Who Still Has A Boat In??

[Pine Island Guy]

The Eastern got pulled at the end of November, but we still have the Alumacraft in until we can't break through the ice...

It has been spectacular out on the water with beautiful weather!

Ice-In? what's that?!?! -PIG

[fatlazyless]

Pulled my 16'-40hp outboard boat out about a week ago, and am chicken to lower a small sailboat down the embankment ramp, and go sailing with this December warm-up because flipp'n a sailboat with no other boats out there to help could be a very chilly problem. One would have to be crazy to go sailing out there, alone, this time of year.

There are some locations in Connecticut, and Long Island, and Delaware where small sailboats actually go sailing in the winter, and call it frostbite sailing or something, but it's not done on Lake Winnipesaukee. A safety motorboat would be very helpful to accompany frostbite sailing.

So, when will the lake freeze over this year ..... it usually freezes on about January 7.

http://www.unionleader.com/Divers-fi...Concord-kayker .....wonder if this deceased 68-year old man was wearing a pfd because one can supposedly survive 15-minutes in 34-degree water if you have a determined attitude, and do not swallow water going down the wrong pipe in the initial plunge and drown.

Is it correctly spelled 'kayker' or kayaker?

Suggest you google "Concord resident dies while kayaking in Turkey Pond, his favorite place" to read a lengthy article about John Stapler, age 68, a retired Lieutenant Colonel, US Army. One of his children says he did not wear a pfd, "he was stubborn."

I know that I don't always use a pfd because it is bulky and overly warm, so I use a swimmer's belt moved up to just under my armpits, and the swimmer's belt is better for swimming than a pfd because it centers your buoyancy, and can easily be re-positioned for balance and buoyancy, and tightened while in the water ... just like a fat belt.

Holy crap .....what a tragedy!

[8gv]

My boats really want to go out on the water.

My ambition to arrange this is not quite equal to the task.

In February, I shall regret this.

[Patiently Watching]

I still have a boat in the water...

[billy]

been a good "off season" on Lockes this year still have the pontoon boat in. looks like a few more weeks before it gets traded in for my sled

[Donzi Minx]

You guys are killing me!
Enjoy it whilst you can.

[BroadHopper]

Marina may pull the boat out any time before Christmas. I'm up for a little cruise this weekend weather permitting unless the marina pull the boat out!

[ishoot308]

With all you guys and gals enjoying the lake and your island residences still, I'm thinking I need to get a small boat with a tiller motor on it for late season opportunities like this. After the big boats have been put away in storage, it sure would be nice to visit the island when its this nice out late in the season! Maybe some kind of small Aluminum deep v hull that I can simply store in my garage on a trailer and put in and out when I need...try to keep it as simple as possible...Hmmm another boat??

Dan

[upthesaukee]

I keep thinking that a small center console, 12-14 ft, with a 25 hp motor, and trailer. Easy drop in and pull out, and nice for a putt putt cruise late in the season, or early in the season before ice out.

I like the way you think, I Shoot 308!!!

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

I keep thinking that a small center console, 12-14 ft, with a 25 hp motor, and trailer. Easy drop in and pull out, and nice for a putt putt cruise late in the season, or early in the season before ice out.

I like the way you think, I Shoot 308!!!

Something like this maybe?... http://www.bostonwhaler.com/Page.asp...110-Sport.aspx

Or maybe their 15' Montauk for the windshield??

Sounds like a reason for a trip to the boat show!!

Dan

[Broken Glass]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Something like this maybe?... http://www.bostonwhaler.com/Page.asp...110-Sport.aspx

Or maybe their 15' Montauk for the windshield??

Sounds like a reason for a trip to the boat show!!

Dan

I bought a 15' Montauk with a 60HP merc this summer. It is a perfect second boat for the island. I have been towing it up every weekend since I pulled the big boat and working on the camp out on the lsland. I'm out here right now and the lake is pristine as the fog is finaly lifting off the water. It was IFR for the trip out this morning. Back to the boat, it is the nicest 15' boat that I have ever been in. Stable, dry, easy for my wife to take to town from the island, and nothing to tow back and forth off season until the ice is in.
Check them out!
Dan

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Broken Glass

I bought a 15' Montauk with a 60HP merc this summer. It is a perfect second boat for the island. I have been towing it up every weekend since I pulled the big boat and working on the camp out on the lsland. I'm out here right now and the lake is pristine as the fog is finaly lifting off the water. It was IFR for the trip out this morning. Back to the boat, it is the nicest 15' boat that I have ever been in. Stable, dry, easy for my wife to take to town from the island, and nothing to tow back and forth off season until the ice is in.
Check them out!
Dan

Thanks for the info! Does that model have a self bailing hull?? I would really want a self bailing hull where it would be staying out at the island. I don't want to rely on batteries and bilge pumps, seen too many sink at the dock after a couple days of rain. I know my old Outrage Whaler had a self draining hull...guess I should of kept that boat!!

Dan

[Broken Glass]

Yes the boat is self bailing. I leave it on a mooring at the island with the bilge pump off and the plug out. Let it rain all week no problem with a sunken boat or a dead battery.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by Broken Glass

Yes the boat is self bailing. I leave it on a mooring at the island with the bilge pump off and the plug out. Let it rain all week no problem with a sunken boat or a dead battery.

I would answered that the boat is not self bailing as it does not have scuppers like the sport model. It has a small well with a bilge pump and a plug in the bottom of the well. So all the years that we had that boat at Welch I ran down batteries running the pump on auto until ishoot308 gave me a solar charger.

I did know that the Whaler has flotation under the floor but it never occurred to me to just pull the plug and see what happened. Well of course it is the unsinkable boat and now I guess that the well will fill and then that is about it. Now if only I had learned that 9 years ago!

[8gv]

Originally Posted by Broken Glass

It was IFR for the trip out this morning.
Dan

Is there a Cat 3 approach to get you in?

I have an Edgewater 140cc powered by a 50 hp Merc two smoke.

I can vouch for its self bailing capability.

While I was keeping the boat in FL I tested the "unsinkable" attribute.

With my wife and three kids hanging on, I intentionally put the bow into a 6' wake left from a dinner cruise boat.

The entire hull was floaded, up to the gunnels, with 85* water.

In a matter of ten minutes the water had completely drained out and we were sitting high and well, not so dry.

On my boat the center console is glassed in as an integral part of the deck liner. No water infiltrated the console.

With some boats, you must be careful not to break the hull in a rough sea. With the Edgewater and Whalers, the humans will break first!

[Broken Glass]

This was more like an old ADF timed approach

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by Broken Glass

I bought a 15' Montauk with a 60HP merc this summer. It is a perfect second boat for the island. I have been towing it up every weekend since I pulled the big boat and working on the camp out on the lsland. I'm out here right now and the lake is pristine as the fog is finaly lifting off the water. It was IFR for the trip out this morning. Back to the boat, it is the nicest 15' boat that I have ever been in. Stable, dry, easy for my wife to take to town from the island, and nothing to tow back and forth off season until the ice is in.
Check them out!
Dan

We sold our Montauk last summer when we bought the Eastern. Now with the Eastern up on timbers in the covered slip we really miss having the Whaler for Nov/Dec boating. Great second boat for the island.

BTW, Dave Ewing sold the boat for us to someone that has a camp on Rattlesnake. Bow# NH 1814BM.

[Broken Glass]

That would be us that bought your boat! I bought it for my wife Jacki for her birthday. It is a beutiful boat and you can rest assured she got a good home. Park her in my heated barn right next to the Grady when not in the water. I have admired the Easterns for a long time. David is always trying to get me to sell the Grady and buy one. They are a beutiful boat. I wish you the best of luck with your new boat!
Stop by Rattlesnake and say hi anytime!
Dan

[Slickcraft]

I thought that might have been the case. My wife bought the Montauk new; it being something that she was comfortable driving. Now that we have the Eastern she found that she is comfortable driving that where she was not comfortable driving the inboard. And the Whaler saw very little use the past 2 years.

Photo is my daughter learning to drive with my wife standing behind her. The Whaler is a great boat for that. It is also very capable of handling rough water.

I'm sure that you will be able to enjoy it for many years.

[Broken Glass]

The boat is perfect for the use we have at the island.
as a matter of fact, I just got home (Atkinson) with the boat in tow, after working all day on the island.
When the plug is removed from the boat the water comes up to the top of the small bilge in the back. Of course once you board the boat the plug has to go back in or the water level rises. We put the plug in, hit the pump, and away we go for the weekend. Great Boat!!
It's nice to know where the boat came from. Hopefuly we can meet some day. I also am looking forward to meeting Dan (Ishoot) one of these days. It truly is a small world!!
Dan

[MOXIE]

I have two Boston Whalers, both 1988, Montauk that I will never sell and a 13ft sport that I would trade for ??????. Any takers??? MOXIE

[Formula260SS]

I have to chime in here, picked up a used 16' Dauntless with a 90 4 Stroke 2 years ago. Love the boat, I always thought it was hype but Whalers are everything and more. I leave it on the mooring without worry and when the weekend comes it's used to take the kids Skiing, scoot over to the neighbors, make trash runs and as a taxi for the neighborhood cookout's. The only problem is the price for a new 18".....ouch

[Descant]

For ishoot308, who brought us the Latvian ice cafrousel: the arctic airboat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l7h4dVD35Q

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Broken Glass

That would be us that bought your boat! I bought it for my wife Jacki for her birthday. It is a beutiful boat and you can rest assured she got a good home. Park her in my heated barn right next to the Grady when not in the water. I have admired the Easterns for a long time. David is always trying to get me to sell the Grady and buy one. They are a beutiful boat. I wish you the best of luck with your new boat!
Stop by Rattlesnake and say hi anytime!
Dan

Well isn't this a wonderful forum story!! Such a small world. I know your boat well as Slick is my neighbor and you bought a nice boat!

Dan

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

With all you guys and gals enjoying the lake and your island residences still, I'm thinking I need to get a small boat with a tiller motor on it for late season opportunities like this. After the big boats have been put away in storage, it sure would be nice to visit the island when its this nice out late in the season! Maybe some kind of small Aluminum deep v hull that I can simply store in my garage on a trailer and put in and out when I need...try to keep it as simple as possible...Hmmm another boat??

Dan

One word:

Hovercraft.

[Pine Island Guy]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

One word:

Hovercraft.

A hovercraft would be a dream, but so far Santa hasn't brought it down the chimney... maybe I need a bigger chimney?

I was close to buying my neighbors old 14' Boston Whaler for "off season" because it would be a little more comfortable than the Alumacraft. But, stayed with the 1960 Alumacraft because it does very well as an ice-breaker, and I was worried the fiberglass would get torn up plowing through ice.

Looking like another beautiful weekend ahead! -PIG