posted 06-28-2003 11:13 PM ET (US)        

Fishing and crusing and diving.

Hope to see a few of you in that area too.

Where will you be? Let us know and we will be able to keep an eye out.

posted 06-29-2003 12:55 AM ET (US)            

Thanks again for all your advice with the motor. I got talked into tearing my Mercury down this morning and found out that the damage was less severe than anticipated. It had one damaged piston/ring. I'm taking the block to be machined Monday morning and expect to be crabbing as well in the Puget Sound this fourth of July (if everthing goes back together as expected).

posted 06-29-2003 01:01 AM ET (US)            

On the gulf we will be scalloping, fishing for trout, kings, and black bass.

posted 06-29-2003 11:04 AM ET (US)            

Up early to fish for Salmon.

Afternoons skiing, tubeing, cruising etc.

posted 06-29-2003 04:33 PM ET (US)            

Scallop season opens on July 1st but I am not sure of the boundy in that area or local rules...so ask around and get local info. If you can try it out...lots of fun and the best time to spot them is when the sun is high and it's also a good way to cool off. Don't forget your mask, snorkel and fins.

Have a Happy/Safe trip.

posted 06-29-2003 11:41 PM ET (US)         

If I can convince SWMBO that the boat won't be too much trouble to take, I will be using it in and around Beaufort/Atlantic Beach/Morehead City, NC during the holiday weekend.

LOML=Love Of My Life?

posted 06-30-2003 10:13 PM ET (US)            

We're likely to be fishing off of Charleston (Oregon) or Winchester Bay. There are lots of salmon and crab to be caught!

posted 07-01-2003 09:21 AM ET (US)            

Let the games begin!!!

posted 07-02-2003 09:21 AM ET (US)            

Home on the dock during the day and later quietly motoring down the canal to a small cove to anchor and watch the fireworks without the bedlam:-)

Have a happy and safe holiday and remember what it stands for. It's not just a day off.

posted 07-02-2003 10:31 AM ET (US)            

Oh yeah...and splashing the 15 and the 13 for kids and guests.....

posted 07-06-2003 05:01 AM ET (US)            

I spent the day going through the ABC's of outboard repair.
New gas, new fuel line and connectors, clean out fuel pump, blow out carbs, drain bulbs, kick dog, cuss wife and last but not least...pack up , load up and head home.

So...who was it that asked..."Where will you be on the 4th of July" anyway?

posted 07-06-2003 09:30 AM ET (US)            

One of them managed capsize off Point Pinos the morning of
the Fourth. From the VHF traffic, three people in a 13'
tri-hull (could even have been a whaler). Dunno how they
managed to capsize, it was pretty flat in the morning
(Afternoon was another story). Anyway they got picked up
by somebody and their boat was still floating when we
started the dive.

And we have new form of launch ramp turkey in Monterey.
Somebody has started an amphibious truck tour operation using
an updated version of the WWII DUKW. These guys thing think
they own the ramp which is not supposed to be used for
commericial operations. They want people to move their
boats off the courtesy dock so they can launch the big
noisy stinky beast.

posted 07-06-2003 10:04 AM ET (US)            

Out on Lake Charlevoix, in Michigan. On the 4th, there were three Whalers in "port" here on Lake Charlvoix. Too many people here to fish out the Whalers from our host's friends. Great weather, and I won't go on and on and on.

Did not see lhg, but if I see a classic Outrage with twin Mercs I will wave. Took our little 15 up to Fishermans Island yesterday, our one trip to the "Big Lake". Rest of the time will be out in Lake Charlevoix.

Be here through the 8th...

posted 07-06-2003 06:39 PM ET (US)            

2 July. Picked up the tow vehicle from tire dealer. Four new tires, rather expensive extra load version.

3 July. Picked up boat from storage yard. Paid summer storage bill. Parked in front of house. Trailer brakes seem not to work.

4 July. Temperature is 90-degrees by 10 a.m.--too hot to work on boat. Thunder storm rolls through, very strong winds and rain. Boat cockpit fills with pine needles and other windborn vegetation debris, rain water. Huge limb breaks off tree near house. Winds70-MPH. Limb just misses roof. Clean up cockpit after storm. Install batteries. Install new steering wheel. Discover helm pump in hydraulic steering is out of fluid. Where did that go?

5 July. Turn the water back on for outdoor faucet. Start to clean up boat from winter in storage. Thunder storms roll though, heavy rain. Boat cockpit full of new debris, new water. Boat sitting on trailer and slopes the wrong way so cockpit does not drain well.

6 July. More thunderstorms coming. Refill hydraulic steering and bleed. Extremely heavy rains in mid-afternoon. Boat cockpit fills with more debris and water. Bail out and clean up for third time this weekend.

7 July. Will take boat back to storage yard and try again next weekend.

posted 07-06-2003 09:34 PM ET (US)            

1. Begged my dad all morning to drive me to pick up a boat the was offered to me for free.

2. After a few beers he agrees to take me to "look at it" and he says that it will be up to him if it is going to be parked in "his" yard.

3. After looking at it and a lot more begging and a few more cold ones out of the cooler in the truck he says that he'll let me keep it in the yard.

4. We drive back to our house and take my 11' whaler off the trailer and pull the trailer to where my "free" boat is.

5. Load the boat on the trailer and pull it home.

6. Park the old woody in the yard.

7. Wash my new toy down and see what she looks like clean.

8. Look at my new toy and smile :)

9. Take up the floor boards and fish the mice out of it (old man don't know about that)

10. Go inside because I was sick of working on the boat in the hot sun.

Net work accomplished: Got an old wooden boat ( one of the one's that has seats like a car) and cleaned her up.

posted 07-06-2003 09:47 PM ET (US)            

It sounds like a bad case of Murphy's Law.

I had a case of it myself.

I went to clean up my 13 Sport to show just incase I had a potential customer over the weekend from my local add. The weather was either too hot or raining so I left it go. This morning I received a phone call at 7:00am and had a showing at 8:00am. I busted my buns for 1 hour and had it kind of ready. The person shows up looks at it for 2 minutes and says; "I'll take it". I didn't even have to start it. Go figure.