Summer 2010 Pics...post 'em up!

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At the pump out after a full weekend

 

[VTSeaRay]

Yeah, we were there, parked on your port stern when you came over to unload. We waved, but you just looked the other way in your Sea Ray. j/k nice boat(s).

-VtSeaRay

 

[katricol]

UR....ALL....DYX'S.........you don't mean me. Right bro???? ( Nice pic's )

 

[Quint4]

Always wondered about the name also.

 

[melisssaparker46]

pretty! very very pretty!

 

[uraldyx]

UR....ALL....DYX'S.........you don't mean me. Right bro???? ( Nice pic's )

Not directed at anyone on this site, the name goes back to a intermural soccer team name we had in college. Always took the ref's a couple of times of saying it to get it right :grin:. Easy to remember and never duplicated.

 

[isola]

loved the pics here's some from Ireland on Lough Erne hopefuley were not done yet.

 

[melida]

Hi all

From last week videos. Sea was flat as glass and weather was 28C and sea temp was 22C.

Admiral shoot these videos via cell phone from his father's Searay 240SS. I was alone in my boat Melida and they were admiral, her dad and mom and daughter Melida.

I was running between 20-32 knots and admiral's dad was running between 35mph at cruise and 45mph wot with his 5.0L 260hp Mercruiser B3 setup.

Before plane while waiting the engine to reach operating temp.
[video=youtube;fFg5dd4aSOE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFg5dd4aSOE[/video]

At the end of the little island (my starboard side) bow downed and planed at 3000rpm 20knots (economic cruising speed)
[video=youtube;j3YlEjTBJNo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3YlEjTBJNo[/video]

Below video is a bit long. Both at cruising speed, fast cruise at 3500rpm 25-27 knots and wot at 3900-4000 rpm 29-32 knots.
[video=youtube;HGviJOiNdSY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGviJOiNdSY[/video]

This was finally coming off plane.
[video=youtube;v8Pt9ZWG8g4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Pt9ZWG8g4[/video]

 

[Pietro]

Nice videos...you were having fun!!! :thumbsup:

Thank you for sharing!!!

 

[katricol]

Isola....nice pic's Melida....nice video !!!!

 

[Gofirstclass]

We took a 3-day cruise last weekend with 6 other boats from our club. The cruise started on the Columbia River at my marina, headed a few miles downstream to the mouth of the Snake River, then up the Snake through the lock at Ice Harbor Dam to Fishhook Park. The club does this cruise twice a year--once in the spring before the park is open to the public and in the fall after it's closed. We have the whole park to ourselves and, except for the trains that go by about every hour and blow the horn, it's very quiet.

The weather was beautiful on Friday and Saturday. Mid 80°'s, no winds or clouds. Darn near perfect.

Here's where we started at 0800...

We headed out and had to wait a few minutes at a railroad bridge for two trains to pass. We got past the bridge around 9:00

Heading up the Snake River we passed a downstream tug with barges...

Here's a shot of the lock as the downstream gate is lowering. This is a pic from an earlier trip through the same lock.

Here's a picture taken last weekend as we got to the top of the lift, around 11:00.

About 30 minutes after we left the lock we reached the park and tied up to their dock...

Friday afternoon we went for a ride in a friend's dinghy. This is my Admiral sitting in the front of the dinghy.

One of the places we went in the dinghy was through this culvert. It goes under some railroad tracks and goes from the Snake River into a small (10 acre) lake on the other side of the tracks...

Sunset Friday night...

This sailboat was built by a member of the club from a set of plans. It's a Swedish design and took him 4,000 hours to build. The craftsmanship is unbelieveable.

Sunday morning we awoke to an overcast sky and temps in the 70°'s with a light breeze. We headed home about noon and had an uneventful trip home.

 

[Quint4]

Nice!

 

[peterb]

:smt089:smt089:smt089

 

[Pietro]

Something wrong or it’s just the end of the boating season???

Pete, are they carrying your boat like that? It seems that the heaviest part of the hull has no support. Wouldn’t it be safer to carry it stern first???

 

[katricol]

gofirstclass....sorrey you had to deal with those huge ripples!!! nice pic's

 

[peterb]

Something wrong or it’s just the end of the boating season???

Pete, are they carrying your boat like that? It seems that the heaviest part of the hull has no support. Wouldn’t it be safer to carry it stern first???

Nothing wrong just the end of season (thank god...).
But still realy sad, dont you think.:smt001
The boat is pretty much hanging in the crane where the load is evenly distributed and the distance of carrying the boat is only about a 200 meters.

 

[Lord Farringdon]

Great shots Melida. They show the Sundancer lines real well!! Must see if I can do the same with the Amberjack one day :grin:


Cheers


Terry

 

[melida]

Pietro, Katricol, Terry
Thanks for the compliments.

My wife is a amateur photographer and very much interested to take pictures and shooting videos in moving cars and boats.
Curious to see pics/videos about your AJ how KAD300 performs it.
Best regards.
Melida

 

[Away Point]

Detroit River sunset a couple nights ago...

 

[Pack66Dad]

A couple of shots on the Puget Sound showing Mt. Rainer in the background.