[ImProudToBeAnAmerican]

TGIF - it’s time for the Weekly FR Boating Thread!

[skinkinthegrass]

a boating ping/thread...who knew!
gardening thread... recipes thread.. etc.. etc.. etc.

[Capt. Tom]

Expect more empty slips this season as gasoline approaches $4/gal. at your automobile service station.
Many marinas are priced about 60-75 cents more per gallon than gas stations. You use a lot more fuel in boats than in cars on a daily basis.

Last season I saw boats in pre-paid slips just sit there because of the high price of fuel.
I would imagine this season when the slip fees came due during the last few months many people would have opted out for this coming season; or decided to trailer their boats-if practical. Boats over 25 feet are more difficult to trailer. - Tom

[Baynative]

Hybrid heaven - combining two of the best...

[usurper]

Well I have spent the winter replacing a 28 year old floating dock and a failing sea wall made of railroad ties. The project is 95 percent complete. The new dock is a peer dock (not floating) and I am using Trex type decking. The sea wall is a block retaining wall I hope will last for years. Its been a big project and I am beat, broken and in need of pontoon boat therapy to recover. Unfortunately up here in the inland northwest summer is but a distant dream at this point.

[smokingfrog]

Does anyone own a Gheenoe?

If so, how do you like it and what kind of fishing do you mostly do?

Who makes the best small outboard? (15 hp or less)

[illiac]

Diesel is currently running at $5 per gallon at our marina right now - not many charterers booked yet and it most likely will not be a great season.