asleep, but fine to do his flagger duties. (hopefully with his eyes open)
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The wife was next up, and at 10am, we were amazed to have conditions this good with no one on the river.
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Got to see a big cruise ship in the Portland drydock.
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Then it was my turn to surf. Turns out I didn't need the heater top, because between a platform start and a platform stop, I did my whole surf set and never got wet.
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I surfed 3 or 4 miles. It was pretty cool to surf under all the Portland Bridges and along the downtown waterfront.
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And I decided to throw a little love to Brian at Exile. As I'm still loving my Exile Bluetooth Media Center. I made it up on Exile's instagram, so that was fun.
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When we got back to the dock, we timed it so that we were at a higher tide level. It's crazy that we're like 70 to 80 miles from the Pacific Ocean and the tides still seem to impact us so much. I backed the trailer in and it never dropped off the concrete, so getting out was easy enough. All in all, a fantastic day on the water.
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My friend, Bo Bridges, is an amazing photographer and has done some incredible work all around the world shooting action sports such as the X games and many surfing competitions. However, this may be his most powerful work!
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It works OK with the baby wearing a PFD?Quote:
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The wife's anniversary present arrived today! We'll do the unveiling tonight. Total surprise for her. And no, she doesn't follow this forum.
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Great looking box^^ show us the goods. We won't tell.
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Last night we got on the water for some surfing, I've had quite the weekend and they were calling for rain so I wasn't planning on even going out last night. Being after Labor day, even in the SE people are putting their boats away already. I just don't get it, but I like it because at 4pm on a Sunday afternoon we had premium water in the main channel.
Also as some know I have a Wake makers Wave Control on my Mojo, and its been hit or miss on how the wave is. I have been having some issues with the potentiometer that adjusts the intensity of the wave. Well last night I figured out it was connected backwards and this whole time we have been lowering the wave when we thought we were increasing it.
Anyhow we are back to stage 1 with testing now that I have it working correctly, and man, let me tell you the Goofy wave was seriously impressive.
No matter how much weight, or people I have ever had, the goofy wave was never so long Claudia could get this fare back, and she was all the way out to the side of the boat.
I was only running Goofy 1180
Regular 600
Hard tank 600.
Wake plate up and speed at 10.2
I can now start playing with more weights and adjustments knowing she has so much more wave now.
Earlier in the day before I figured out the adjustment issue.
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This is after we turned the adjustment all the way up from all the way down, no changes in the boat.
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WOW, what a difference mmandley. I wish my goofy waved looked that good. I'm thinking of having a stamped piece of aluminum made with an angled A-Plate. (pending cost)
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Got some surfing in today.
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[QUOTE=mmandley;296561]Last night we got on the water for some surfing, I've had quite the weekend and they were calling for rain so I wasn't planning on even going out last night. Being after Labor day, even in the SE people are putting their boats away already. I just don't get it, but I like it because at 4pm on a Sunday afternoon we had premium water in the main channel.
I am amazed as well at how many people stop boating when kids go back to school. In Alabama the two best months on the water are Sept and Oct for sure. I believe college football has something to do with this as well.
Oh well, better for us!!
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Same here in UT but the water gets cold pretty quick in the mountain lakes. Think on Sunday it was low 60's water and 50 air to start the day, by the time warm sun came the breeze decided to play. Have a trip planned for early OCT for Lake Powell, should be prime everything for a long weekend of riding.Quote:
I am amazed as well at how many people stop boating when kids go back to school. In Alabama the two best months on the water are Sept and Oct for sure. I believe college football has something to do with this as well.
Oh well, better for us!!
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Here ya go. She's super excited about it. I got her the 4'4" spark plug, which is designed to be really forgiving edge to edge. She is looking forward to carving it up. And if she wants something different, she can always ride my Nubstep. The traction is also a little milder than the Agenda traction on my Nubstep, so I think she'll like it. And her favorite color is blue, so she likes the look of the board. Kind of a retro feel to it.Quote:
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That is super badass!Quote:
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Finished my storage tray for over my engine.
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More info here:
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Thought you didn't like this idea? LolQuote:
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Looks good though, I'm thinking of talking to a gas tank fabricator and seeing how much it would be. Then paint it with Bedliner paint.
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I liked the idea, I just was a bit wary of it due to engine fumes. but ya'all assured me that it wouldn't be an issue. Plus, I figure it'd make a great spot to keep leftover pizza warm (in airtight ziplock bags of course).Quote:
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And I'm always down for a project, especially if it give me more storage.
Yeah, I could have had my buddy that does HVAC fabrication make me one pretty easy. but $70 was enough for me to spend. Stainless and aluminum are both pretty expensive these days.
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Early morning riding on the James River Richmond, VA
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The season here will be coming to an end soon but have picked up a full wetsuit to keep going till the end.
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Awesome. This is what it's about.Quote:
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Jason – When boating on the James, at the end of day do you flush engine and ballast with fresh water? I understand the river forms in the Appalachians and flows east some 400 miles to the ocean and salt water. Given that the James flows past Richmond about eighty miles west of the bay, am thinking the water is brackish and prone to causing corrosion. Interested in your experience and just how far downstream you are comfortable navigating without exposing your freshwater boat to contamination. – Stuart
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Went to a new launch to avoid our low water worries. worked out great and the low wind forecast DELIVERED.
With water like this and still having 80 degree air and 67 degree water, who wouldn't be happy? (well, that is once we got rid of the tubers that were messing it up).
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And with water like that, of course I'm gonna start with a ski.
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Which was a blast until I got what I think was some cavitation and my ski literally lost its edge and slipped out from under me. An unexpected slap at 30mph is never fun. When i got out of the water, I looked at my ski and there were a series of chips out of it along the edge in the center of the ski. chips deep enough that white was showing through the red of the ski. I think that even as small as they were, it was enough to disrupt the flow of water on my edge and cause my ski to slide out. So I have some fiberglass resin curing on the ski and I'll sand those spots down to a nice smooth consistent edge again.
The wakeboarding delivered today as well. Bit hops on smooth water. Me likey.
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And the wife got to try out her anniversary present: her 4'4" Doomswell Sparkplug. I rode it after her and it was honestly a kick in the pants. really fast and carved great. it actually felt fantastic as I rode it up the face of the wave and popped up on the top. It wouldn't surprise me if I was actually able to air on the Sparkplug before I can on my Nubstep. I still love my Nubstep, but it's great to have another Doomswell board in the family, and one with a completely different character that's a blast to ride for different reasons. They bill it as a "beginner to intermediate" board, but I think it's plenty intermediate and above. It's certainly not something that she's going to outgrow or get bored with. And I love riding it too, so it's great to have some variety in the family.
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