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10-29-2019, 07:05 PM
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#421
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Guru
City: Solomons Island Md
Vessel Name: Fryedaze
Vessel Model: MC 42 (Overseas Co) Monk 42
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,721
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
Well they've pulled most of the buoys from Hell Gate. Other than draft, you could probably drive a container ship through there now. From what I understand, they have one buried cable that they need to identify the owner of, so that they can dredge and bury it deeper. Other than that, it looks like 12' at MLW and wide enough for 2 tugs and barges to pass each other. No reservations going through there in the dark at dead low tide.
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Thank is great news. We should slide thru Hell Gate in about two weeks.
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11-05-2019, 09:19 AM
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#422
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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Another tough day on the AICW.
Ted
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Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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11-05-2019, 09:25 AM
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#423
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Guru
City: St Augustine,Fl
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,798
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you need to take it easy Ted..lol
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Jack ...Chicken of the sea! Been offshore 3 miles once
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11-05-2019, 09:35 AM
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#424
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Guru
City: Solomons Island Md
Vessel Name: Fryedaze
Vessel Model: MC 42 (Overseas Co) Monk 42
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,721
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
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Chesapeake is friendly today too
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11-05-2019, 10:14 AM
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#425
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,050
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
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wow a stress less day! Are you in your shorts, flip flops and cheap sunglasses???
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11-05-2019, 10:48 AM
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#426
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Guru
City: Southport, FL near Panama City
Vessel Name: FROLIC
Vessel Model: Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,984
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
Another tough day on the AICW.
Ted
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Well, darn it, somebody has to do it. Otherwise the lubbers will not have anything on the water to point at as you pass them by.
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Rich Gano
FROLIC (2005 MainShip 30 Pilot II)
Panama City area
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11-05-2019, 01:21 PM
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#427
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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Well it was a tough day. Picked up a mooring in Titusville around noon (visiting a friend tonight) and was eating tuna ahi tacos ($12) by 1PM at:
https://www.pier220.com/
Do yourself a favor, don't look at the menu if you don't want to stop. Yes, they have a dinghy dock.
With a BoatUS card, mooring (with a pumpout included I believe) and filling water tanks is <$21.
Ted
__________________
Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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11-06-2019, 05:56 AM
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#428
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Guru
City: Annapolis
Vessel Name: Ranger
Vessel Model: 58' Sedan Bridge
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 7,088
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fryedaze
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Hmmm... we must have been in sight of one another sometime yesterday.
Made Annapolis to Portsmouth, kinda boring... but the weather window seemed too good to pass up.
-Chris
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Chesapeake Bay, USA
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11-06-2019, 06:09 AM
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#429
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Guru
City: Solomons Island Md
Vessel Name: Fryedaze
Vessel Model: MC 42 (Overseas Co) Monk 42
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,721
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ranger42c
Hmmm... we must have been in sight of one another sometime yesterday.
Made Annapolis to Portsmouth, kinda boring... but the weather window seemed too good to pass up.
-Chris
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Yep, long day for us at 8 knot. Only made it to Hampton. Buck Island tonight. We love first light departures.
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11-08-2019, 10:45 AM
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#430
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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Another tough day crossing the Atlantic ocean. Ok, Lake Okeechobee. Nothing but water on the horizon.
Ted
__________________
Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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11-08-2019, 11:06 AM
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#431
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Guru
City: Annapolis
Vessel Name: Ranger
Vessel Model: 58' Sedan Bridge
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 7,088
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
Another tough day crossing the Atlantic ocean. Ok, Lake Okeechobee. Nothing but water on the horizon.
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Various issues kept us here in Portsmouth one day too many... and just now it's 15 kt winds (down from 20s) gusting to 32... rolling waves in the marina, whitecaps just outside...
I could get out, but it'd take some work with spring lines and maybe ending up having to back out of the fairway anyway...
Too much trouble, and it's supposed to be nice tomorrow...
-Chris
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Chesapeake Bay, USA
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11-08-2019, 11:14 AM
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#432
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ranger42c
Various issues kept us here in Portsmouth one day too many... and just now it's 15 kt winds (down from 20s) gusting to 32... rolling waves in the marina, whitecaps just outside...
I could get out, but it'd take some work with spring lines and maybe ending up having to back out of the fairway anyway...
Too much trouble, and it's supposed to be nice tomorrow...
-Chris
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I use to be impatient. Now I'm either smarter or lazier, not sure which.
Ted
__________________
Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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11-08-2019, 11:57 AM
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#433
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,050
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
Another tough day crossing the Atlantic ocean. Ok, Lake Okeechobee. Nothing but water on the horizon.
Attachment 96243
Ted
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That sure looks like the Inside passage. The only difference, you can wear shorts and flip flops!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ranger42c
Various issues kept us here in Portsmouth one day too many... and just now it's 15 kt winds (down from 20s) gusting to 32... rolling waves in the marina, whitecaps just outside...
I could get out, but it'd take some work with spring lines and maybe ending up having to back out of the fairway anyway...
Too much trouble, and it's supposed to be nice tomorrow...
-Chris
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Chris Chris Chris. Are you retired? if you are there should not be on a schedule. Sit back relax, pour another drink, relight the cigar and enjoy the storm and watching the idiots out there in it!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
I use to be impatient. Now I'm either smarter or lazier, not sure which.
Ted
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11-08-2019, 02:36 PM
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#434
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Guru
City: Beaufort, NC USA
Vessel Name: Sylphide
Vessel Model: Kingston Aluminum Yacht 44' Custom
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 2,228
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Today's forecast for Okeechobee: Partly cloudy, 78, northerly breeze 10-15 knots. That sounds awfully nice.
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11-08-2019, 02:41 PM
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#435
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TF Site Team
City: Jacksonville
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,682
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Ted: How’s the water level? I saw something recently that the Lake is looking like it was in 2011, low.
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11-08-2019, 03:23 PM
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#436
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Guru
City: Palm Coast, FL
Vessel Name: Coquina
Vessel Model: Lagoon 380
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,570
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You guys are killin me. My wife slipped/fell on the ice this am, on the way to the car, covered in snow. Yesterday at work, I unlocked my car, and the door still didn't want to open...
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11-08-2019, 03:26 PM
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#437
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Guru
City: Rochester, NY
Vessel Name: Hour Glass
Vessel Model: Chris Craft 381 Catalina
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 7,554
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Quote:
Originally Posted by diver dave
You guys are killin me. My wife slipped/fell on the ice this am, on the way to the car, covered in snow. Yesterday at work, I unlocked my car, and the door still didn't want to open...
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I know the feeling. I'm thinking about what I'll have to wear to not freeze while working on the boat this weekend. Too bad the storage shed it's in isn't heated...
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11-08-2019, 03:29 PM
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#438
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Guru
City: Palm Coast, FL
Vessel Name: Coquina
Vessel Model: Lagoon 380
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,570
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My phone reports that Monday will bring a 90% chance of 6" of snow. So, my Sunday starts with tire swapping on my car. Unheated garage... more headbang.
ps; pretty big shed, that must be!
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11-08-2019, 03:32 PM
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#439
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Guru
City: Rochester, NY
Vessel Name: Hour Glass
Vessel Model: Chris Craft 381 Catalina
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 7,554
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Quote:
Originally Posted by diver dave
My phone reports that Monday will bring a 90% chance of 6" of snow. So, my Sunday starts with tire swapping on my car. Unheated garage... more headbang.
ps; pretty big shed, that must be!
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I did the snow tire swap on one car on Wednesday, need to do the other that's not parked for winter this weekend (fortunately the garage is heated). Got the snowblower ready the other day in case Monday does bring snow I have to care about.
The boat shed isn't mine, it's the storage building at the marina, so yeah, it's a large one.
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11-08-2019, 05:12 PM
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#440
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayfarer
Today's forecast for Okeechobee: Partly cloudy, 78, northerly breeze 10-15 knots. That sounds awfully nice.
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That might have been the afternoon forecast. We went across in the morning with light and variable winds. Was in the 80s before noon, but then cooled off.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Larry M
Ted: How’s the water level? I saw something recently that the Lake is looking like it was in 2011, low.
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It's about 13.5' which is 3' higher than the low this spring. West coast hasn't got the rain this late summer / fall that the East coast got. 4" for October. Supposedly they haven't been dumping water; the farmers have been sucking it up.
Quote:
Originally Posted by rslifkin
I did the snow tire swap on one car on Wednesday, need to do the other that's not parked for winter this weekend (fortunately the garage is heated). Got the snowblower ready the other day in case Monday does bring snow I have to care about.
The boat shed isn't mine, it's the storage building at the marina, so yeah, it's a large one.
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Snow tires? That sounds vaguely familiar from my childhood.
Ted
__________________
Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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