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Yeah buffets are phenomenal, and it takes immense discipline to not go crazy. You just finished knee replacement.....you don't want to go through heart valve replacement. Behave young man! BTW...nice beach pictures. I haven't been on a nice beach since last year.

Welcome aboard and happy to have an additional owner. I own an 87 Chap 235XLC [Cuddy]. I have not replaced my tank. No leaks. But I did replace the filler pipe and modified the vent line. I didn't want to rip up the floor as was recommended by other owners. I didn't pull the old filler line...

The Niagara River is absolutely jammed with ice now as it gets pushed over the ice boom. This includes the Black Rock Canal where rowing takes place above the lock. This link show's the ice boom at the entrance to the Niagara River. If you look at this at the time I posted this, you won't see a...

For some strange reason, we had two boat shows within 10 days of each other. The first show was something like 90% pontoon boats, 5% fishing boats and 5% power boats. No Chaparral's. But there was one boat there I liked. A Sea Ray 320a. It had a lot of stand up room including the...

I am in the eastern half of Lake Erie. I also have the Upper Niagara River. There are three ways to get to the Lower Niagara River: 1-Welland Canal 2-Trailer to Lewiston or Fort Niagara 3-shortest and most direct-over the brink of the Niagara Falls 😁 outcome is poor. Much worse than Haulover...

Weather tuns on you? In Lake Erie? Never happen! hahaha In all seriousness, I try to make my own forecast and anticipate when Lake Erie is going to turn. Then I'll decide "weather" to go out or not BEFORE it's too late. It's the pilot/aviation thing that's in me. I kinda operate my boat...

My solution is not even bother going out in 2 foot waves [with my size boat anyways]. But a clam cleat would definitely make it easier.

BTW...just finished the exam. Scored 59 out of 60. No recurrent courses for NYS. So happy that it's out of my way. ONE LONG BLAST!

As the old saying goes, and it's applicable to various situations, Size does Matter. If you have a tight bend to navigate, then one LONG blast. Or:

True or false: When a stand-up paddle boater is in the area, and is wearing the proper clothing to be seen, a powerboater must always approach from the stern or downstream.

Here's another statement that raises a question: "A prudent boater always has extra line and chain on hand, just in case!" How many have extra chain on board? I don't. I have 5 feet of heavy chain on my anchor then 70ft of line. Actually, I'm going to replace that line to 100 feet. It's...

Currently plowing through the course. Found this moments ago: "Now that you are familiar with "The Rules," go out and use them in passing, meeting, and crossing situations you find on the water. You may get many puzzled looks from inexperienced boaters with no training or testing."

I'm behind skd. I had interpreted that I needed to complete the course within 2025. But my friend says it should have been completed by 2025 [New York]. In NY, it is supposedly free. But he told me that he is "blocked" by a DONATION request and cannot get in to take the course. I haven't tried...

Prices of everything is outta whack. The newly constructed home next to mine went for $540,000. Its not very big, 1 story, crawl space for a basement and no attic. It's nuts. Even if I won the lotto, I don't think I'd buy a boat simply because I "remember" what the good old days cost.

I'm assuming the prices are similar now are due to the increase in minimum wage here. I think its $15.50/hr outside of New York City. The businesses can't afford to keep prices the same and absorb the loss so therefore they must raise the prices to pay for the increase in wage. I expect that...

I don't recall the mfr'r of my larger cooler. It is medium size. I don't use it very much as I don't spend a lot of time overnighting somewhere. But it is really useful on my Toronto overnights. An 8lb bag of ice will last me two days with some ice left over. Ice remains in the bag until a...

You really gotta love fishing for this:

Back in 2018 while Trump was President, I was sitting on the beach in Toronto. I think I had my US Flag displayed on my boat [a small one]. A Canadian citizen came up to me and started literally bitching at me because of his negative attitude towards Trump. I just pretended to be paying...

With all the talk on the news about Canada becoming the 51st state, at first I thought it might not be a good idea. But I began to think about it from a boaters point of view. How much easier would it be to be able to enter into Canadian waters and not have to bother calling Customs and having...

My Alpha One has given me a few scary moments. Usually when entering the slip. My Alpha One does not like in any way continuous rapid shifter movement from any position when trying to enter a slip thus rendering it useless. Sometimes it gets locked up going forward or reverse. Never seems to get...