Would You Fish Out This? Could You?

[J Francho]

Won't be a problem here.  Boat won't be moored.

[Jigfishn10]

Copy that.

[slonezp]

On 1/11/2022 at 2:13 PM, Jigfishn10 said:

I'm glad I didn't...Fricken seagulls make a mess

Do you have raw water washdown on the boat?

[TnRiver46]

Yeah, I thought the advantage of sea deck was easy clean up. But I’ve never seen it in person, supposedly you can hose it down. I can’t imagine how nasty seagull poo might be……… ? 

[Jigfishn10]

12 hours ago, slonezp said:

Do you have raw water washdown on the boat?

It will be on my next one in a couple of years...?

 

Right now I leave a bucket on board and it was filling up pretty good with rain we got last year. If it didn't rain I could walk out to it at low tide and do the clean-up/maintenance it needs. Not even a 1/4 mile walk from the house, actually maybe half that. Around mid-season I carried the battery back to charge...so not bad

[J Francho]

12 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Yeah, I thought the advantage of sea deck was easy clean up. But I’ve never seen it in person, supposedly you can hose it down. I can’t imagine how nasty seagull poo might be……… ? 

I have it in my Hobie Compass, and it's pretty awesome. A little oxy spray light scrub and it's as new. 

[slonezp]

Something I'm wondering about. About 50% of the hybrids don't have lockable rod storage. What is the reasoning behind this?

[J Francho]

No clue. Caymas has lockable. 

[slonezp]

 

[J Francho]

Nice boat, not fast enough.

[MN Fisher]

32 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Nice boat, not fast enough.

Fast enough for me - 39mph is only 1mph below the speed limit on my lake...

[slonezp]

Lol, been slow at work. I'm watching boat videos. 

[J Francho]

3 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Fast enough for me - 39mph is only 1mph below the speed limit on my lake...

No limit on my lakes

[Jigfishn10]

Is there a marina near by? You’ll be going through some serious gas at better than 39 mph and that size boat.

[slonezp]

The only thing missing is a deck insert

 

[J Francho]

I like everything about it except the front deck.  The cushion snaps are junk.

[Jigfishn10]

Only 55 mph? Too slow for JF.

[J Francho]

It's in my bottom range, lol.  I'd prefer something around 70 for top speed.  I don't want to be sucking fuel at WOT going 40 mph.  I'd rather sip fuel at 40% throttle doing 40 mph.

[slonezp]

If you're bored, here's a walk thru of the Miami boat show.

 

[Jigfishn10]

This thread had me thinking a couple of months ago about the possibility of upgrading to a bigger boat. Guess I'll wait until next year or so. I wouldn't be able to afford the fuel.

 

@slonezp, I hope work picks up for you so you won't keep posting all these boats.  

[J Francho]

25 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

I wouldn't be able to afford the fuel.

Unleaded Regular E10 was $4.58 /gal. yesterday.  I was in a hurry, so I only pumped $10, and realized that was less than three gallons, lol.  

[Jigfishn10]

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

Unleaded Regular E10 was $4.58 /gal. yesterday.  I was in a hurry, so I only pumped $10, and realized that was less than three gallons, lol.  

 

I can imagine what the marina's will be charging this year. Back in '08 gas got to about $4.11/gal and I think the marina's in Kennebunkport were selling gas in the $7's. My little Edgewater with it's 70HP will do just fine this year.  

[J Francho]

30 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

selling gas in the $7's

?

[MN Fisher]

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Unleaded Regular E10 was $4.58 /gal. yesterday. 

And I'm cringing because it hit $3.99 here the other day.

 

I have a 'cheat' - grocery shop at Cub, for every $100 spent, get $0.10 per gallon off at Holiday...of course, right now I'm sitting on a $0.30/gallon discount with a 3/4 full tank in the truck.

[J Francho]

We don't have anything like that here. I could get a BJ's membership but there's none right close by. If this goes on further, I may have to rethink this whole boat thing.