Our schedule is dictating this to be our last weekend, school activity s and work
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Our schedule is dictating this to be our last weekend, school activity s and work
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The last supper
As I said earlier - YOU GUYS SUCK!
JK - hope you're having a good time out there.
Got out yesterday afternoon.... Beautiful day in NE PA...
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Not so fast. Got in one more day.Quote:
Originally Posted by moombabound
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Water 50.
Greg, you know how fantastic this weekend's weather was here. We had a crazy busy weekend but left Sunday for one thing and one thing only. BOATING. we launched at Portco at 1pm once it warmed up. The hayden island slough was 62 water temp (WAY better than Friday when I went out of Willamette park and it was a lumberyard of debris and freaking 52 degree water!!!!)Quote:
Originally Posted by bergermaister
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A light jacket and I turned on the heater on my feet for the drive back through the houseboat no wake zone...
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Late dinner at McMenamins outside on the patio after pulling the boat out of the water, looking at the river we were just playing on.
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And we definitely had a better day than this guy. We didn't see it happen, but we arrived at the ramp to see 2 tow trucks and the carnage. I guess the driver jack-knifed hard and it screwed up his SUV bad and if you look closely, he now has a BREAKAWAY tongue on the trailer!!!!!!!!
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planning to get out this weekend. then tied up for next few with work.. i'll sneak out in November somehow!
JUST got the boat lift installed last week and waiting on power to run it! i gotta get back out sometime!
Was able to get out on Saturday for the last time. Air temp started at 37, water temp started at 53.6. Ended up putting the boat away for the winter since Ski Patrol is now kicking into gear. I do not have a free weekend until Thanksgiving because of work and Ski patrol. Now time for the winter projects to start.
Looks like a perfect coming up. Going to take a half day off Friday and then Saturday and see what.might happen Sunday. Screwed tbis post up.
Looks like a perfect weekend this weekend. Half day off Friday and Sat and Maybe Sun. Going to try and wear it out.
Thought my last day was last weekend, 80 in Chicago, had my first bad wipeout of the season. Landed backwards and caught the edge, felt every joint in my spine separate, like one of those bendy straws when you pull them straight.. Looks like we might get another day this weekend so I can end the season on better terms..
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Last weekend on the water was my sons first time on a surfboard, after going rope less and really getting the hang of it, he has to wait all winter now to get back on ithttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/10/ehuqe6uq.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/10/jujepa5a.jpg
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could be this weekend 10-20-13 with a forecast hight of 85 :cool:, not sure what the lake temp will be. Wife is not overly excited about going much longer and my daughter wont be trying anything till next spring after spraining her knee a month ago.
We are still at in the PNW. Weather has been pretty nice, mid 60s and water has been 60 also. Going to be going out again tomorrow.
It's 56 here this morning. Going down to 42 tomorrow night. My river has dropped to a frigid 70 degrees. I no longer have anyone willing to go out. Boo (not the halloween BOO!). Might have to run a Craigslist ad for riders.
Over here we have been having a streak of manageable fall weather. we've been seeing upper 60's and low 70's with sunshine. Water temps are dipping to 59/60 degrees. Definitely full wetsuit weather. But it's awesome to have the river to ourselves and the extra smooth water.Quote:
Originally Posted by kaneboats
What we're finding is that the people that are willing to go out are starting to be those of us that all own boats. Today we'll be going out and each person going owns their own boat, but we're all just going out on one. It's actually kinda nice to vary up the boats and not have to take yours out every time. I met both of the guys I'm talking about with a thread I posted on Wakeworld. One has a Tige and the other has an MB Sports. Heck, I met Newty and his Moomba through that same WW thread.
Snowed this am glad the boat is away
Lookin like we will go out Wednesday. Take a half day from work. 81 degrees. Will ski and wakeboard
Out yesterday, water temp was down to 58-59. Air temp was in the upper 60's. Had the river to ourselves.
The only people that are willing to go out are the die hard enthusiasts, many of us that are all boat owners. Yesterday 3 of the 4 in our crew had our own boats and the other one used to have his own. It's actually kind of nice deciding which boat we're riding on! It was nice to leave my boat at home!
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Well it's officially over for the season, I picked up the boat from the dealer from being winterized, now to drop it off Monday to have all the LEDs installed
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I think I'm finally going to take the boat out of the water today...I'm going out for one last surf session in a few minutes; it's 46 degrees and I bet the water isn't much warmer lol! Ironically, this will be the first day I'll actually wear my wetsuit!
Unfortunately, the 12th was my last. I am working on cleaning and detailing her for the winter nap.
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Sadly my boat has been winterized and wrapped up for its winter nap for nearly 5 weeks already. Today we finally got our first real snow. 4'' on the ground so far. Still Snowing. Now i officially know ,boating season is over. We usually have already had snow by now,this fall has been one of the nicer ones as it was 70 degrees just on Friday. Those are typical summer days here at times...
Last Saturday 10/26 did end up being my last day surfing, and ironically only my first late season ride where I actually wore my wetsuit though lol! Not a bad last ride for Michigan though, it did snow a little Saturday afternoon after I was done riding (nothing stuck).
I winterized it last Sunday, thank you cab (Al) for the very detailed winterization instruction thread. My entire time owning a wake boat (this is 8th winter, 1st with my LSV), I was always too lazy to learn how to do it myself although I am pretty mechanically inclined. I had a deal with another brand boat dealership and they winterized my Supra for $100 every year (I did my own oil changes though), but that deal apparently ran out last year as they charged me full price. I now see how easy it is, and can't believe I even paid $100 for it before.
Next step will be trans and v-drive fluid changes. I might do it this weekend before she gets cleaned and put in the pole barn, or I might wait until spring. I bought everything required when I picked up my winterization stuff, but I'm just dreading it as the work space down there is tight and I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing (even with the nice details from DOCDRS). I got the O'Reilly's brand fluids too, hopefully they're acceptable.
Air temp 82, sunny skies, water 68 - no end in sight. :)
Crossed 300 hrs on the boat today. We have had the boat since mid July 2011.
How are the lakes down there? You tried a few spots or are they limited?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boonejeepin
Wrapped it up yesterday :(
It will be back next year cleaner, better sounding and heavier than ever. I have a list as long as my arm of things to do
Last Day here was 10/26 didnt even need to drysuit it. Luckily got the boat indoors on friday as winter hit hard here saturday, now is time for a good cleaning and prep for the long winter ahead.
I made it to November! Went out after work on Friday and had the river basically to ourselves. It was calm enough that we got to play right off the Vancouver WA waterfront just past the launch. I'm sure that the people that were eating dinner at all the waterfront restaurants thought I was freaking nuts. Water temp was 54 degrees and we got in our fun, got home, and had the boat covered before the skies opened up and poured rain the rest of the night.
Got in that last trip and realized that my bilge pump is about to take a dump. Glad it lasted to the end of the season and I can deal with it later.
That Mastercraft in that picture looks like a boat I used to see on Wizard Lake all the time owned by a dude named Graham!Quote:
Originally Posted by moombabound
For the record I have NO intention of not skiing year round down here. The water is cooling down from 96 to 75 degrees as of yesterday. I got 3 sets in and heck it was still warmer than the water we skied in mid summer when we lived in Canada! :)
Here's a couple shots taken off the dock with an I-phone running west into the course and into the sun! :)
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Ours was late September. Prolly gonna winterize this weekend. Ahh Summer 2013, fond memories.
The selection of lakes that you can use is somewhat limited. There are two lakes within 30 minutes of us and one about an hour away that we can use. The Colorado River is about four hours away. There are several other lakes but they are no body contact lakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by beat taco
Although if you can get out during a weekday or the off-season the lakes are almost empty. So far so good.
Our last day was Sunday (Nov-11)... famous last words. I winterized it that evening but if a warm day comes around, I'll put it back in the water and re-winterize it afterwards!
Air temp was 66, water temp was 48. (much warmer than the 42 degree water at our normal lake)
was hoping to get a few more times but we have a massive cold front coming in tonight. gonna be 28 degrees for about 7-8 hours. boats in storage and not winterized, got me a little worried. may go sleep with her tonight
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I'm in the same boat as you and I leave for New Zealand Thursday and won't have time to winterize until I come back dec 19....hope we don't get any major cold pushes from now until thenQuote:
Originally Posted by jpetty3023
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I'm there with yall.
Group buy from Indmar next spring? Lol
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that was funny but let's hope not..Quote:
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Must be a Ford lover.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG's Supra24
I winterized on 10/12. Changed the oil, full tank of gas, etc. The boat is now sitting at the repair shop getting the platform fixed from backing into a dock, and a spider web impact gouge/crack fixed from a late season incident with a stump. They'll have to drain the new fluids & roll the boat on her side to fix the impact damage. I told the guys that if I knew they were going to do that, I'd have waited to do the fluids :-)
I'm looking to get her back so I can 1, know where she's spending her nights & 2, dream better about my off season upgrades.