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Well, it's that time of the year once again. Both of my boats have been out of the water since October, and it's starting to wear on me big time. I've been trying to complete some projects on the boats, and decided to upgrade the speakers on my whaler. I had been using Fusion 6 1/2 inch speakers, which sounded great, but found a good deal on Polk DB-651's.

I was so desparate for something to do the other night, I braved the 25 degree temp. in my garage, (it was much colder outside) and replaced the speakers, then since I really hadn't introduced this whaler on this site (I tend to hang out at Clubsearay.com) I took this video.

So, let me offically introduce my '09 150 Supersport.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuqNGf...uqNGfjHQpM

Hope the weather is warm where you are, and for those who are suffering winter blues like I am, let's hope for an early spring.

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Scott....long time no see my friend!! How have you been?

That sure is a great looking stereo that you've put on your new Whaler....very nice and clean install. Oh, and those hugs seats are a definite bonus.

Man, I'm like you.....I'm so sick of winter already. Supposed to be 71 here tomorrow so the kids and I are putting the 13' in and going fishing in the morning. I haven't had the Whaler in the water since Labor day weekend so I know what your feeling.

I sent you a PM.

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Good to hear from you Cliff, been way too long. Good luck fishing, I am envious. Take pictures of your catch, I'd love to see what a fish looks like, as I kind of have forgotten, been so long and all.

Take care, and good fishing!
Scott

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Folks think we boat and fish year round in Florida. Here in Central Fl. its been cold or raining or windy since the first of Dec. Who wants to take the boat out when its 45* with 20mph winds. From what I here S Fl. isn`t much better. Its good weather for bowling though.

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Hey all, been gone for a while, but getting back in the saddle. Supposed to be in the 70's this week, so plan on taking the 22 out to run the motor a bit. Been a fair winter this year with much less cold weather then last year. Had the boat out to look at Christmas lights, so started the New Years out right!

Duf

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Duf!! Long time, no see brotha!

Ya, the kids and I are taking our 13' out today to do a little fishing out on the lake. It's suppose to get up to 74F today.....so it should be good. I bet the weather down in Corpus is nice today!

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Thats right, Rub it in.. Its been so cold here in MD that 25 degrees feels warm. The perch fishing in the upper bay has been off the hook, but dealing with the ice has been a real problem. I just cleaned 10" of snow off the boat and now deciding on a game plan to get the boat out of the yard to fish tommorrow. You southern guys don't know how good you have it.

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Ummm, Don....I hate to tell you this but I'm originally from New Jersey and Duf is from Conn. We do know how good we have it because we moved SOUTH!! Lol. Don't fret, you'll thaw out in June. Lol.

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Cliff is correct, was raised in Conn, and spent another 4 years in PA, so have been around the cold stuff. After PA, walked over to my neighbors house with my snow shovels, scrapers etc and said "i won't be needing these anymore" and moved to Fla. Spent 10 years there, then 2 in Ga, and headed south once more to Corpus in "96" and here i stay! My family has been sending me pictures of the beating they are taking this year in Conn. Man, wouldn't want to be there!

Duf

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Took the boat out today, it was supposed to make 70, did better was 76. The only bad part was wading to get it off the trailer and wading to get it back on. Water temp was 38. Only had to go in just over my ankles. I was not in very long but long enough to make my feet hurt before they went numb.

Snow storm, ice storm, something to hit monday night so last of the the thaw for a while.

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WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING... HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA MIDDAY TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM SYSTEM STARTS TO WIND DOWN DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE ILLINOIS SIDE OF THE LAKE. INCREASINGLY HEAVY AND MORE CONCENTRATED LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SHIFT INTO FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING FURTHER OFF TO THE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

* ACCUMULATIONS... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AND IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AS WELL AS NORTHWEST INDIANA. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA... DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND SETS UP AND HOW PERSISTENT IT IS OVER ANY ONE LOCATION.

This is what we have to look forward to this week. If they positing this four days out, it makes me wonder if it's going to be worse than forecast.

Man, I'm envious of all of you that get to use your boats in the winter....definitely need to move south.

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Looks like my weather instincts are as sharp as a tack. Here's the latest forecast.....

Issued by The National Weather Service
Chicago, IL
3:33 pm CST, Sun., Jan. 30, 2011

... BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING... HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA MIDDAY TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM SYSTEM STARTS TO WIND DOWN DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE ILLINOIS SIDE OF THE LAKE. INCREASINGLY HEAVY AND MORE CONCENTRATED LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SHIFT INTO FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING FURTHER OFF TO THE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

* ACCUMULATIONS... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AND IN EXCESS OF 18 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AS WELL AS NORTHWEST INDIANA. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 24 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA... DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND SETS UP AND HOW PERSISTENT IT IS OVER ANY ONE LOCATION.

* HAZARDS... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FREQUENT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.

* IMPACTS... NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS SNOW WILL BE ACCUMULATING AT A RAPID RATE DURING THE PEAK OF THE SNOW STORM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IN NORTHWEST INDIANA LATER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO SNARL TRAVEL THERE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.

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More Information
... MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...

.THE FIRST PHASE OF THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE FIRST PHASE ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE FOCUS THEN TURNS TOWARDS THE LARGER EVENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE EAST OF THE ROCKIES INTO EASTERN TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT AND RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AS IT SLIDES NORTH TUESDAY. THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE LOW CONTINUES TO WOBBLE WITH EACH NEW MODEL RUN... HOWEVER RELATIVE CONSISTENCY OF A TRACK FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS NORTH TO CENTRAL INDIANA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING LOOKS TO BE THE MOST PROBABLE TRACK. THIS WOULD PLACE THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE... OR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SLIDE NORTH AND STRENGTHEN... NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND BRING A FLOW OF COLD AIR ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN AIDING IN THE GENERATION OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RAMP UP WITH SUSTAINED WINDS TUESDAY EVENING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS THEN CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE FALLING SNOW MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. AS THE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH INTO CENTRAL INDIANA WEDNESDAY MORNING... WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TURN NORTHERLY AND BRING THE LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL TO NORTHWEST INDIANA.

BY LATER WEDNESDAY THE SNOW FROM THE DEPARTING WINTER STORM WILL BE WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE AREA BUT A BAND OF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST INDIANA WHERE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE LAKE EFFECT SHIFTS FURTHER OFF TO THE EAST INTO SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

COMBINED SNOW TOTALS FROM THE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAY EXCEED A FOOT AND A HALF ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE PROBABLE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE AFFECTING A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES... MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... INCLUDING THOSE TRAVELING THROUGH CHICAGO OHARE AND MIDWAY AIRPORTS... SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WINTER STORM..

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We have a NOAA National Weather Service "Weather Center" link on our left sidebar for those that want to check out their local weather. This also includes Marine Forecasts etc..
http://www.whalercentral.com/viewpage...page_id=92

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Thanks Joe, you can bet I'll be checking it frequently in the next couple days.

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Hey Scott, I wonder if your keen weather instincts have anything to do with being a big ole jet airplane pilot?? Lol.

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I suppose it doesn't hurt. :)

How was the fishing trip?

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Didn't catch anything, shoulda used minnows or shrimp. We used worms and got skunked.

My daughter had a blast playing with the worms though!! Lol.

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The temp was 76 on Saturday and supposed to drop to 12F for a low on Tuesday. Just a reminder from mother nature that winter is still here.

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She's braver than my boys, they still think the worms are yucky. (they take after their mom in that regard)

Great picture, thanks for sharing.

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Remember guys some of us live in Maine. This year they stopped the "inch" forecast and are just going to feet now. I will have the boat ready for August.

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Aw come on, are you a Gloucester Man or aren't ya. You guys love this stuff, admit it. :0

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76 saturday, just got the news they cancelled school again tomorrow. Current temperature is 10. Expecting -2 in the morning, Wow, we got a record snowfall, 10 inches where I live and drifts almost 24, Almost got the Jeep stuck trying to pull a pickup out of the ditch. Had to drive a little over 1/4 mile in the bar ditch dodging fence poles just to get back on the road. Only went one mile and saw 5 cars and trucks in the ditch, Be glad when it gets back up in the 50's. I caught one fish on saturday, trolling for stripers. It was a shad, what the stripers usually eat, did not think i could catch one on a lure. Weird. Boat started and ran well, after being garaged for 2 months. Hope to get back on the lake before the end of February, I have been stupid and went swimming here at that time.

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I hear ya, we're just down the road from you and I mean to tell ya...IT'S COLD!!! We haven't seen these kind of temps in McKinney for 15 years

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Today is the third day in a row that the schools have been closed. The roads are still iced up bad around here and the weather guessers are forecasting another inch of snow today. The temps haven't gone above 19F for three days now and won't go above freezing until Saturday. Just great........I'm so ready for spring!!

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We ended up with about 24 to 30 inches of snow, which made for real interesting snow blowing. My blower looked like a submarine at times, with the chute being the only thing visible as it dug a snow cave. Then I'd have to knock the ceiling down so that I could clear the drive. Our neighborhood has not been plowed since this started on Tuesday, so needless to say we are stranded. I guess it doesn't matter as everything is closed anyway. Temperature outside is -6 F. Did I mention that I hate winter?

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Scott......wow!

I guess when I put it in perspective, we don't really have it that bad at all.

Stay warm and stay safe bro......

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Well, its payback time. Have sleet and snow forecasted for this evening and tomorrow. Damn, its chilly out. Will be back in the 60's by sunday, but easily reminds me why i live in S Texas!

Duf

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I've been keeping good thoughts for my fellow Whaler-holics as well as all my fellow Americans dealing with the awfully cold weather. hang in there and try to stay warm. Thanks for the Indiana picture.
Zap

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80's here.

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It took me two hours to chop a walking path through the ice to the garage yesterday so I could check on the boat. I was beginning to have Whaler withdrawal symptoms.

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Got another 6 inches of "Global warming" in my driveway last night....

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It's finally happend, next door neighbor used the snowblower last night and covered what was left of my whaler. Please can we have a few weeks without snow!! I promise I'll clean her out and get her covered. Never have I seen snow like this. I live on the water and usually I get 4 inches and 3-miles inland they get a foot.

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Just ice in the Houston area and PLENTY of bitter cold wind. The Eastport sits in the garage...languishing

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It's still pretty chilly here although I hate to tell you guys...Its suppose to be in the 60s tomorrow and Sunday! I think everyone who isn't already sick will be after this rollercoaster ride of temperatures. I just hope this February isn't as bad as last February...We had like two weeks straight of temperatures that never got above 40. I know I know...look at the pictures right. I can't wait for Spring!!!!

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I know down here in SW GA we are by no means having what many of you are having this winter. But with all the posts, I thought I would chime in.

Mostly in the 40's here today and windy and cold rain all day. More tomorrow, but Sunday we get a little break. Then as the Weather Guy said on tonight's news, Next week colder and wetter. Agh!!!

I have an aluminum LeanTo to put up so I can work on my boat and keep it out of the direct sunlight to help protect the wood work. (Although Direct Sunlight would be a blessing right now ;). I can't even get out and dig the pole footers in the cold rain and mud.

Oh well, Spring will come eventually.

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Wow !!! you guys have been getting pounded for sometime in the North. I feel guilty mentioning what a beautiful day my family and I had with our Dauntless yesterday crusing on Biscayne Bay, Miami FL.

Conditions were 5 - 8 knot winds, bay waters smooth to light chop, water temp about 75 - 80F. We certainly will never have the type of weather you guys are suffering there but, small boating conditions down here have not been the best for a while now.

I say small boats like my 15 footer. The bay chop gets pretty rough on us and gets compounded with the larger boating traffic. Unfortunately we have alot of idiots down here with the go-fast boats that are not mindful of their smaller bretheren.

Well I wish you all to stay safe and to have warm thougths regarding your Whalers.

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Yesterday I went to the lake, searching for some sign of spring. Here's what I found:

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Hard to imagine that I'll be splashing the boats in 2 short months.

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In that first picture, it appears that there's a sailboat out there next to the lighthouse. Was that the case? Lol....if it were...those are some hard core crazies!!

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Actually, it's a channel marker that is encased in ice!!!

The lake is frozen as far as the eye can see, but I imagine that if you had a ice boat, some fun could be had.

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A channel marker? Wow.....that is amazing. Like you said earlier...it's hard to believe that you'll be possibly splashing the Whaler in two months time by looking at those pictures.

We are under another winter storm warning here in Dallas for freezing rain, ice and 2"-6" of snow tonight and into tomorrow morning. As you guys know from the Super bowl fiasco, we're getting hit pretty hard with winter weather this year in Dallas......the likes of which we have not seen in 20 years. This isn't unusual weather.....it's a typical weather cycle we're going through......about every 20 years or so.

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Aw come on, Christina wasn't that bad was she? Or did you mean the Black eyed peas? Either would pass for a disaster I suppose, after considering it further.....

Sorry about your weather though, that makes it really tough when you live in an area that is not used to that kind of snow. Just think, two weeks ago, you were on the water fishing. Amazing how things change back and forth. Let's hope for an early spring.

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9F in McKinney Texas this morning! The good news is on Sunday the temp is supposed to get up to 70F. Yahoo!!!

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Time to break the ice and go fishing again!

They actually delayed my son's school 2 hours today for frigid temperatures. -11 degrees F. right now.

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I actually feel bad, but since you asked, mid 70s all week (77 on Saturday), cloudless skies in San Diego, Whaler is in the slip. There is a big Navy Flyover on this weekend I think a few fellow whalers will meet up and make the 15 mile run from Mission Bay to San Diego. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/08/north-island-base-celebrates-100-years-flight-open/ should be a great day.

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ok, gonna hurt you guys. Going to brunch, and then taking the Whaler out. :)

Duf

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[quote]duf wrote:
ok, gonna hurt you guys. Going to brunch, and then taking the Whaler out. :)

I hope you enjoy yourself Duf. I am going to shovel the garage roof off. I think three feet of snow on what covering the oat may be bad.

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Got on Lanier today with my bride. Pushing 60 degrees with a small breeze gusting to 10 mph.
Zap

"Living in Maine and not owning a snow shovel is asking for trouble."

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So Duf, how'd it go? Did you do any fishing? How did your boat run?

Lucky dog...lol.

Hey man, we won't be able to come see you in June. My family is coming out from Georgia right when we do the get together. The kids and I were thinking about heading out to see ya in August. Would that be okay?

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Trip was excellent guys. ETEC cranked right up (as is normal) and headed to Ski Basin with Trish in tow. Had coordinated with Blender Bob, so he met us there as well. Hung out for the afternoon, stayed out of the water, though i'm sure it wasn't too cold. Was a shorts and tee shirt day, supposed to be close to 80 tomorrow, and 70's rest of the week.

Cliff, Aug is fine, but isn't Bob younger doing something with the Whaler Get to Gether in May?? thought that was the plan after our meet last year.

Duf

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Duf, MD is catching up with expected highs in the 40's, were half way there. Lol.

I wanted to attach a picture, but I can't seem to locate the attachment button to up load the picture. What am I missing?

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Great to hear Duf, your Outrage is a wonderful boat!! I've been dreaming about Ski Basin since we left last June.....that was one excellent time. As for the GTG...I haven't heard from Bob either...not sure what he has up his sleeve. If we had it at your house again, that would be A-okay with me.



DonP, Joe Kriz will refer you to adding photos in your personal page. However once in a while he allows you to embed a photo in the thread. You can embed your photo by uploading your picture in a photo hosting service like PhotoBucket, then once it's uploaded there...copy the image address that pops up next to the photo in Photobucket and then paste it in your response on this site. That's how we are able to post photos into the threads themselves.

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Rgr that Cliff, well, its probably not to soon to start discussing our normal get to gether. If you like, go ahead and start a thread, and i'll jump on it with you. Maybe call it

Bob Younger wake up call!! :)

Diff

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No kidding Duf. Last February we already 5 pages of us chatting away on the Corpus Christi GTG thread. I'll put a thread out there later today after I cook these childrens some dinner. ;)

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Cleaning up Whaler after a rough winter even down south here. What a great weekend here in Florida. Sun and in high 60s low 70s. Made me get the charger on the whaler battery. Although the T/T works fine without charger I felt it is a good idea to be sure she is topped off before heading out to the lake to run fresh gas through her.

I think we ALL look forward to this spring in the US after the winter goes back up north, way up north.