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  1. RGrew176

    Been a little cold.

    We don't mind sharing our temps with other parts of the country. Enjoy.
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    2025 - My Season By The Numbers

    I find that 2' waves the boat handles them well. 3' is a bit more of a challenge. No. Just two toons. 24" Maximum winds around 15 MPH. Waves 2' or less the boat handles them very well. 3' and it gets a bit more challenging. So that is probably my limit as pontoons are nor rough water boats...
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    2025 - My Season By The Numbers

    This past season I towed it with a 2024 Ford Ranger with the 2.3 ecoboost engine. The Ranger did OK. No real issues averaged about 10.6 MPG towing. My longest tow was up to Lake Superior about an 800 mile round trip. Being a pontoon it sits much higher on the trailer than a monohull boat does...
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    2025 - My Season By The Numbers

    2025 My Season By The Numbers 2025 was a good year. I traded in my 22 Stingray 182 SC for a 23 Sun Tracker Party Barge 22 DLX pontoon demo boat with a 115 HP Mercury Pro XS outboard at the Detroit Boat Show in February. Price was right. I never saw myself as a pontoon boat owner until my Son...
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    2025/'26 CFB Playoffs

    Miami played great for the whole game. OSU played great for the 2nd half to little to late to overcome Miami.
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    Boating GPS

    When I purchased my pontoon boat in February I looked at several GPS units. I decided on the Garmin ECHOMAP UHD2 53CV+TRANSDUCER. It worked flawlessly all season. It has all the inland lakes, rivers and Great Lakes where I do most of my boating. Being a Garmin unit it works well in the daylight...
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    Jeez! What happened to global warming

    Just read article that scientists are now concerned that we may be heading into a cooling period. They can't seem to make up their minds.
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    Boat values

    A used boat is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it. Book values are only a guide.
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    2025 NFL/CFB News and Nonsense

    And then not taking the kickoff to start the overtime period. I would have thought they would want the ball first.
  10. RGrew176

    Trail camera issues fixed, now pics from them ...

    I have a friend who once managed to take down 2 deer with 1 shot. They were standing side by side the round went through the 1st dear and the 2nd taking both of them down. DNR didn't originally believe the story but he had 2 others who witnessed the shot so he took 2 on 1 tag. Me I am not a...
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    2025 NFL/CFB News and Nonsense

    Yes, they did.
  12. RGrew176

    Boat is put away for winter. What to do every day ?

    I have launched as early as March 15th and as late and November 7th. I am in S/E Michigan south of Detroit.
  13. RGrew176

    Hope you are not afraid of heights!

    It's not the fall that kills you. It is that sudden stop.
  14. RGrew176

    S A F E T Y B R I E F I N G

    I plan to be out on the boat tomorrow and Saturday weather permitting.
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    Major Boating Accident On Lake Tahoe

    Same is true with Lake Erie. Can go from dead calm to 6+ foot waves in less than 15 minutes.
  16. RGrew176

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Actually there are 2 babies in the nest. Can't wait for them to depart.
  17. RGrew176

    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    This mama dove decided to make a nest on the starboard pontoon of my boat. Due to some migratory bird treaty of 1918 I cannot remove the nest so my boat is held hostage until the baby dove flies away. Hopefully soon. Saw the dove hanging around my boat so I searched and found the nest on the...
  18. RGrew176

    Thinking of trading deck boat for jet boat

    Seaweed would be a big problem on Lake Erie it is floating all over the lake and it can be difficult to get rid of once sucked up into the drive. It is one of the reasons I traded in my Jet Ski after 2 seasons used on Lake Erie and the Detroit River. I remember a trip from Grosse Ile to Put in...
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    What kind of damage from an I/O in salt water for 2-3 years?

    I don't know why a dry bilge is such a problem. Of the 13 or so boats I have owned all except one of them had dry bilges. The only one that had water in the bilge was my 1963 Chris Craft Constellation. It had a wooden planked hull and when first placed in the water there was water in the bilge...
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    New boat owners leaving the hobby

    I have a lottery boat too if I were so lucky. Probably a 45' Formula or Cruisers. I also might look into a catamaran. One can dream.
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