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TGIF - it’s time for the Weekly FR Boating Thread!
To: ImProudToBeAnAmerican
a boating ping/thread...who knew!
gardening thread... recipes thread.. etc.. etc.. etc.
5 posted on
02/17/2012 9:58:42 AM PST by
skinkinthegrass
(Kill the terrorists, Protect (all) the borders, ridicule all the (remaining) Liberals :^)
To: ImProudToBeAnAmerican
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
6 posted on
02/17/2012 9:58:52 AM PST by
Capt. Tom
To: ImProudToBeAnAmerican
Hybrid heaven - combining two of the best...
![](http://yachtpals.com/files/userimages/flying-boats.jpg)
7 posted on
02/17/2012 9:59:43 AM PST by
Baynative
(Please check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIcZkEzc8I)
To: ImProudToBeAnAmerican
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.
10 posted on
02/17/2012 10:30:52 AM PST by
usurper
(Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
To: ImProudToBeAnAmerican
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)
11 posted on
02/17/2012 10:34:37 AM PST by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: ImProudToBeAnAmerican
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.
14 posted on
02/17/2012 1:12:15 PM PST by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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