Al,
Where do you keep your boat up there?* I grew up on the Delta, and we bought our current boat from a guy that kept it at Willow Berm... near Isleton.* The yard in your photo looks a bit like the yard just below the I-5 overpass on the San Joaquin in Stockton... I forget the name.
One of my favorite memories as a kid was the occasional foray into the orginal (pre-fire and rebuild) Moore's Riverboat.
We have a "Neighborhood Reunion" of sorts every year in early June over at the B&W.* We'll be there this year from 6/3-6/8.* One of the highlights is dinner at Regelio's over in Isleton.* Chinese/Italian/Mexican fare... all excellent... and the best chili verde north of the Mexican border.
Unfortunately, it's too far to cruise the boat there for just 5 days.
Chuck
FlyWright wrote:
Thanks, Jim. Mark and I bumped into each other electronically on the Yahoo Californian board.
I live in Sacramento and boat in the California Delta. I keep my boat in a slip about an hour's drive south near Isleton.
I just shared with Mark that I was out for a leisurely cruise last Saturday near Mildred Island when I hit a submerged log with the stbd prop. A slight, but noticeable, vibration set up when power was applied in either fwd or reverse gear, so I shut the stbd engine down and, after a day in the sun, came home on the port engine. I felt sick that I might have curled a prop, bent a shaft, or who knows what else.
I had her hauled Wed and got a look at the running gear. No apparent damage to either prop, shafts true on a dial, no impact damage to hull, strut, cutlass bearing, rudders. One polished impact mark on the stbd prop, but it looked normal otherwise. Removed the props for tuning at the local prop shop. The yard put her back in the covered slip today and I'll take her for a spin tomorrow. Hopefully all is back to normal.
I think I dodged a bullet on this one. Total cost for repair and bottom pressure wash was under $500. That's the equivalent of a half tank of fuel!
Here are some shots during the haulout on Wed.
Al
