Re: What body of water do you boat in?
Large Lake, Puget Sound.
We usually tool around Lake Washington and the Ship Canal/Lake Union. Sometimes go through the locks to the water front to go find a cruise ship on Sundays and harass the Coast Guard. Cruise around Todd Shipyard and go to Alki point.
Too chicken though to venture across to Kitsap Pennensula in my little 17 foot Starcraft open bow though.
One scary story for you Pacific Northwest guys who know the area.
My friends have a place on Miller Bay, around the corner from Suquamish.
They had a 12 Larson with a 50 hp Merc on it. We used to launch at Shillshole and cruise across, occasionally we would water ski across if we were feeling up to it.
One time we were just cruising across, full speed, 25 mph probably, water was choppy, not rough. We look ahead of us, a huge wave/wake was right there. We launch off the wave, i think the boat was completey out of the water, nose down, splash, bow buries itself in the water and fills half the boat. We stop and start bailing.
We looked around for a ship that could have made it. none around. but in the distance we see a little pole in the water. Check it out through the binoculars and it was a periscope from a submarine.
About 30 min later we are still bailing a Navy RIB stops by, and asks if we are ok, we say yes, they helped pump out our boat, but could not confirm or deny any submarine in the area. hmmmm