09-06-2018, 02:06 AM
I had my boat on the water today too, but didn't get there until around 11. Most of my focus was on getting my outboard dialed in a little better since it had been having issues. Smaller jets seem to have helped it. I marked a few places where my sonar was showing lots of fish. Still learning where to fish since having a functional boat is fairly new to me. An ugly storm was rolling in around 2:00, so I headed in.
After loading my boat, both bunks on the right side of the trailer separated halfway. Luckily it didn't do any damage to the boat and I was able to get them stuck back into place for the ride home. Looks like I'll be taking some measurements to replace them tomorrow. Next time I attempt DC, I'll definitely be going earlier in the day. It was really nice without 200 other boats on the water.
Despite how peaceful it was without tons of people there, I still had issues with a pretty large boat go flying by about 30 feet from where I was sitting. My shallow 18.5' boat doesn't do well when something twice as big creates what seems like a tsunami. Couldn't see bow numbers by the time I pulled the hook out of my finger and decided not to follow to avoid saying or doing something I'd later regret.
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After loading my boat, both bunks on the right side of the trailer separated halfway. Luckily it didn't do any damage to the boat and I was able to get them stuck back into place for the ride home. Looks like I'll be taking some measurements to replace them tomorrow. Next time I attempt DC, I'll definitely be going earlier in the day. It was really nice without 200 other boats on the water.
Despite how peaceful it was without tons of people there, I still had issues with a pretty large boat go flying by about 30 feet from where I was sitting. My shallow 18.5' boat doesn't do well when something twice as big creates what seems like a tsunami. Couldn't see bow numbers by the time I pulled the hook out of my finger and decided not to follow to avoid saying or doing something I'd later regret.
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