Just like the cows in the mountains that are bred with two legs shorter than the other two so they can stand on the side of the hill.
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Just like the cows in the mountains that are bred with two legs shorter than the other two so they can stand on the side of the hill.
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Arrived palm Coast Marina (~20 miles north of Daytona) @ 16:00hrs. Put on shorts (NO pictures in deference to the young ladies on this site) AND the AC (air conditioning for you incorrigible reprobates who would surely infer something rude) and planning supper...Hmmmmm. No greenheads, no gators and I'm cookin' up some 'taters...
Mr. 106. Yup, mud sticks same on BOTH directions. Do NOT follow the magenta line on your plotter. Download the Active Captain app, buy a current Waterway Guide and watch your depth sounder and the tides like a hawk! If you haven't already, buy one of the towing packages and do it NOW!!!!! Lots of new "temporary" bouyage south of St. Aug. (which we passed through with the 13:00hr. bridge opening.
Admiral is currently doin' the 'rithmatic to cipher the fuel usage... Will report.
Arrived palm Coast Marina (~20 miles north of Daytona) @ 16:00hrs. Put on shorts (NO pictures in deference to the young ladies on this site) AND the AC (air conditioning for you incorrigible reprobates who would surely infer something rude) and planning supper...Hmmmmm. No greenheads, no gators and I'm cookin' up some 'taters...
Mr. 106. Yup, mud sticks same on BOTH directions. Do NOT follow the magenta line on your plotter. Download the Active Captain app, buy a current Waterway Guide and watch your depth sounder and the tides like a hawk! If you haven't already, buy one of the towing packages and do it NOW!!!!! Lots of new "temporary" bouyage south of St. Aug. (which we passed through with the 13:00hr. bridge opening.
Admiral is currently doin' the 'rithmatic to cipher the fuel usage... Will report.
And do not wait to use the towing company until you're aground. If you have questions about an area, there is no better source than the tow captains and they're glad to help.
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Very good point!
What's a tow company? Do we have those on the west side?????
Actually Vessel Assist does have coverage in Washington and even to Vancouver, BC, in Portland, and down the coast. Vessel Assist is part of Boat US Tow.
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But we have deep water what the heck do we need a tow company for???? BTW I have Sea Tow.....
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A bitting nat on steroids....
Back when living in South Carolina, I had a skiff with a bimini top. One day looked up and the underside was covered in horseflies. But they were not really bothering me. So I left them alone.
Next day at high noon looked up and there were pinholes in the top!!. Those buggers were eating my bimini top!!
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Mr. S. I'll bet those horse flies were in cahoots with the no-see-ums. THOSE buggers can get through a screen door! A good reason never to wash your screens. Looks like heck but you won't itch. Anyway, Admiral is still ciphering...3, carry the nought, plus 2, carry the nought....
Mr. S. I'll bet those horse flies were in cahoots with the no-see-ums. THOSE buggers can get through a screen door! A good reason never to wash your screens. Looks like heck but you won't itch. Anyway, Admiral is still ciphering...3, carry the nought, plus 2, carry the nought....
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Greetings,
Numbers...
running hours 105.3 hrs
gallons used 426
fuel usage (including gen') 4ghp
average rpm 1750
average speed (including tides+/-) 8knots
aprox. mileage 775 statute
Best we can figure out...
Twin Lehman 120hp. Onan 15kw. Boat weight 25 tons full displacement.
Numbers...
running hours 105.3 hrs
gallons used 426
fuel usage (including gen') 4ghp
average rpm 1750
average speed (including tides+/-) 8knots
aprox. mileage 775 statute
Best we can figure out...
Twin Lehman 120hp. Onan 15kw. Boat weight 25 tons full displacement.
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Mr. RT Firefly -
I've been predisposed reading about the New Jersey greenheads and must have missed your start city and end city. Greenheads don't worry about skinny water as they migrate north. Thanks for the info
I've been predisposed reading about the New Jersey greenheads and must have missed your start city and end city. Greenheads don't worry about skinny water as they migrate north. Thanks for the info
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In SC going through Fenwick Cut one day (we had already closed up the helm deck, and turned on the A/C) all the windows were covered outside with green head flies. There was a group of kayakers out that I hoped had a lot of insect repellent.
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Small houseboat being towed through Carquinez Strait for Vallejo today. Wisely/fortunately, the tow is being made during calm conditions.
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A bitting nat on steroids....
See and I thought you were talking about the Pacific Green Head Eco-nuts. They are less problematic for the community usually and do some community good. You can keep yours in FL. We have our share of no see'ums, skeeters, and biting flys.
Question: are they all over florida?
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No, they are not. In fact, they're far more a problem in South Carolina and Georgia than Florida. And in South Florida not really an issue at all. Basically the less disturbed by civilization, the more owned by bugs.
I will say too that this is part of the choice of "roughing it" or anchoring in remote areas vs. marinas in more populated areas. I was talking one day to an 83 year old who talked about Hollywood, Florida before all the development and said the beach area was nearly impossible to endure at night due to all the mosquitoes. Now it's fully developed and mosquitoes are not a problem. When we cruise, we stay at marinas and rarely encounter problems with flying creatures. We live on the water in Fort Lauderdale and really have no problems with them.
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We are contemplating a relocation to sunnier climes in the near future and have been wondering about Florida's bug population. Where we live in Portland we don't really have problem with biting bugs being somewhat elevated and drier, but understand there are always compromises one must make in a change of scenery. But I would rather know going in what I am up against instead of relying on the answers of people who have a vested interest in our relocation if you know what I mean.
What I was curious about was all of the screened-in porches in FL. Is that common all over the state or certain parts say closer to the Everglades?
Ok, sorry about thread drift ... But it can be considered a problem on the ICW can't it?
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What I was curious about was all of the screened-in porches in FL. Is that common all over the state or certain parts say closer to the Everglades?
Ok, sorry about thread drift ... But it can be considered a problem on the ICW can't it?
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Think of the distance between you in Portland and San Francisco and that gives you a perspective of the area of Florida. Generalizations are very dangerous. Disneyworld was built on swamp and yet has no bug issues. Simply been developed so much. On the ICW in Fort Lauderdale there isn't an issue and I've never found one in Clearwater or Venice or Naples. Okeechobee, yes. In our neighborhood there are all open patios, very few screened areas, no screened pools and pools used regularly at night. When we have large groups of people we'll often leave the doors to our family room from the patio open so it's a continuous area. There's a town 25 miles west of us, Weston. All the homes built there have screened patios and pools. Weston borders on the Everglades. Now, I've been told the bug issues aren't nearly what they were 20 years ago, now that the town has built out more.
I can only suggest exploring very specific areas of interest and spending some evening time there plus talking to residents. Generally you're going to find the more developed the area, the fewer bug problems. Find that home out by itself in a natural area and you're far more inclined to find bugs...and alligators.
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Probably the most problematic insects in Florida are love bugs on your car (they dry like concrete). and Palmetto bugs. Palmetto bugs are cock roaches on steroids. Another less of a problem is the chinch bug in St. Augustine grass lawns. Really nothing that can't be controlled or lived with.
By the way, not much of the Disney site was swamp. I was on site during construction in 1964-66. Our company supplied much of the form material for the concrete foundations. There is another city with tunnels and underground chambers to service the park above. It was an interesting project. I have not been back since before in opened.
By the way, not much of the Disney site was swamp. I was on site during construction in 1964-66. Our company supplied much of the form material for the concrete foundations. There is another city with tunnels and underground chambers to service the park above. It was an interesting project. I have not been back since before in opened.
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Thanks for the suggestions B!
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The lanai is simply a screened in porch around the pool and is attached to the covered deck. While I can't swear there are no air born bugs around here in the summer (I summer in Maryland), the screen serves several purposes. It keeps the tree frogs, geckos, birds, and falling leaves out of the pool. It also keeps the occasional escaped pet or toddler out of the pool as well. Pool cleanliness is decidedly better also as less dust and dirt end up in the water.
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I didn't think construction began until 67 as they didn't announce the project or make public the land buying until late 65. (Land buying started in 64, first recorded spring of 65). As to the swamp, just know what I've read as I wasn't yet born. You definitely should go back some time.
Disney did an amazing job of keeping the project a secret while buying all the land under many different names and not recording any of the purchases until ready. Oh, plus lying when directly questioned. No one would ever be able to keep anything like that a secret in today's world. Too bad he died before it was developed.
Maybe eventually we'll pave the Everglades...lol. I say that only because I recently heard an old old old radio gag. The day after a plane did an emergency landing on the expressway, Phil Hendry, a local talk show host who did a lot of fake characters, had a fake Brian Cox (a controversial Miami Dolphin). The fake Brian said he didn't like it. Planes had no business landing on the expressway. You didn't see cars driving out on the tarmac at airports. How would they like it if next time he had car trouble he just pulled onto the runway at the airport. As questioned about what he would do then, he said there was all the land in the Everglades and it wasn't used for anything so they should just pave it all and then the planes could land there all they wanted.
This was before Brian Cox had a post game locker room explosion and Phil Hendry made comments about it the next day that led to a major lawsuit and when the station was sold, one of the conditions was the previous owners were stuck with Hendry, his contract, and all lawsuits and they new owners got no part of him.
Wifey B: You mean there was a time there was no Disneyworld, back in ancient days? Oh my. I can't imagine. Actually I didn't get to go my first time until 2012 at the old age of 33, but I was like a child. Next you're going to tell me there were times without space travel and before computers and then televisions...boy, how primitive.
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Great numbers!
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Yeah, I was there during the buy up of land. There was much speculation about who was buying so much property. Rumors would be Roy Rogers one day and Gene Autry the next. Disney was working on the design well in advance. Contractors were ready to pull the trigger. I do not remember the exact dates. but we shipped several car loads of 3/4" BBO&ES before we even knew who the owner of the property was. As soon as the land was under option they started things in motion. It moved very quickly. That was nearly 50 years ago. Long time. I was on the site. It was a long drive into the construction area at that time.
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As stated in previous posts Florida is a large state with many different terrains and insect realities. But for someone contemplating a move from Portland, OR to the Sunshine State I would suggest spending a week in Florida during the months of either June, July or August prior to making permanent arrangements to live here. Bugs are a minor annoyance compared to the heat and humidity. You won't have to worry about those screened porches because you will be in an airconditioned box of some sort for the duration of summer.......
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We have spent some time in the Keys, Central America, Jamaica, the DR and the Southern US in there more oppressive heat months. While it can be a little uncomfortable, we like the heat. I have also spent time in remote Alaska during the summer and had to live wearing a mosquito net hat. (never thought I would see so many mosquitos in one place and one time) It's not anyway to live. I will take the heat ANYDAY. And after 57 years in the gloom of the NW, it's time for a change. Also considering off-shore, but want to check out FL first. We do plan on visiting a few areas, but also wanted to get first hand knowledge from all of you fine FL folks here. We're not the golf course, yacht club type, but we don't want to live in a swamp to get away from everyone but the gators either. We just average folk looking for a slower pace of life. We hope to spend most of our time on the water, but we are considering a land base as well. 
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Florida is hot, but bearable. I didn't know what heat and humidity was until I moved to Savannah, GA. That is unbearable without A/C.
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Nope, I like the 75-85f weather her in the PNW during the summer with very little humidity. You can keep that southern stuff......
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