Ready for the water!!!
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Got out this week after dropping Finn my boat into our lake this past weekend.
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Stazi, what’s the water temp?Quote:
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Gorgeous day today out at Lake Houston....air 91° water 81°....butter for days
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Been doing a little garage boating slowly getting her ready for spring. I own a retail furniture store and had to lay off all 10 of my team members, and even though we are technically closed I’ve been working my butt off doing sales by appointment, responding to online inquiries, customer service emails, receiving/unloading furniture and loading customers by appointment. Hopefully I can have the boat water ready in a couple weeks.
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Finished installing my taco marine fender holders:
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Was a very nice afternoon especially since it’s going to drop back into the 40s this weekend. We kept our anchor distance which wasn’t as fun but worked. Water was still a little chilly but got a few runs in.
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Little social distancing dinner. The restaurant staff got a kick outa it.
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Did you buy 1/2" or 3/8"?Quote:
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On the receiver piece (female) for the boat, is the bottom of that solid? If the pin is not attached, it does not have a cover, thus I assume water could enter the receiver piece - where does it go? I was reading where one of these companies made one that would drain into the boat (did not have anything on the bottom). The SC ones have a solid bottom, so the water could not go into the the boat. Nautique looks to have one where they have a piece on that pops up/down, acts like a cover.
RC Hinojosa - Looks like you got a case of the Corona... ;) Looking forward to those temps and days on the water.
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All things considered, it was a great first outing of the season.
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She’s home!
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Congrats. Awesome looking boat.
Thanks!
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Well at least there is this good news......
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I went with the 3/8”. The female receiver comes with a threaded plastic O-ringed plug in the bottom of it if. I took them out since they are mounted about 2’ above the waterline on my boat.Quote:
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No, no it's not. We live in a macro global economy and current geopolitics are out of our control. Only to be compounded by a massive drop in demand from quarantine measures.
We are looking at a simultaneous demand/supply shock that will not be resolved anytime soon no matter how much the Cheetoe says he's best friends with Saudis.
99 cent gas doesn't do anyone any favors.
American producers cannot sustain current barrel prices.
Unless OPEC finds some balls or the Saudis & Russians stop glutting the market, a whole lot of people in the Oil & Gas industry are gonna lose their jobs.
The Saudis can produce for $7/barrel, this is a zero sum game where they can flood the market until they have put everyone else out of business.
Several smaller American shale producers have already declared bankruptcy.
If oil drops under $20/barrel on the global market, the US is gonna feel a lot of pain.
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The Saudis can produce for $7/barrel, this is a zero sum game where they can flood the market until they have put everyone else out of business. [/QUOTE]
Ever heard of Amazon? It's a business plan that works... At least for the one who can squeeze the others out of business
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Amazon is a disrupter and took advantage of a technology shift that changed consumer behavior.
Amazon played a role but so did consumers who realized they could go to a big box store, research, compare, demo and then buy cheaper online.
Technology disruption and commodity manipulation do not have the same drivers or intentions.
I don't think in the early days Amazon intended on purposely putting mom & pops out of business, they just got lucky and rode the wave towards e-commerce.
The current oil crisis started when the Russians decided they weren't gonna follow OPEC and wanted to increase production in a unilateral fashion. Mohammed bin Salman laid the smack down and said, ok, you wanna play? We can play and we can ride out short term losses to win the long game.
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I think you're giving Amazon way too much benefit of the doubt, but I own a retail company, so obviously I'm biased. Good points about oil, most of us never think past how nice it feels to fill up cheap. Same way most of us don't think about the fact that it's nice to have cheap retail products produced and sold from overseas companies, but that doesn't do us any favors either.
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Still figuring out setup for the mondo.
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But I’m still on the hard water too. Saw the full moon rise Tuesday for amazing pictures
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My bad, didn't mean to derail the pic thread.
Larry's screenshot was well intentioned but in my neck of the woods there are millions of jobs related to it at stake.
Please carry on.
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Ha, I'm just jealous since the ice only went off our lake a few days ago, we'll be out soon!
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Lake Conroe this week
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^^ Nice ^^^
Dang good looking wave.
What drone you all using?
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Mavic 2 Pro...I bought it for a trip last October. We rented a Catamaran in BVI for 7 days. I bought a Hubsan H501S first, and it was ok, but I knew Id be dissapointed if I used it for the trip. So I went all in, and bought the Mavic, and it was worth every penny. The vids are even better than the pics.Quote:
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Always nice to come home to. Now some warmer weather!
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Well....that’s boating done for at least the month of April. Our see-you-next-Tuesday of a Governor just banned all motorized boating in the state of Michigan. [emoji35][emoji2959]
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She is a flip flopper and can’t understand normal thinking!!!Quote:
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That sucks Stazi [emoji17]Quote:
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Was the governor being draconian or were douche canoe frat boys holding sandbar and tie-up parties that led to such drastic measures?
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Nobody is boating in Michigan yet, still pretty cold. The governor originally encouraged boating and outdoor activities during the stay at home order, obviously she changed her mind.Quote:
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Those are beautiful pics. I am looking at getting the Mavic air for this summer. They can be had for 30% off because the Air 2 is coming out. After extensively looking at videos and reviews on youtube, I find the Mini even has better video image than the longer in the tooth Mavic air. That's why I haven't pulled the trigger. Kinda holding off on reviews for the air 2 to come out to see if they upgraded the video quality (sensors, lenses software, etc). I don't want the mini because I want the follow me feature which can be usefull for following a surfer, also want the obstacle avoidance sensors the mini lacks. Really like the Mavic Pro versions but they are more Pro-sumer versions with a bit of higher price I'm willing to spend.Quote:
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Nice wave on the Max! Got any video of the wave from the drone?Quote:
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Took a couple GoPro pics yesterday. It’s getting warmer out. I’m guessing in a week or two we won’t need the wet suites.
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The Air made more sense for traveling, because its so compact, but the 10min battery life made me nervous. You can set the drone to come home at any percentage of low battery, but that doesnt help on a boat. Also, I've found its actually safer to catch the drone, instead of trying to land it on a boat. There is a whole new curve of learning on a boat verse land lol. The Mavic 2 Pro has a 20min battery, and that sealed it for me, since I knew I'd be flying over water 90% of the time. Unfortunately, the ski resorts wont let me fly it there, so I cant use it for snowboarding.Quote:
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