new boat.. see you out there!

[DEJ]

I think that Bravo 4 blade will work just fine on your boat.

[OCDACTIVE]

Originally Posted by DEJ

I think that Bravo 4 blade will work just fine on your boat.

I agree.. just have to figure out the right pitch. What is strange is the manufactorer says that below 2002 go with the 24 and 2002 models and above go with the 26. The hull design remained the same but I wonder if that is the year they went from the 500 EFI to the 525 EFI. That might account for the slightly different pitch.

Two killed in this high-speed crash;
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news...ision-in-Maine

It amazes me how many of these there have been once one looks for them. There are literally dozens of high-speed fatal boating accidents every year. They must be one of those stories that has become so common that the news barely mentions them in passing now. I could probably post another one every five minutes for the next three months if I wanted to stay logged on that long. Given the number of them, it's amazing that we didn't have on eon Winnipesaukee in over a year...oh ya...we had a speed limit.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by elchase

Two killed in this high-speed crash;
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news...ision-in-Maine

It amazes me how many of these there have been once one looks for them. There are literally dozens of high-speed fatal boating accidents every year. They must be one of those stories that has become so common that the news barely mentions them in passing now. I could probably post another one every five minutes for the next three months if I wanted to stay logged on that long. Given the number of them, it's amazing that we didn't have on eon Winnipesaukee in over a year...oh ya...we had a speed limit.

How did the speed limit not work here?????

And how did the Maine Legislature shoot down the proposed speed limit after the Long Lake conviction?

Here's one where a formula "traveling at a high rate of speed" crashed and killed two people;

http://www.newstimes.com/brookfield/ci_9929801

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by elchase

Here's one where a formula "traveling at a high rate of speed" crashed and killed two people;

http://www.newstimes.com/brookfield/ci_9929801

Hmmmmm....didn't I just post that above. Doesn't help your cause.

A lake with a Speed Limit, and there was a boat crash with a fatality?

Let me guess, a speed limit doesn't stop ALL high speed crashes???? Maybe he was drinking....

[sunset on the dock]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Hmmmmm....didn't I just post that above. Doesn't help your cause.

A lake with a Speed Limit, and there was a boat crash with a fatality?

Let me guess, a speed limit doesn't stop ALL high speed crashes???? Maybe he was drinking....

Don't know about you but I don't want all highway speed limits repealed just because a drunk may not obey them. BTW, cops often pick up the DUI's because they're being too careful to obey the speed limit and going significantly below the speed limit.

So a drunk boater going too fast crashes and kills two people and this somehow makes the argument that boats should be able to go as fast as they want? Should CT's BUI law be repealed too, since he didn't obey that? At least now they can throw the book at him. Had there been no BUI or SL laws, maybe he would have walked. But maybe that is what some of you guys are really concerned about....getting off after you've killed someone.

[OCDACTIVE]

Having second thoughts of putting in the flat compass in the dash. They don't make a size that will match and will have to put a fitting or housing in the open hole for it to fit.

I already have a depth gauge. so if you guys have a second any thoughts as to what other gauge would work here? I think I have everything covered but am definately up for suggestions.

Threw the last picture in as a fond memory.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by elchase

So a drunk boater going too fast crashes and kills two people and this somehow makes the argument that boats should be able to go as fast as they want? Should CT's BUI law be repealed too, since he didn't obey that? At least now they can throw the book at him. Had there been no BUI or SL laws, maybe he would have walked. But maybe that is what some of you guys are really concerned about....getting off after you've killed someone.

Sorry, you cannot have it both ways.

[hazelnut]

Originally Posted by elchase

Here's one where a formula "traveling at a high rate of speed" crashed and killed two people;

http://www.newstimes.com/brookfield/ci_9929801

2008 - Connecticut

Originally Posted by Ryan

Sorry, you cannot have it both ways.

It is you that cannot have it both ways. I only want it one way. I want it just like last summer from now on.

Originally Posted by hazelnut

2008 - Connecticut

So what? 9-11 was in NY, does that mean it is not of interest to Granite Staters? Are the people in NH constructed differently?

One dead in this one;
http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=11280141

[DEJ]

Hnut, use the ignore function, it works great.

Here's another fatality in NJ;
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...ounts_key.html

[DoTheMath]

Hmmm... I like that idea, show me the way people, show me the way!

[OCDACTIVE]

Originally Posted by DoTheMath

Hmmm... I like that idea, show me the way people, show me the way!

No problem. I have been getting this same request thru my PM's so I might as well tell everyone:

Go to: User CP - at the top of your screen
Left side Go to: Edit Ignore list
Enter: el.... oops I mean the person you want to ignore.

You will no longer get notified of the posts and they do not appear (Great function)

only thing you see is if it is copied from another user.

Happy Un-trolling.

Originally Posted by OCDACTIVE

You will no longer get notified of the posts and they do not appear (Great function)

But it's not the eight of you that I am posting this stuff for anyway. I just want the rest of the readership to understand how widespread this carnage is and how lucky we are to have ended it (fingers crossed) in NH. You eight are never going to appreciate the danger in what you do, but I'm showing everyone else what is going on all around us. And it's very hard for me to accept that OCD is not peeking anyway. Maybe even he will be converted once he sees how massive this problem is that already took the life of my dear friend.

I was going to keep posting these accident reports every few minutes; one after the next. There are enough to do this for months, but I've just been put on a five posts per day limit, so I'll only be able to post five times a day now. At that rate, I'll be able to post pretty much for ever, because there are probably more that five fatal high speed accidents every day. Don't know why anyone who boats would not want to know how common this problem is and how dangerous high-speed boating is.

Another one in FL takes the life of another 17 yr old girl. The boat entered the harbor "at a high rate of speed," officials said;
http://www.allbusiness.com/safety-ac...3127527-1.html

We should go back to letting cowboys like this decide how fast they want to boat, eh? Then we can start having deadly accidents like these again. (he said facetiously)

[BroadHopper]

Go into the person's profile and click on the ignore function. You won't be able to see his posts but you will be able to see his quotes in those replies of people who are not in the ignore list.

[DoTheMath]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

Go into the person's profile and click on the ignore function. You won't be able to see his posts but you will be able to see his quotes in those replies of people who are not in the ignore list.

Thank you!

[BroadHopper]

How about a Flowmeter? With gas prices going up, it is important that you know your GPH at any rpm.

http://www.floscan.com/html/blue/ser...sid=14&catid=2

[OCDACTIVE]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

How about a Flowmeter? With gas prices going up, it is important that you know your GPH at any rpm.

http://www.floscan.com/html/blue/ser...sid=14&catid=2

OH GOD NO!! I don't even want to calculate that.... thanks though.

I actually heard a salesman say to a first time person purchasing a boat when they asked what MPG do you get? He responded: If you ask that question you shouldn't be buying a boat. Wow was he right.. LOL

[BroadHopper]

I will be heading down to Lake Norman in NC for the holidays. My sister lives in a lake association. They pretty much boat year round down there.

There are some bad butt boats down there. It is the NASCAR racers playground. I thought I saw some toys here on the big lake. You should the babies they have down there!

They have the biggest rafting party ever! Spreading from one end of the lake to the other!

OCD maybe you can do a preseason test in NC. I'm sure sis would not mind a couple of boaters for a weekend.

[OCDACTIVE]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

I will be heading down to Lake Norman in NC for the holidays. My sister lives in a lake association. They pretty much boat year round down there.

There are some bad butt boats down there. It is the NASCAR racers playground. I thought I saw some toys here on the big lake. You should the babies they have down there!

They have the biggest rafting party ever! Spreading from one end of the lake to the other!

OCD maybe you can do a preseason test in NC. I'm sure sis would not mind a couple of boaters for a weekend.

Not a bad idea.. how far out of richmond is that?

[BroadHopper]

Originally Posted by OCDACTIVE

Not a bad idea.. how far out of richmond is that?

About 4 hrs and 15 mins down I-85. You can meet me there and we can bring the boat back up here together.

[VtSteve]

With the GPS, I didn't have much use for the speedo anymore. That was a good thing, because my "seasoned" mechanic didn't hook up the cable after they aligned the drive.

OCD, I've heard that the 28 AT is pretty darn competent in big water. From what I've heard about Lake Norman, that would be an interesting test. There are a few larger boats, say 33, that have great headroom in the cabin, 6' and as high as 6'7. That would make for a great dual purpose boat as well.

I've heard there's definite interest in adding more diesel power to models as well. The increase in mileage is extraordinary.

[LIforrelaxin]

I think I here OCD screaming as BH twists on his arm!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Seeker]

OCD, I think they make a TIDF (Troll Identification and Direction Finder gauge) that will fit right in a 2 1/8 in hole.

[OCDACTIVE]

Originally Posted by Seeker

OCD, I think they make a TIDF (Troll Identification and Direction Finder gauge) that will fit right in a 2 1/8 in hole.

LMAO!!!! I literally just choked on goldfish.. Thanks I needed that...

However you should patent that idea quickly.. I think there would be huge market for those. You could put your advertisement at the top of the page.

[OCDACTIVE]

hey dothemath.. so can I convince you to tow to Jammin this year?

[DoTheMath]

Originally Posted by OCDACTIVE

hey dothemath.. so can I convince you to tow to Jammin this year?

You can try - but not sure that'll happen, but... I never say never!

[VtSteve]

I experimented with props both last year and this year. Last year was with a 21" Rev 4, which proved to be too large. This year, I tried a 21" Laser II, which is still on the boat.

The stock prop was a 21" Black Max aluminum. So far, the Laser II has dropped RPM's by about 400, and the speed is down as well. Since this summer was somewhat time-challenged on the water, I didn't have the opportunity to do more scientific testing, eliminating other variables, and doing a head to head alum/SS test under identical conditions.

I will say one thing about the Laser, it was far more efficient than the aluminum blade, and gave the boat better steering control, and much better cruising attitude.