Recent content by kilroy

Nice little unit. I just bought a Schosche BoomBottle (not to be confused with BoomBox) on sale at West Marine. It's the size of a coffee travel mug and is designed to fit in a cupholder (car, bicycle, boat) or it can hang from whatever on its carabiner. Its also water resistant. Doesn't...

Thanks for sharing. Great pics!

Is your boat Freedom 1?

We're the 260 Sundancer. E11. Boat name is Arabella

We're on E dock; practically neighbors ;-)

We slip at Kings Cove in Hastings. We'll be out Saturday and Sunday but not sure where yet; maybe hang out at Prescott Bay

Same with us. Home slip has fenders

I guess I'm a bit OCD with boat cleaning too. Keep after it, at least one section every time we're out, and it never gets to be a big task. And I wipe the hull down after every outing; to me this is one of the best things you can do to maintain the shine. I see a lot of people hosing the hull...

Thanks. If I remember it correctly, I brushed on a coat of sealer followed by a couple of coats of Cetol Marine light. No curing agent used

On the upper Mississippi they're called wing dams. There are thousands along the entire river. They're displayed on GPS/plotters but they aren't marked in the channel, and they're usually not visible unless the water is really low. They were built back in the late 1800s to maintain a level of...

Looks good!

People camp there all summer long. Not sure the history of how that all came about but I'm sure someone else can fill in. The river is definitely high right now, about 8 feet higher than last September where we slip our boat

Congrats on the new ride, Rob. Looks good!

Presta also makes lighter cutting compounds. The SuperCut will remove 600 grit swirls, the GelCoat compound removes 800, and the Ultra Cutting Crème 1200. I used SuperCut to take care of the initial nasty stuff but I now get by with just the Gelcoat and Cutting Crème.

We did a day trip to Red Wing last summer and stayed at Red Wing Marina. Jim and Cindy are a great couple, and she made room for us no problem, even for that short stay.