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Lol great response! If you don't understand my crappy typing yet you never will. All in all everything I have been buying brand new is broken out of the box. Just not lucky I guees
 
X,

I am assuming that your steering is hydraulic if it's leaking down from behing the wheel. Is the thumbscrew tight on top, right behind the wheel? If not, it could be leaking from there.

Todd
 
When is everyone arriving, Friday night or Saturday am? Kids still have school on Friday.
 
Sat am for me. What time is a good time to arrive or should I ask what time should I leave fi sat am?
 
Sat for us, lolling to arrive before 10 am otherwise it gets more difficult. Jon give yourself 1 1-1/2 hrs


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Saturday morning for us as well. Hopefully early, looks like high tide is around 8:00am at Jones Inlet.

We plan on anchoring out somewhere on Friday night.
 
Saturday morning for us as well. Hopefully early, looks like high tide is around 8:00am at Jones Inlet.

We plan on anchoring out somewhere on Friday night.

I was planning to do the same. Regarding the tides it's a puzzle this year. I was thinking on using the high tide to stay further from the bottom, but I don't think we'll be able to clear the low bridge (forgot the name, it's the one just after Jones inlet). I remember that there was only one bridge operator to handle 3 different bridges and he used his car to go from one to the other. So, that's easily 1hr wait time. Got to brainstorm this a little.
 
When is everyone arriving, Friday night or Saturday am? Kids still have school on Friday.


Looks like Sunday as of now (daytrip). Playing it day-by-day as my mother-in-law is in the hospital -- so everything is in a state of flux.


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Sorry to hear that Rocco. Hopefully all will work out fine.

Greg, how are you planning to deal with the bridge? Do you fit under the bridge at the high tide? I remember last year we've waited for low or at least mid tide when leaving Zach's.
 
Good question.

I'll look through my logs and see what time I passed under the bridge last year, then I'll compare it to the tide charts and see what it looks like this year.
 
First one from inlet is the Meadowbrook Bridge - think 27' clearance @ high water
next one closer to Zachs is Sloop Parkway bridge - 20' clearance
and, yes as stupid as it sounds, one guy runs from bridge to bridge, or at least last year he did........

Weather permitting, Friday afternoon for us.... Its 3 NM from home port, so a no brainier.

If you guys are going Friday night, the dock @ the end of the Woodcleft canal in freeport [where you laid up broadside last year] is still an option. The Schooner restaurant is destroyed, but most of the others are open.

See ya'all soon.
PM me if you are in early
Ron
 
I should fit under 20' as long as my antennas are down.

Last year I went under the bridge at 8:12am, the tide at Green Island at the time was 0.2'. If I pass at the same time this year it will be at about 1.7'. In order for me to pass with the same clearance I would have to either get there by 5:45am or wait until about 2:30pm.

I think I'll lower my antennas, stop just before the bridge and then punch it. Hopefully my stern will dig in and give me the additional 1.5' that I need.
 
I remember that when I was going under the bridge the bridge ruler was showing between 17' and 18'. I had to keep her perfectly aligned and go between the lights that were hanging much lower. I'll check my log to see how it matches to the tide. I added 3 antennas this year. These bridges are the reason why I decided against the spreader and went with adjustable VHF mounts.
 
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What's all this log talk?? Is that something that I am going to need to do if I venture outside of my little comfort zone??
 
Watch that last bridge before Zachs. There are chains that hang a little lower than the lights. Scared the crap out of me when I had the big boat. I thought it was going to catch my radar array.

Yes, the same setup as last year with one guy doing all three bridges. If you need an opening, call ahead. They have some kind of schedule.
 
What's all this log talk?? Is that something that I am going to need to do if I venture outside of my little comfort zone??

I keep a log of my boats position and time. A new entry is added every time it moves more than a certain distance from its previous position. It comes in handy for future trip planning, fuel burn calculations, etc.

For example last year we left our anchorage at 6:01am, arrived in Zachs bay at 8:33am, traveled a distance of 42.07 statute miles and burned 75 gallons of diesel.

Now I have a better idea of what the trip will be like this year.
 
I keep a log of my boats position and time. A new entry is added every time it moves more than a certain distance from its previous position. It comes in handy for future trip planning, fuel burn calculations, etc.

For example last year we left our anchorage at 6:01am, arrived in Zachs bay at 8:33am, traveled a distance of 42.07 statute miles and burned 75 gallons of diesel.

Now I have a better idea of what the trip will be like this year.

That makes sense but, how do you measure the miles? Is it via chart or your GPS? Also, I bought boating suite when it was on sale but I have NO EFFEN CLUE how to use it! Isn't it supposed to help with this stuff?
 
Greg, what do you guys use to log the info? The chart plotter?


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Trip planning is one thing, but most importantly good log helps a captain keep a close eye on the health check of the boat. By having numbers for water temp, oil psi, ect. in your log helps you see the constant performance. In addition, when adding fuel burn numbers Greg mentioned you can have very good idea on overall state and performance of the boat.

Like Greg, I also a log of multiple events that take place starting with engine hrs before each time the boat leaves a slip and returns. I log distance, time, RPMs, speed, ect. In regards to cruising destinations I log highlights of the place and some other info for future references, so it's easy to recall and determine where to go back, what to see if we missed it or liked it and want to see it again. So on and on. The log is something yo don't really "need" as recreational boat captain, but any experience captain has a habit of having it in order to have good awareness of all the things that go on. The more you travel the more you understand the benefits of good and detailed log.

Joe, how/when do i log? I take quick notes on my smartphone. Then when I have few min I'll sync it to my detailed spreadsheet with more comments and important notes.
 

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