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wendyg · 06-10-2010, 08:24 AM

We had a great first experience on the lake and no major problems. Because of the sky conditions and late start, we changed our plans and decided not to venture up to Center Harbor. It was after 5pm by the time we got the boat in the water and gassed up to go! We wanted to see the boat in the rack and the kids got a kick out of watching the guys put the boat in the water...all part of the first experience! We took a right out of Saunder's Bay and headed out into the Broads past Diamond Island and Rattlesnake. Got to open it up, which was a lot of fun. Noone was on the lake and it was pretty calm considering the skies. We headed back to Governors Island and then came back in. Everyone had a great time! We are looking forward to getting the GPS to help us learn the name's of the Islands and have a heads up on the markers more than anything else. Visualizing them was a bit tricky, but we did just fine and didn't really go into any areas where we encountered a lot of them. Found the Witches, of course, and what we think were the markers around Eagle Island. We didn't go in close enough to identify the lighted buoy, as the skies were really starting to darken up and we decided it was time to head in, cover the boat and get some dinner.

Here were our errors...forgot to shut the blowers off once we started heading out, and forgot to check the batteries. Not any worse then the couple of times we had to pull over with the camper and connect the brake controller...oops! All part of learning something new.

Trying to post pictures...any tips on that!

06-10-2010, 08:24 AM	#18
wendyg Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 32 Thanks: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Update on first trip We had a great first experience on the lake and no major problems. Because of the sky conditions and late start, we changed our plans and decided not to venture up to Center Harbor. It was after 5pm by the time we got the boat in the water and gassed up to go! We wanted to see the boat in the rack and the kids got a kick out of watching the guys put the boat in the water...all part of the first experience! We took a right out of Saunder's Bay and headed out into the Broads past Diamond Island and Rattlesnake. Got to open it up, which was a lot of fun. Noone was on the lake and it was pretty calm considering the skies. We headed back to Governors Island and then came back in. Everyone had a great time! We are looking forward to getting the GPS to help us learn the name's of the Islands and have a heads up on the markers more than anything else. Visualizing them was a bit tricky, but we did just fine and didn't really go into any areas where we encountered a lot of them. Found the Witches, of course, and what we think were the markers around Eagle Island. We didn't go in close enough to identify the lighted buoy, as the skies were really starting to darken up and we decided it was time to head in, cover the boat and get some dinner. Here were our errors...forgot to shut the blowers off once we started heading out, and forgot to check the batteries. Not any worse then the couple of times we had to pull over with the camper and connect the brake controller...oops! All part of learning something new. Trying to post pictures...any tips on that!